Cannot sign in (Error 81000395)

Hey, i've been experiencing this problem since early friday afternoon, so
basicly well over 62 hours now!

After about 3 seconds of attempting to sign in, this comes up

"Signing in to Windows Live Messenger failed because the service is
temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.

Error Code: 81000395"

I've tried other accounts but with them the buddy just continously spins..
There is one account that does sign in but it hasn't got any of my contacts
on and I really do need my original account back and working!

I've tried soo many times, done the troubleshooting, done the connectivity
troubleshooter.. all fine!

I've cleaned my computer of all Windows Live Messenger releated files,
re-installed wlm.. no avail. Tried Windows messenger, web clients and i've
tried my other PC and i've also asked friends to try *one from another
country!* and exactly the same problem happens, everytime.

I'd appreciate in you getting back to me asap, I really do want and need my
account back.

Thank you,

Greg

Hey,

Count me in here also. I have the exact same problem. Not that I even want
this crap on my puter, but my step kids use msn messenger, which when I go to
download, takes me to the new win live msngr.

Any solutions or ideas would be greatly appreaciated.

Ok,

This is just plain weird. After I wrote the last post, I thought I would
hit "re-try" to try and log into live messenger again. Lo and behold, it
logged me in no problems. I don't get it?????

Just another display of microsoft ****ing people off with new and crappier
versions of software.

My suggestion is to leave it alone for a few min with the error msg on your
screen, then click "retry" and see what happens.