RE: Chat Problem
WIN XP also had a built in popup stopper....do you know how to find that? On my system is it a little icon that looks like a piece of paper with an exclamation point. It should be near the little "earth" icon that says INternet. The only times it is visible is if you are visiting a site that has popup ads. If you see it, just point to it and it will let you know is popup blocking is enabled or not.
If you don't have it on your system, but have any other type popup blocker, you have to disable that to get into chat.
Hope this helps....we can only keep trying!!
Paula