[READ FIRST] Trouble signing into MSN Messenger 6?

[Drakemourne]

Right, I've been unable to sign in to MSN Messenger 6.0 for months now.

I'm using Windows XP Pro, connect to the internet through a local HTTP proxy server and I get this error message (almost immediately) when I try to log in;

"Sorry, we were unable to sign you in to the .NET Messenger Service at this time. Please try again later."

I'm going to try installing 6.1 and windows messenger 4.7 and hopefully one of those will work.

[michaelphipps]

Hi Kids!

I have yet another possible solution for you all. This is going to sound REALLY strange, but open up Internet Explorer... (yes really!)

Click Tools
Click Internet Options
Click the Advanced tab
Scroll all the way down to the security options and make sure both of these boxes are ticked:
Use SSL 2.0
Use SSL 3.0
Click OK

Have another go at logging in and see what happens. It might actually help you out!

Hope I helped!

PS - Make sure you're using the latest virus software and that you have a firewall in place to stop those nasty worms that can cause these problems

Don't forget to look before you cross the road!

[samgalpin]

ahhh I need help I clicked on run in the start menu and typed in "regedit " and it sed that there was a memory violation in module kernel32 at 2784:93113777 wot do I do everytime I do it the number at the end changes 2 ????
help me please

[addiego2003]

I had the same exact problem,it wouldnt let me sign in until I updated to 6.1.
Now I cant do audio conversations with the new program. I hate 6.1..I wish I could go back to 6.0 but it wont let you..

[Beatrix Kido]

hey..i tried all the advices written here but nuffin works, the "solution" with the regedit and so on doesnt work and I can't install 6.0 or any other older version,because it tells me I have to get the latest version, but since I got it the first time my MSN doesn't work.. that's about 1 month ago now..it is always this 0x81000301 error, btw my trillian, icq, amsn and dmsn dont work either..i've already reinstalled everything about 10 times and it still doesnt work, thats kinda frustrating.. I don't have any proxy or something like that, does some1 have another advice what to do thanx a lot

[aerialdan]

I have been suffering with the same problem as you all and it's been mind numbing trying to find someone to help me. AOL and MSN are both completely useless!

Finally though I fixed the problem and I hope it helps you lot out there as well.

I found a web site which told me to check my MTU setting on my ADSL modem. Apparantly AOL only works upto a MTU of 1400. Most modems will preset themselves to 1492. I changed mine to 1400 and at first it didn't work. So I changed the other two fields as well which were MRU and MSS.

MTU = Maximum Receiving Unit
MRU = Maximum Transmitting Unit
MSS = Maximum Segment Size

I set MTU to 1400, MRU to 1400 and MSS to 1340. I only set the MSS value lower because it was 60 less than the other 2 originally but I have no idea whether or not this is correct until I do more investigations.

After doing the above I found that MSN worked immediately! and IE now works at lightning speeds! Thanks for nothing AOL! It's taken me hours and hours to fix this problem myself!

[lost_soul]

hi..um I have a really big problem with my msn..heres wut happend..one day I tried to sign into MSN n it wouldnt let me..it said this username /password does not exist..i know it works cause it works on my dads computer and on everyother computer..i tried to sign into windows messenger n it brought up the same message..then I decided to try hotmail but it brought up an error page when I click the sign in button..i dont know wut this problem is I tried fixing settings theres no viruses on my computer..sumone told me to try deleting cache files but that didnt work either..i have to use trillian to sign in but it suks so much..im in desperate need of help! It doesnt sign in to either MSN any version..hotmail or windows messenger..i tired everything I can think of!

[lost_soul]

if anyone thinks they know wut could be wrong wit my computer can you email me at chrissygirlca@yahoo.ca thank you sooo much if you can!

[lost_soul]

is the only way to slove this by reformatting the computer...like uninstalling windows xp?..n if I do that will it uninstall sympatico?

[lost_soul]

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holy cra p I fixed it everyone wit the hotmail error n invalid username/pasword problem go there...woo hoo im sooo happy lol hope it owrks good luck