Windows 7 Windows Live Login Problems

[filmstar40]

Hi,

A bit of advice please.

I purchased my first ever Laptop (dell), with Windows 7 and find that I cannot log onto Windows Live / MSN Messenger. I think it may be firewall related but I have set up the Mcafee Permissions to allow the MSNMSGR.exe file full access but it still stops at login and says contacts cannot be loaded.

I seem to have hit a dead end and run out of ideas.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Madxgraphics]

Hi,

A bit of advice please.

I purchased my first ever Laptop (dell), with Windows 7 and find that I cannot log onto Windows Live / MSN Messenger. I think it may be firewall related but I have set up the Mcafee Permissions to allow the MSNMSGR.exe file full access but it still stops at login and says contacts cannot be loaded.

I seem to have hit a dead end and run out of ideas.

Thanks in advance.

Welcome to the forum......

Get rid of Mc Crappy andyour problems will be solved...

 

[filmstar40]

Thanks Madxgraphics for your advice and quick post.

I am still in the free trial period so going elsewhere is an easy option (I think).

Any recommendations - Norton 360?

 

[floppybootstomp]

Nortons is worse than McCaffee.

Pay for Kaspersky or NOD 32 or use Antivir for free.

http://www.free-av.com

Yes, it's free.

Yes, it's good.

You do get an annoying pop up window each time it auto-updates but worth living with for no money

 

[muckshifter]

Here's another free AV program ...

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_Essentials/

... it works, no annoying popup when updating, it's good.


Yes I use it, if you want to pay, then NOD gets my vote.