Paltalk

[thebig429]

build 494 Released 5/13/03
MSN, Yahoo, AOL, and ICQ interoperable

[jmeyer43]

There's a major bug in this version...

I have 2 user IDs, and I can only sign-on with my alternate ID. Both have the same password, and the passwords are saved. I signed up for the primary one, entered it into PalTalk with the unlock code from the e-mail, then did the same for the alternate one. Now whichever one I pick from the list, it signs on the alternate ID, and without any error messages. http://www.wackyb.com/zzub/style_emoticons/mad.gif I've got 9 other IMs set up this way without any problems at all. I e-mailed tech support and got a message telling me they'd contact me within 24 hours, that was a week ago and still no response.

What's the deal with PalTalk? If anyone can offer a suggestion I'd appreciate it.

If I can't solve this soon I'm going to whack the whole system right off my computer and put a message on my web page warning others not to waste their time on this IM and instead stick to IMs that have functional programs and tech support.

Thanks, and sorry about the rant, but as a computer engineer major security bugs really tick me off... and PalTalk has more than just this one. (I entered my MSN, Y!, etc... accounts into PalTalk and saved the passwords, primary with primary and secondary with secondary... and now I see them all! I don't have them set to sign on automatically, but this would be a major security hole if I shared this computer with anyone else.)

[thebig429]

Latest stable build is now 491 maybe this cures all your problems. i use 2 ids & all the others aol icq etc with no problems here.
You might want to go to one of there LIVE help chatrooms & get help.

[Cyclone]

Hiya jmeyer43,

Paltalk tech support as in e-mail support is only available to the blue nicks in other words the paid members. You more than likely wont get a reply to your e-mail. (It does state this somewhere cannot remember now where it was placed it was not in an obvious location)

As a standard member you can access the online support rooms and also the FAQ/information area they have on their site.

Standard members used to be able to get support via e-mail but that was dropped a while ago and made available only to those who pay.

I would tend to try the support rooms and see if they can help you at all, you may have to wait a while though as their help rooms are generally busy and even then they maynot be able to help you but at least you have spoken to someone even if is sometimes the stock standard answers.

[jmeyer43]

Well, build 491 is the same trojan horse that 488 is. I wanted another IM host, instead I get spams even though I have an IE pop-up blocker, support e-mails go unanswered, in support chats all the PalTalk support person posts is PalTalk ads ignoring my mesages (and don't bother asking me about what kind of chat hardware I have because I have it all and it all works fine, but a keyboard and monitor are the only ones that instant messengers use and using microphones and speakers is not an option unless it's one-on-one and I know who that other person is... but since PalTalk has 0 human support people anyway, it doesn't matter). Well, since there's no way for me to IM on PalTalk with my promary PalTalk ID, I'm going to uninstall it and make sure everyone I know who uses IM avoids it like the plague it is. I tried to hack the registry to see if I could get it working, and I found 2 different entries under HKCU/Software! That's illegal behavior since everything must be under HKCU/software/{company name}/{application name}/ That explains the security breach concerning the big-4 signons.

[Cyclone]

I too have stopped using Paltalk and have not used it for a long time. As to what is legal / illegal it does not seem to matter these places change the rules to suit themselves.

[mrs_rooster1]

hello everyone......I have a question;........I have installed paltalk yesterday and I do have 491....it works great, also in pm but what I would like to know is :
Is there a way to get any emotes or get emoticans, or do only paid members have that privilege?......
I also want to open my own private room but I have a problem in finding the keyword they saying you would find on the PalTalk Permanent Groups Admin. GUIDELINES
PAGE.... http://www.wackyb.com/zzub/style_emoticons/ohmy.gif ....can anybody help me with that, Pleaseeeee.

Thank you,
mrs_rooster1

[Cyclone]

Hiya mrs_rooster http://www.wackyb.com/zzub/style_emoticons/smile.gif

The keyword is there, I know myself it took me a few times reading it to find it and when i did it was how the heck did i miss that LOL

[thebig429]

Okay I`ll go over this step by step, you may know some of this.
1. go to http://my.paltalk.com/ log in
2.click on "my groups"
3. you will reach the page asking for the Keyword
click on Paltalk group administration guidelines below &
Look under the topic "Key Confirmation Code" that is where it is!

No emoticans at this time
http://www.wackyb.com/zzub/style_emoticons/blush.gif

[mrs_rooster1]

hi there, Cyclone & thebig429.....thank you both for your help...Cyclone, i did found the keyword after i checkt your answer on the forum.......it was kind of funny, i was going over & over that page....you were right,it almost hit me on the head,lol....anyway, i have it all set up already....thanks again for your help.....
thebig429, thanks for telling me about , that there are no emoticans yet...a friend of mine said that he can make emotes for the room that he has to copy and paste......i didn't really believe him bacause there is nothing that supports that....i did saw some smiley under the premium downloads but don't no forsure if you would really get them.....thanks again for your help, C & thebig.....have a good night you two.....
mrs_rooster1

[Cyclone]

and you too mrs_rooster http://www.wackyb.com/zzub/style_emoticons/smile.gif pleased ya got it all sorted and setup http://www.wackyb.com/zzub/style_emoticons/smile.gif

[RJisinspired]

<cringe>

ahhhhhhh Yes, I remember this place :-) I'm saving it for next book, lol.

rrr typos

[Me a&#39;]

hi
my mom uses paltalk build 496 every time she signs in to yahoo she gets a box that says yahoo user yahoo messenger team wants to im with you. accept the message? yes or no every time she clicks yes or no she gets a box that says paltalk this program has preformed an illegal opreation and will be shut down. under details it say PALTALK caused an invalid page fault in
module PTICON1.DLL at 0167:01b724ad.
Registers:
EAX=0000206e CS=0167 EIP=01b724ad EFLGS=00010286
EBX=00000000 SS=016f ESP=0254f304 EBP=0254ff34
ECX=81973d14 DS=016f ESI=00000001 FS=1937
EDX=7b41408e ES=016f EDI=0254ff54 GS=4a56
Bytes at CS:EIP:
88 9c 05 e8 f3 ff ff 8d 85 e8 f3 ff ff 50 e8 90
Stack dump:
00000144 0254f438 0000206e 00000144 01e21300 00000000 206e6f69 5920666f 6f6f6861 654d2021 6e657373 20726567 53206e6f 65747065 7265626d 2c343220


dose anyone else get this or know how to fix it? if u do please help

[thebig429]

Think i read something about that here http://forums.paltalk.com/messages/index.php