[READ FIRST] Trouble signing into MSN Messenger 6?

[NETRYDER]

Hello all, I am new here but saw the problems that some were having and wanted to help and to ask questions.
I recently installed WinXP and then MSN6 and began having problems. MSN4.7, which installed with the OS, works fine, but ver.6 would not allow a sign in. I got the error that stated it was unable to connect to the SOCKS proxy server. Since MSN4.7 worked I decided to do some comparisons.
In the setup for MSN6, I found that the section under TOOLS/OPTIONS/CONNECTION has a tick box for "I use a proxy server" and the box was checked. Also, the selcetion for 'Type' was set to 'SOCKS Version 4'.
In the setup for MSN4.7, this box was NOT checked.
So, in MSN6 I UN-CHECKED the box and tried to sign in...and it works fine!

[Zool]

OK This is really bugging me now. I haven't been to sign in for 4 days on my main E-mail account now, I get the 'Signing in to .NET Messenger Service failed because the service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later' Thingy.
I've tryed all the solutions in this thread and nothing has solved it. I can't sign into; MSN Messenger 5 or 6, or even Windows Messenger. I can still sign into hotmail.com to get my E-mail and I have changed my password twice. Another thing is though I can still sign into all MSN Messengers with all of my other E-mail addresses, but this leaves me with none of my contacts as they are all on my main account.
Anyone with the same problem? Or a solution please reply.
Cheers _z!
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[Nic0]

yo Zool, you are not the only one that have that problem.. i cant as well not sign in and i got the same problem as you and i got some spyware s**t installed at the same time that i got the sign in problem, i tried ad-aware and 2 other spyware remover and i have tried to remove msn 6.0 and edit the regedit. i got the problem after i visit the mess.de and downloaded msn plus. help does anyone know what we can do??
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[jimijames]

Okay, this is for everyone who is having troubles getting into MSN 6. I now have the problem that my .NET service is not recognized on my coputer, so when I sign in it says that my password is incorrect, or the name does not exist. Also, I get a 404 error when I try and get into my e-mail. I have no firewall, proxy, my time is correct, blah, blah, blah, and I've tried everything that's posted on this forum at least twice. But I HAVE found out a way to get into my MSN account and talk to people WITHOUT MSN messenger. It's a preogram called apni.net messenger, and it can be found from this link: http://www.apni.net/content/downloads/im.shtml
i hope this helps soothe some of the MSN pain that I've been having, too.

[FANG]

Can someone please find a solution? Using Zone Alarm as a server worked for a while but now it won't anymore, and deleting registry keys wouldn't work. MSN tech support wouldn't provide me with any feasible solutions and now they've stopped responding.

[ollipop]

when I try to log onto my msn it says stuff about no direct internet, i use aol!! also i can not access hotmail.com or msn.co.uk to try and download it again, i am using 6.0 and have no previous number installed!! what should i do i hav windows xp

[mongoose]

my problem is that whenever i try to sign on to msn 6.0 using windows xp it tells me i am behind some sort of fire wall. it mentions proxy settings and 'LAN' but i dont understand these! its strang because i dont actually have a firewall...can anybody help please!?

[HostOrbit]

Ok, it works fine for me but it does not work for my girlfriend.
It says "we were unable to sign you into .NET messenger service possible because of a problem with your connection...."

She can't get msn.co.uk or hotmail.com to load either but i can, yet i am not having any problems at all...

She uses:
Windows ME
AOL 7.0 Broadband

[samie]

Hey guyz i think i have found the problem

go here http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/09/02/msn.outage/
hopefully it might be back soon but if anyone got any suggestions how to do it please help!

[samie]

its happened to people with aol...in the uk

Welcome to AOL Member Help Interactive. If you are currently experiencing problems access MSN or Hotmail, please note that we are working with Microsoft to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience. Frankly speaking we don't have the estimated time when it will be solved but i assure that the technicains are working on it and it will be solved very soon,as it seems that there is a mojor system failure with network is down its being checked and made changes So please kindly wait as whole UK is facing this problem and you will be informed when this problem is solved