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Can't sign in to Yahoo Messenger, error 81003002

Today suddently I have problem signing in to Yahoo Messenger, I get error as below:

The password you entered is incorrect. Click "Try again" to re-enter it, or click "Sign-in Problems?" if you have forgotten your ID or password. (81003002)

I know very well that my id & password are correct, and I have no problem in using them to log in to my Yahoo Mail. I even tried uninstall and reinstall Yahoo Messenger but it didn't help.

After some searches and testing, finally I found where the problem is. The error only happens if I have proxy server setting in IE's or Google Chrome's Internet Options. It seems IE and Google Chrome is sharing the same proxy server settings.

Funny thing is in my Yahoo Messenger, I specify 'Connect directly to the Internet', and not via proxy server, not sure why it still try to get the proxy setting from IE.

Anyway when I taken out the proxy server settings from IE, I was able to sign in to Yahoo Messenger again.

Tea