Error 0x81000301, Getting desperate

[ThaGroov]

Hi there, its been a week now that I've been trying to get
arround this error without any succes. The problem is not
only MSN but some sites too.

Well, amazon.com,hotmail.com and other passport(.net/.com)
sites wont work here. I keep getting a page not found
error.

I've tried about everything there is to find about this
error on the Internet. I tried the 8 steps mentioned here,
I tried registerring DLL's, I tried removing TCP/IP and
stuff, I even tried to reinstall Winsock but all without
any succes.
I'm confident that it has something to do with
Winsock/SSL, I just can't found out what it is.

What runs on amazon.com, hotmail.com and passport sites
that keeps getting blocked? I've set cookies to accept
all, I've checked that SSL is enabled, I've added the
sites to the trusted zone and set the security to low.. I
really tried about everything and I'm getting very
desperate.

I hope someone can come up with a solution for this
problem and not working arround it. I'm not gona use
another Messenger, I'm not gona format etc..

Plz help me,
Kind regards, Kevin


Btw, I've tried about anything posted on this forums about these errors and nothing helped yet..
If I forgot to mention things, just ask.. Firewalls and Anti-virusscanners are uninstalled.

[detn8r]

Hey Kevin,

When did this problem start exactly? Have you tried the connection troubleshooter? That seems to correct the problem every time I receive it.
If this doesn't work, try the solutions I have compiled on this thread. If none of those solutions are successful, then unfortunately, there is nothing more we can do, as we know no more solutions.

[ThaGroov]

Its just happened, one day to another we couldn't sign in any more on that PC.. Something strange, no virus or ad-aware etc..
I don't know what that connection troubleshooter is, so no, I didn't test that out, are you btw sure its a Win2000 thingy and not a WindowsXP option?

And yes, I've tried everything in your thread and other threads aswell but still the problem remains :s

[Majestic]

Yeah, me and my mate have the exact same problem. The only way my mate managed to fix the problem was with a reformat. No problems after reformatting. This leads me to believe that the problem is based within the users computer. Possibly infected by spyware or a virus. I am not too keen to have to reformat myself. Anybody out there with a solution... PLEASE!!! I have no life without MSN.

[EvilSeph]

Try looking at this and doing what it says. Regsvr32'ing softpub.dll usually fixes the problem..really odd.

Anyway, go here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813444

Hope this helps, it should work after doing that :\

[aalyianut]

"Your absolutely right it is your winsock if its XP and earlier you could try contacting you PC manufactuer for network stack reinstall in add/remove components,

if its XP try this
start>> run>> regsvr32 wintrust.dll
start>> run>> regsvr32 softpub.dll
start>> run>>ipconfig /flushdns
start>> run>>netsh int ip reset all

hopefully this will help

[lukeyson]

Hi guys I have been following this problem, tryed all the remedies posted, and none of them worked.
I had MSN 6.1, worked fine, until I upgraded to 6.2 the other day, and kept getting the 'make sure your connected to the internet' message.
So in XP I made a new profile, and started MSN 6.2 there, and it worked fine, switched to my old profile that I was having the prob with MSN 6.2, and IT WORKED no problems.
I dont know how or why it just worked. But it did.
Hopefully this may work for some of you guys and girls.
Regards