yahoo messenger help needed

Hey ppl

Ive have occured the problem of not being able to sign in... its goes to the sign in screen and just stays there. It never connects. My internet is on, my cables and hubs are correctly switched on and pluged in. The problem is not only hapening at Yahoo messenger but also with Msn Messenger. I also cant sign in at hotmail or go to the messenger link on the yahoo home page. It doesnt want to load. But all the other sites i usually go to are working correctly. Plz help me... if u can.

Best regards
Painless21

pianlesslinkin21@hotmail.com

Try this:

1.Open Yahoo Messenger.

2.Click on Messenger (On the window where it is wriiten 'Sign In')

3.Click on Connection Preferences.

4.Check the 'No Proxies' box.

5.Click Apply and then exit.

6.Now try signing in.