Not common error 81000306 (I tried everything)

Error code 81000306.

Troubleshooter says everythign is fine.
Adv Conn Settings TCP tested OK.
I followed steps in help.live.com FAQ.
XP Pro is fully updated.
Firewall is properly configured.
WLM Version 8.0 (Build 8.0.0812.00)
I resintalled WLM as well.

Everything appears to work fine and I am able to connect to the server in
tests I am just not able to get signed in on WLM. It hasnt worked for two
days now so I have been runnign web messenger. No responce from tech support
yet.

Any suggestions or help you can offer will be greatly appreciated! Thanks

Microsofts Tech Support Solution WORKED!!

Curtis, here are the steps that you should follow in order:

1. Make sure that you are connected to the Internet.
Start Internet Explorer, and then try to visit the following Web sites:

http://www.microsoft.com
https://www.microsoft.com

If you cannot visit these sites, contact your Internet service provider
(ISP) for information about how to set up your Internet connection so that
you can visit both secure (https) and non-secure (http) sites.

After you verify that you can browse the Internet, go to the next step.

2. Clear the proxy settings in MSN Messenger:

a. Start Windows Live Messenger.
b. On the "Tools" menu, click "Options."
c. Click "Connection" in the left navigation pane.
d. Click "Advanced Settings" in the "Connection Settings" section.
e. Delete the content of the "SOCKS" field.
f. Click "OK" two times to save the settings.

3. If you are using a firewall, make sure that Messenger is allowed full
access through the firewall. For information about how to configure the most
common firewalls to allow Windows Live Messenger to function.

Please go to
http://spaces.msn.com/messenger-supp...53F!3669.entry
and look for steps on how to enable Windows Live Messenger through the most
common firewalls.

4. If you are connected to the Internet from a corporate environment, ask
the network administrator if access to Messenger is blocked.

5. If you are using a dial-up connection to connect to the Internet, you may
experience low connectivity speeds. Wait, and then try to connect later.

6. Check your Internet Explorer Security settings:

a. Open Internet Explorer.
b. On the "Tools" menu, click "Internet options."
c. On the "Advanced" tab, scroll down to the security section.
d. Make sure that "use SSL 2.0" and "use SSL 3.0" are both selected. MSN
Messenger requires these settings to validate your password and user name.

7. Reregister the security .dll files:

a. Click Start, click Run, type CMD, and then click OK.
b. Type the following commands. Press ENTER after each command line.
Note After each command runs successfully, you receive a "DllRegisterServer
succeeded" message. Wait until you receive this message before you type the
next command.
- regsvr32 softpub.dll
- regsvr32 wintrust.dll
- regsvr32 initpki.dll
- regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
- regsvr32 mssip32.dll
- regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
- regsvr32 dssenh.dll
- regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
- regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
- regsvr32 sccbase.dll


I hope this helps someone out!


"Damage_Inc" wrote:

> Error code 81000306.
>
> Troubleshooter says everythign is fine.
> Adv Conn Settings TCP tested OK.
> I followed steps in help.live.com FAQ.
> XP Pro is fully updated.
> Firewall is properly configured.
> WLM Version 8.0 (Build 8.0.0812.00)
> I resintalled WLM as well.
>
> Everything appears to work fine and I am able to connect to the server in
> tests I am just not able to get signed in on WLM. It hasnt worked for two
> days now so I have been runnign web messenger. No responce from tech support
> yet.
>
> Any suggestions or help you can offer will be greatly appreciated! Thanks

**EDIT: This did not fix it for long and repeating these steps never worked
again. Stay tuned Ill post teh next responce from Microsoft Support.**

Is your time/date correct?

That solved my problem..

"Damage_Inc" wrote:

> **EDIT: This did not fix it for long and repeating these steps never worked
> again. Stay tuned Ill post teh next responce from Microsoft Support.**
>

My date and time are correct. However in my event log there are several
warnings about time/date... "The time service has not been able to
synchronize the system time for 49152 seconds because none of the time
providers has been able to provide a usable time stamp. The system clock is
unsynchronized." This is probably normal and it does eventually update. These
are cautionary warnings only.

"Theis" wrote:

> Is your time/date correct?
>
> That solved my problem..
>
> "Damage_Inc" wrote:
>
> > **EDIT: This did not fix it for long and repeating these steps never worked
> > again. Stay tuned Ill post teh next responce from Microsoft Support.**
> >

My Vista Version refused to let me sign in on messenger.
I got an error code similar to the ones you get when the modem is turned off
etc.

