Microsoft KB Archive/187993

= System Kicked You Out of a Chat Room =

Article ID: 187993

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Chat 2.1
 * Microsoft Chat 2.0
 * Microsoft Chat 2.1
 * Microsoft Chat 2.0
 * Microsoft Chat 2.5
 * Microsoft Chat 2.5
 * Microsoft Chat 2.5

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This article was previously published under Q187993



SYMPTOMS
When you are in a chat room, you may receive the following message

System kicked out of the chat room.

where is your Nickname.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the System Operator used the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) "/kill " command (without quotation marks) to remove the chat room from the chat server.



RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, enter a different chat room. To do so, follow these steps:


 * 1) On the Room menu, click Room List.
 * 2) Click a room you want to enter.
 * 3) Click Join Room.



MORE INFORMATION
When the "/kill " command (without quotation marks) is used to remove a chat room, all of the members in the chat room are kicked out and receive the "System kicked out of the chat room" message.

For additional information about IRC commands, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

187991 MC: IRC Commands

Additional query words: chattop 2.00

Keywords: KB187993

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