possible cause of messenger login problems..

[JimJoe]

click the Start Button, then

click the Control Panel. Then, click User Accounts in

the Control Panel. Select your account

name, and then on the left side of the screen, under

Related Tasks, click 'Manage my Network

Passwords'. In the window that opens, click the

Passport.Net\* (Passport) entry and click

'Remove'.

Jonathan this Passport.Net\* account maybe the problem so
many people including me are unable to logon to MSN, XP
is by default supplying a wrong password perhaps,
removing this one using steps mentioned as above solves
the wrong password unable to logon issue (it is not a
firewall, date time, security level settings or service
status issue, just a new bug cropped from XP updates
perhaps).. JJ.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Jim,

I don't think this is the problem -- because they still would be able to just type in their
real login/password and be able to login.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[JimJoe]

-----Original Message-----

Greetings Jim,

I don't think this is the problem -- because they still

would be able to just type in their

real login/password and be able to login.

They (including me were not able to) even if one manually
types in the login & password again & again, that is the
bug! the point is that inspite of manually typing in a
password, the Passport.Net\* (Passport) entry seems to be
supplying a default/wrong password, just removing that
entry and manually logging into MSN next time solved the
problem here completely. Please don't rule this solution
out without reproducing the conditions and testing this
out your self..JJ.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi JJ,

I don't post anything without first testing it. It seems I'm going to have to write up
exactly what my posting standards are and add it to my signature (been under a lot of fire
here as of late).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com