Invalid Token Errors...

I was getting a token error with Yahoo Messenger over and over. I tried removing yahoo and reinstalling to no avail.
I tried reg edit and got no where.
I obviously did a cold start to see if it would do something and it did not
work. Finally I found out what it was. It seems yahoo stores the info for the webcam in the registry and sometimes causes duplicate keys. I removed the Intel Web cam and reinstalled it.
This fixed the problem
laterzzz
satanboy
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or..
Manfred got in touch with us re problems that he's been having with the latest version of Yahoo Messenger 4.1.0.997 causing Invalid Token errors when viewing webcams.. seems he's not alone with this. He managed to solve the problem by going to back to version .996 so if some of you are suffering the same fate then grab a copy if it from [THIS] Tuscows link which Manfred passed on to us :-)
or..
it could be caused by your connection settings!
Login > Preferences > Connection
where possible ensure your selection is No Proxies

Yahoo has it's own help article for this too, quoting directly from [Yahoo! Help: Invalid Token] "If you receive this error, we are most likely having temporary server problems. You can resolve this error by restarting Yahoo! Messenger. If the problem occurs repeatedly over a long period of time, [please let us know]."



Session Expired. Please relogin.

Quite common you're not alone, to quote directly..
"If you receive this error message, please be aware that we are working on this problem and expect to have it resolved very soon. We apologize for the inconvenience." [Yahoo! Session Expired] Yahoo's own help section :-)

...does not support IMVironments...

This message won't go away unless you update to version 5 of Yahoo messenger. You can do that by going to Yahoo's onw site (we don't distribute Yahoo Messenger) which you can access at [Messenger.Yahoo.com] simply choose your operating system from the left hand side of their page :-)

Sorry, you are currently unable to use the Yahoo Webcam Service...

One reason for this could be the following...
"Only registered Yahoo! users who are 18 years or older can use Yahoo! Webcam service"
as per [Yahoo! WebCam Help] (Yahoo!'s site) Since posting this error message in the hall of flame we've had a lot of mail regarding this.. we strongly suggest you write to Yahoo! with your objections as there is little we can do about this ;-) When you first installed Yahoo Messenger you would have hit Accept to their License and TOS agreement, tucked away in that is the following..
Description of Service... "...Please be aware that Yahoo has created certain areas on the Service that contain adult or mature content. You must be at least 18 years old to access and to view such areas..." you may have fallen into this category :-)

Problem Communicating...

When you've downloaded yahoo!_messenger_install.exe the small install file and you're the suite installer is trying to connect you may get this error message....
"Problem Communicating.. An Error occurred while trying to connect to the Yahoo Messenger Server..."
As the error states you may not have an active connection (check your systems tray to for the connection icon) the server could be down or your proxy server settings up the wall.. but what it doesn't state is that if your running a firewall this too can be the cause of the problem.. if you running a program like Zone Alarm check that you haven't denied suite installer access to the internet. Also try rebooting your computer, closing down all programs that are running then installing.. it worked for Stef :-) thanks for the update :-) If you're unsure how to close programs running in the background check out [Clean Install] in our Yahoo Help section

Content Advisor: Invalid Rating...
"CONTENT ADVISOR: The rating label found for http://rd.yahoo.com/messenger/zd/?http://download.yahoo.com/dl/ymsgrie.exe
does not belong to this page.
It is intended for "http://www.yahoo.com" instead."
You have Internet Explorer Content Advisor turned on.. simply turn it off for the download to proceed. Launch IE, hit Tools, select Internet Options, hit the Content Tab, under Content Advisor hit Disable, when prompted enter your password or see [Yahoo Help Content Advisor] for a more detailed step by step.

My alias/profile doesn't show up as online...
join the club ;-) as per [Yahoo's Help] section "This problem is a transient one that shouldn't persist. The problem may have been caused by our system or perhaps by your web browser or Internet connection. We apologize for any inconvenience that it caused.