yes I've followed every step I even tried to delete the account I created and created the new one just to make sure that I did the configuration right. Due to my frustration I tried to configure ypop. Did a right click on the system tray icon went to configure drilled down on the network tab and in bind on I.P. address I tried changing it to 127.0.0.1 from 192.168.2.101 which is my network address also tried the option any but still no go.