Mike,
Thanks for your reply.
I am not behind any Firewall that I an aware of,

I since didi a bit of searching on the web.. and it turns out that the Default
Dirctory Servers9ils.microsoft,com etc) no longer exist.

I eventaully located one that does exist and I got it to run ok.

Regards,

Gerard




>Are yiu behind firewall or proxy?
>
>>Hi,
>>I read a very interesting article in Aug 2001 Advisor by Andrew McNeill on using Netmeeting as a support tool.
>>
>>I ran Netmeeting up bu cant get past the first screen.
>>A message:
>>'There was a problem connectting to the Directory Server' pops up no matter which Server I select (e.g. ils.microsoft.com, ils1.microsoft.com etc)
>>
>>I'm sure there is a fairly simple solution bu I cannot figure it out or get any further.
>>
>>Any help appreciated.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Gerard