Option to Receive Instant Messages On My Mobile Phone Not Availabl

I want people on my contact list to be able to send me instant messages that
are delivered to my mobile phone as text messages. I go to Tools: Options:
Phone and I see the option to "Allow people on my contact list to send
messages to my mobile device" and there's a check box to select to allow that
BUT the box is greyed out. It can't be checked. Is anyone aware of a
workaround or a reason why this option would be greyed out?

Hello,

are you registered at http://mobile.live.com/signup/Signup2.aspx and have
you set up an account there?

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo

"bcjohnson37" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:C0320C63-DD5A-4D16-A1B3-...
>I want people on my contact list to be able to send me instant messages
>that
> are delivered to my mobile phone as text messages. I go to Tools:
> Options:
> Phone and I see the option to "Allow people on my contact list to send
> messages to my mobile device" and there's a check box to select to allow
> that
> BUT the box is greyed out. It can't be checked. Is anyone aware of a
> workaround or a reason why this option would be greyed out?

Yes. I had the site send me the confirmation message to my cell phone and I
entered that into the site. The site confirmed that I was set up, but the
option to allow contacts to send me instant messages on my phone is still
greyed out (not available). I found another post that said to try
uninstalling the latest version of Messenger and install an older version
(7.0), then active the option, then upgrade because there was a known issue
with the latest version of Messenger, but that didn't work either.

Brent

"P. Di Stolfo" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> are you registered at http://mobile.live.com/signup/Signup2.aspx and have
> you set up an account there?
>
> Greetings,
> P. Di Stolfo
>
> "bcjohnson37" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:C0320C63-DD5A-4D16-A1B3-...
> >I want people on my contact list to be able to send me instant messages
> >that
> > are delivered to my mobile phone as text messages. I go to Tools:
> > Options:
> > Phone and I see the option to "Allow people on my contact list to send
> > messages to my mobile device" and there's a check box to select to allow
> > that
> > BUT the box is greyed out. It can't be checked. Is anyone aware of a
> > workaround or a reason why this option would be greyed out?
>

Did you ever figure this out? Im having the same exact problem.

"bcjohnson37" wrote:

> Yes. I had the site send me the confirmation message to my cell phone and I
> entered that into the site. The site confirmed that I was set up, but the
> option to allow contacts to send me instant messages on my phone is still
> greyed out (not available). I found another post that said to try
> uninstalling the latest version of Messenger and install an older version
> (7.0), then active the option, then upgrade because there was a known issue
> with the latest version of Messenger, but that didn't work either.
>
> Brent
>
> "P. Di Stolfo" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > are you registered at http://mobile.live.com/signup/Signup2.aspx and have
> > you set up an account there?
> >
> > Greetings,
> > P. Di Stolfo
> >
> > "bcjohnson37" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:C0320C63-DD5A-4D16-A1B3-...
> > >I want people on my contact list to be able to send me instant messages
> > >that
> > > are delivered to my mobile phone as text messages. I go to Tools:
> > > Options:
> > > Phone and I see the option to "Allow people on my contact list to send
> > > messages to my mobile device" and there's a check box to select to allow
> > > that
> > > BUT the box is greyed out. It can't be checked. Is anyone aware of a
> > > workaround or a reason why this option would be greyed out?
> >

I'm also having this problem, does anyone know the answer to this?

"bonbon" wrote:

> Did you ever figure this out? Im having the same exact problem.
>
> "bcjohnson37" wrote:
>
> > Yes. I had the site send me the confirmation message to my cell phone and I
> > entered that into the site. The site confirmed that I was set up, but the
> > option to allow contacts to send me instant messages on my phone is still
> > greyed out (not available). I found another post that said to try
> > uninstalling the latest version of Messenger and install an older version
> > (7.0), then active the option, then upgrade because there was a known issue
> > with the latest version of Messenger, but that didn't work either.
> >
> > Brent
> >
> > "P. Di Stolfo" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > are you registered at http://mobile.live.com/signup/Signup2.aspx and have
> > > you set up an account there?
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > > P. Di Stolfo
> > >
> > > "bcjohnson37" <> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > > news:C0320C63-DD5A-4D16-A1B3-...
> > > >I want people on my contact list to be able to send me instant messages
> > > >that
> > > > are delivered to my mobile phone as text messages. I go to Tools:
> > > > Options:
> > > > Phone and I see the option to "Allow people on my contact list to send
> > > > messages to my mobile device" and there's a check box to select to allow
> > > > that
> > > > BUT the box is greyed out. It can't be checked. Is anyone aware of a
> > > > workaround or a reason why this option would be greyed out?
> > >