Make sure you have the latest version of flash installed, and make sure you don't have a firewall that is blocking port 8080. The ever twirling man means your computer isn't connecting to the chat stream. The two causes for that are old flash, or blocked firewall.

*is not sure how to do either of those things*

Thanks for trying though Dave!

What version of Flash do you have?

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:
*is not sure how to do either of those things*

Thanks for trying though Dave!

The current version of Flash Player is 10. I think the simplest way to check what version you have is to do a search on your main hard drive using the parameter flash*.ocx

The results should include a file showing which version you have - mine is flash10b.ocx.

If you need to you can update your version by going to the Adobe website via
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ and then downloading and installing the current version.

Click here to see what version you currently have. Click El Loro's link (thanks!) to see which version is latest for your computer, and download the latest if you're out of date.

OK the flash checker says I have version WIN 10,0,12,36 so that seems ok

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Originally posted by angelicarwen:
OK the flash checker says I have version WIN 10,0,12,36 so that seems ok

That seems to be a current version so Flash doesn't seem to be the problem (have you tried again to get access to the chatroom? - it might have been a temporary problem).

I've no experience of unblocking ports - the procedure will depend on what type of firewall (if any) you are using.

I have Windows XP Professional on my PC and this comes with a firewall. However my anti-virus s/w also has a firewall. I use this rather than the Windows one. It is not a good idea to have 2 firewalls in operation at the same time as this will cause problems.

I have tried recently el loro but not happening

Oh and I have no idea about firewalls. Don't worry I shall just be chatroom-less. It let me get on with more RL stuff anyway