I try to get on chat this Weds. evening but all I get is this.What gives ?I was able to get on before the same way.

Regards, Neal :dude:

Welcome to #HobbyTalk chat!
Connecting to irc.goodchatting.com 6667 ......
Connected, please wait....
--irc.goodchatting.com-- *** Looking up your hostname...
--irc.goodchatting.com-- *** Found your hostname
*** Erroneous Nickname: Illegal characters
Closing Link: [68.161.164.164] (Ping timeout)
Connecting to irc.goodchatting.com 6667 ......
Connected, please wait....
--irc.goodchatting.com-- *** Looking up your hostname...
--irc.goodchatting.com-- *** Found your hostname (cached)
*** Erroneous Nickname: Illegal characters
Closing Link: [68.161.164.164] (Ping timeout)

I installed Sun Java and that worked for me.


http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

Given the error message, might be something to do with your (ahem) colon? - the one in your nickname, kind of like not being able to use a backslash.... but since switching (I won't say upgrading) to Vista on the new puter it runs Sun Java the first time I get on, just like Scaf says. Windows XP never had the program run and delay.

Given the error message, might be something to do with your (ahem) colon? - the one in your nickname, kind of like not being able to use a backslash.... but since switching (I won't say upgrading) to Vista on the new puter it runs Sun Java the first time I get on, just like Scaf says. Windows XP never had the program run and delay.

Its the same nickname I got on with before.

This error is coming from the chat system (irc.goodchatting.com) and in all likelihood has nothing to do with Java or the version of Windows you are using. Maybe Hank can help, or you could contact someone at http://www.goodchatting.com/ to verify that having a colon in your nickname is still valid.

You could also try registering your nickname with the chat system and see if it accepts your nickname. Go to:

http://www.goodchatting.com/howtoregnick.html

Could be because we had the rare full house last night! Every spot in the name window was taken. No sooner would someone pop out and another logged in. I noticed that while the Chat was full, there were no other new people logging in. heh!