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Catcher41 and observer44,

I'm sorry to hear that you have not been able to get into Chat sessions! The Chat room on this site is powered by Java, and I would guess that you have a security setting, either in your browser or through your Internet access service such as AOL, or through an Anti-Virus / Security program you are running.

I'm not sure what you have tried so far, but here are a few suggestions:

1. At the top of your browser window (Internet Explorer), click on Tools, then Internet Options. Click the Security tab. Click on Trusted sites and then click Sites. Make sure http://www.hsbaseballweb.com is added as a trusted site.

2. While you are checking the Security settings, you can temporarily set your "Security level for this zone" very low as an experiment to see if this helps. Slide the slider all the way down to Low, click OK, and then try to enter the Chat room again. There probably will not be a chat in progress, but at least you can see whether this page performs differently than it did before. Please note that setting your "Security level for this zone"
to Low is a TEMPORARY test to see if this makes a difference to you. I do not want to recommend that you lower your security settings permanently since I don't know which other sites you have designated as Trusted. If the above does make a difference, you might want to then increase your security settings back up to Medium while you explore what to do permanently.

3. A similar but more specific change you can make in Internet Explorer is: At the top of your browser window (Internet Explorer), click on Tools, then Internet Options. Click the Advanced tab. Scroll down to the Java (Sun) settings, and make sure "Use Java" etc. is checked. If not, click the checkbox, click OK, and then you will have to shut down and restart your computer to make this setting take effect.

4. If all else fails, you might want to try sending a technical support request to your Internet access service such as AOL. Tell them that you cannot access a Java chat application at http://www.hsbaseballweb.com/chat.htm and see if they have any specific recommendations for you.

5. If you are running a separate Anti-Virus program such as Norton, etc. (and I would definitely recommend using one!), try the Help section of that software or the company's website, do a search for Java, and see if you come up with any recommendations for changing those software settings to access Java applications.

Whew, that's a long list, but security issues are getting more and more complicated these days, aren't they?

Feel free to contact me directly at jas@pclink.com to see if I can help you further if the suggestions above don't work. I'm not an expert, but I've dealt with some of these issues in my job (Web development related) and I usually can think of something else to try or investigate.

Good luck!

Julie
Mn-Mom,

Mine had been working up and until last night. I recently installed new updates for XP and downloaded new updates for the Java runtime. When I was in the chat session last night everything would work fine for about five minutes and then all heck would break loose and the screen became unreadable and acting like it was in permanent scroll mode. Everytime I came back in it would do the same thing. Any ideas? I will try following your suggestions above as well. Thanks.
Thanks for letting me know about the recent problems. I suspect that we are going to keep finding new technical issues as Microsoft (XP) and AOL tighten their security measures.
angry

I will check into a few options. I may be able to get some specific instructions from our hosting provider on how to correct your settings to override the new Java problems. Otherwise I will see if we can change our chat room to a Flash format. This might require some members to download a new version of the free Flash Player, but most of you will already have it. Flash is being used on so many websites these days - which I am highly in favor of, since I'm a Flash developer in my real job! Big Grin

Julie
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I was having that problem (of all heck breaking loose) and thanks to Hi Hard Heat found that a Malbot was installed on my machine from some other site that I had visited.

The Malbot had slipped through security software on my machine and I was only able to find it using a different bot detector - "spybot"
URKM,

Thanks, the 2nd one was a lot of fun to work on. It's actually a CD for 5th and 6th graders from economically disadvantaged families to learn about the long term advantages of going to college, and how they can do things in HS to increase their chances of being able to afford college - scholarships, etc. Reminds me a little of this site, but with lots of silly noises! (The kids in the testing group loved the sound effects.)

Julie
gotwood,

I wish I could take credit for the voiceovers, but they were done by the young lady who appears in the videos in the Banks section - a part-time actress who is about 20 but can play teenage roles also. I'm glad you liked the little car. I had fun animating the little gremlin who chases the car off of the right side of the screen. My family accuses me of playing video games for a living, but actually I'm working... Wink

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