"Damage_Inc" wrote:

> My date and time are correct. However in my event log there are several
> warnings about time/date... "The time service has not been able to
> synchronize the system time for 49152 seconds because none of the time
> providers has been able to provide a usable time stamp. The system clock is
> unsynchronized." This is probably normal and it does eventually update. These
> are cautionary warnings only.
>
> "Theis" wrote:
>
> > Is your time/date correct?
> >
> > That solved my problem..
> >
> > "Damage_Inc" wrote:
> >
> > > **EDIT: This did not fix it for long and repeating these steps never worked
> > > again. Stay tuned Ill post teh next responce from Microsoft Support.**
> > >

According to Microsoft this event log indicates I may have malicious software
on my PC. Zone Alarm, Adaware, SPybot all turn up nothing, however.
Spysweeper found something that could be a rootkit-masked file but online I
hear this can be a false positive. But its a TCP error so it may be
interferring with WLM?

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Tcpip
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4226
Date: 10/2/2006
Time: 6:51:37 PM
User: N/A
Computer: EREBUS
Description:
TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent
TCP connect attempts.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 01 00 54 00 ......T.
0008: 00 00 00 00 82 10 00 80 ....‚..€
0010: 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........


"Theis" wrote:

> My Vista Version refused to let me sign in on messenger.
> I got an error code similar to the ones you get when the modem is turned off
> etc.
>
> "Damage_Inc" wrote:
>
> > My date and time are correct. However in my event log there are several
> > warnings about time/date... "The time service has not been able to
> > synchronize the system time for 49152 seconds because none of the time
> > providers has been able to provide a usable time stamp. The system clock is
> > unsynchronized." This is probably normal and it does eventually update. These
> > are cautionary warnings only.
> >
> > "Theis" wrote:
> >
> > > Is your time/date correct?
> > >
> > > That solved my problem..
> > >
> > > "Damage_Inc" wrote:
> > >
> > > > **EDIT: This did not fix it for long and repeating these steps never worked
> > > > again. Stay tuned Ill post teh next responce from Microsoft Support.**
> > > >

I have not tried this yet. But it is a Zone Alarm problem. Disabling my
firewall had the nice effect of WLM working just perfectly! (risky but my
frustration outweighed the risk) Now that it is clearly a Zone Alarm problem
I found this article online. I will try this, later today if I have time. For
now this is an FYI and if you do this and its successfull plz reply here.
Thanks!

http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/b...essage.id=2821



"Damage_Inc" wrote:

> Error code 81000306.
>
> Troubleshooter says everythign is fine.
> Adv Conn Settings TCP tested OK.
> I followed steps in help.live.com FAQ.
> XP Pro is fully updated.
> Firewall is properly configured.
> WLM Version 8.0 (Build 8.0.0812.00)
> I resintalled WLM as well.
>
> Everything appears to work fine and I am able to connect to the server in
> tests I am just not able to get signed in on WLM. It hasnt worked for two
> days now so I have been runnign web messenger. No responce from tech support
> yet.
>
> Any suggestions or help you can offer will be greatly appreciated! Thanks

HEY EVERYONE< just VOUCHING for the above solution!

Thanks

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ZA have now removed the post and are not offering any other advice. Does
anyone know what the thred said?

"Damage_Inc" wrote:

> I have not tried this yet. But it is a Zone Alarm problem. Disabling my
> firewall had the nice effect of WLM working just perfectly! (risky but my
> frustration outweighed the risk) Now that it is clearly a Zone Alarm problem
> I found this article online. I will try this, later today if I have time. For
> now this is an FYI and if you do this and its successfull plz reply here.
> Thanks!
>
> http://forum.zonelabs.org/zonelabs/b...essage.id=2821
>
>
>
> "Damage_Inc" wrote:
>
> > Error code 81000306.
> >
> > Troubleshooter says everythign is fine.
> > Adv Conn Settings TCP tested OK.
> > I followed steps in help.live.com FAQ.
> > XP Pro is fully updated.
> > Firewall is properly configured.
> > WLM Version 8.0 (Build 8.0.0812.00)
> > I resintalled WLM as well.
> >
> > Everything appears to work fine and I am able to connect to the server in
> > tests I am just not able to get signed in on WLM. It hasnt worked for two
> > days now so I have been runnign web messenger. No responce from tech support
> > yet.
> >
> > Any suggestions or help you can offer will be greatly appreciated! Thanks