MSmessenger 8 problem signing in, only on thos pc, and this signin

[Guest]

I'm having the same problem as many other foks it seems. This only occurs
when I try to login to one msmessenger account, and on one pc. I can login to
other accounts on this pc, or login to this account on other pcs. It started
on or about October 15/16.

I put in the login, and password, and it starts the login, and then just
sits there with those little pawns spinning around. If I'm logged in on my
other computer, it logs me off messenger there too.

It started for my about October 15/16. Funny thing is I can't login using
the signin that I usually use, but if I use anotherr one, it signs in fine,
which to me tells me that my software is ok. I can also login to this account
on another computer, just not this one.

I tried uninstalling MSMessenger 8.0, deleting all the associated files, and
even cleaning it out of the registry, rebooting, and then reinstalling, and
it still fails. I came here as a last resort, and I see that there are many
people having the same issue. COuld it be this problem is related to
Microsoft, or some new security breach?

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Due to a misconfiguration at Microsoft, several policies were added erroneously while clients
tried to log in earlier in the week. To fix this, shut down Messenger entirely by
right-clicking on its icon in the notification area and choosing Exit, then download and run
this .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/remove_wlmpolicies.reg

Then try signing in again.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

 

[Guest]

Jonathan

I have been suffering the same problem as others, in that I cannot login to
MSN Live. I have tried your fix (which helped others) but i still cannot
login. The MSN logo flashes briefly in the 'notification area', but as soon
as i move the curosr near it, it disappears.
Any advice would be appreciated.
I am able to logon using an old version of MSN (4.7).

Many thanks