Problem with My MSN

I'm using IE8(+ WindowsXPSP3) and have MSN.com as my home page. When I
press the button to go to MyMSN, the MyMSN page come up but with a
message that says "Your request could not be processed at this time,
please refresh this page or try again later". When I try to add content
to the page(weather, news etc.) it says "done but with errors on page"
and no content is added. I also have Firefox on my computer so I tried
to set up the MyMSN page with the content that I want in Firefox and
found that it works fine there with no error messages. Any ideas on how
to solve this? Thanks!

See this related thread in MSN Discussion newsgroup about this ongoing
problem:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...58a11d0d1bdd47

Kenneth J. Harris wrote:
> I'm using IE8(+ WindowsXPSP3) and have MSN.com as my home page. When I
> press the button to go to MyMSN, the MyMSN page come up but with a
> message that says "Your request could not be processed at this time,
> please refresh this page or try again later". When I try to add content
> to the page(weather, news etc.) it says "done but with errors on page"
> and no content is added. I also have Firefox on my computer so I tried
> to set up the MyMSN page with the content that I want in Firefox and
> found that it works fine there with no error messages. Any ideas on how
> to solve this? Thanks!

Thanks for the reference. It appears that no one has solved the problem
yet so I'll live with it for now.

PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
> See this related thread in MSN Discussion newsgroup about this ongoing
> problem:
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...58a11d0d1bdd47
>
>
> Kenneth J. Harris wrote:
>> I'm using IE8(+ WindowsXPSP3) and have MSN.com as my home page. When I
>> press the button to go to MyMSN, the MyMSN page come up but with a
>> message that says "Your request could not be processed at this time,
>> please refresh this page or try again later". When I try to add content
>> to the page(weather, news etc.) it says "done but with errors on page"
>> and no content is added. I also have Firefox on my computer so I tried
>> to set up the MyMSN page with the content that I want in Firefox and
>> found that it works fine there with no error messages. Any ideas on how
>> to solve this? Thanks!
>

The "problem" isn't on the user's end, Kenneth.

Kenneth J. Harris wrote:
> Thanks for the reference. It appears that no one has solved the problem
> yet so I'll live with it for now.
>
> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote:
>> See this related thread in MSN Discussion newsgroup about this ongoing
>> problem:
>> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...58a11d0d1bdd47
>>
>>
>> Kenneth J. Harris wrote:
>>> I'm using IE8(+ WindowsXPSP3) and have MSN.com as my home page. When I
>>> press the button to go to MyMSN, the MyMSN page come up but with a
>>> message that says "Your request could not be processed at this time,
>>> please refresh this page or try again later". When I try to add content
>>> to the page(weather, news etc.) it says "done but with errors on page"
>>> and no content is added. I also have Firefox on my computer so I tried
>>> to set up the MyMSN page with the content that I want in Firefox and
>>> found that it works fine there with no error messages. Any ideas on how
>>> to solve this? Thanks!

This has been a problem for some time now. It has something to do with your
"hosts" file. Fix the problem by closing all IE pages, temporarily clearing
everything in "hosts" which is located at
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and then go to MyMsn page which should
be correct. Make sure you have a copy of "hosts" folder so once you are in
MyMsn you can copy it back to "hosts". Note: the problem will come back
again but no way to determine exactly when.

Frank

"Kenneth J. Harris" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm using IE8(+ WindowsXPSP3) and have MSN.com as my home page. When I
> press the button to go to MyMSN, the MyMSN page come up but with a message
> that says "Your request could not be processed at this time, please
> refresh this page or try again later". When I try to add content to the
> page(weather, news etc.) it says "done but with errors on page" and no
> content is added. I also have Firefox on my computer so I tried to set up
> the MyMSN page with the content that I want in Firefox and found that it
> works fine there with no error messages. Any ideas on how to solve this?
> Thanks!

Nope.

FrankV wrote:
> This has been a problem for some time now. It has something to do with
> your
> "hosts" file. Fix the problem by closing all IE pages, temporarily
> clearing
> everything in "hosts" which is located at
> C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and then go to MyMsn page which
> should
> be correct. Make sure you have a copy of "hosts" folder so once you are in
> MyMsn you can copy it back to "hosts". Note: the problem will come back
> again but no way to determine exactly when.
>
> Frank
>
> "Kenneth J. Harris" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> I'm using IE8(+ WindowsXPSP3) and have MSN.com as my home page. When I
>> press the button to go to MyMSN, the MyMSN page come up but with a
>> message
>> that says "Your request could not be processed at this time, please
>> refresh this page or try again later". When I try to add content to the
>> page(weather, news etc.) it says "done but with errors on page" and no
>> content is added. I also have Firefox on my computer so I tried to set
>> up
>> the MyMSN page with the content that I want in Firefox and found that it
>> works fine there with no error messages. Any ideas on how to solve this?
>> Thanks!

Does "Nope" mean it didn't work for you?

Frank

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Nope.
>
> FrankV wrote:
>> This has been a problem for some time now. It has something to do with
>> your
>> "hosts" file. Fix the problem by closing all IE pages, temporarily
>> clearing
>> everything in "hosts" which is located at
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and then go to MyMsn page which
>> should
>> be correct. Make sure you have a copy of "hosts" folder so once you are
>> in
>> MyMsn you can copy it back to "hosts". Note: the problem will come back
>> again but no way to determine exactly when.
>>
>> Frank
>>
>> "Kenneth J. Harris" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> I'm using IE8(+ WindowsXPSP3) and have MSN.com as my home page. When I
>>> press the button to go to MyMSN, the MyMSN page come up but with a
>>> message
>>> that says "Your request could not be processed at this time, please
>>> refresh this page or try again later". When I try to add content to the
>>> page(weather, news etc.) it says "done but with errors on page" and no
>>> content is added. I also have Firefox on my computer so I tried to set
>>> up
>>> the MyMSN page with the content that I want in Firefox and found that it
>>> works fine there with no error messages. Any ideas on how to solve this?
>>> Thanks!
>

Different people have found different solutions, and some still have not.
Hosts file removal did nothing for me. In another thread I did post what the
fix for *my machine* was. YMMV.

<QP>
Scrutinize Add/Remove Programs including updates for Windows PowerShell. It
was offered a few weeks ago in Windows/Microsoft Updates.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv.../download.mspx

I just removed it and rebooted. My MSN is back. Fix, or coincidence? I don't
know and I don't care.
</QP>
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA


"FrankV" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Does "Nope" mean it didn't work for you?
>
> Frank
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Nope.
>>
>> FrankV wrote:
>>> This has been a problem for some time now. It has something to do with
>>> your
>>> "hosts" file. Fix the problem by closing all IE pages, temporarily
>>> clearing
>>> everything in "hosts" which is located at
>>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and then go to MyMsn page which
>>> should
>>> be correct. Make sure you have a copy of "hosts" folder so once you are
>>> in
>>> MyMsn you can copy it back to "hosts". Note: the problem will come back
>>> again but no way to determine exactly when.
>>>
>>> Frank
>>>
>>> "Kenneth J. Harris" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> I'm using IE8(+ WindowsXPSP3) and have MSN.com as my home page. When I
>>>> press the button to go to MyMSN, the MyMSN page come up but with a
>>>> message
>>>> that says "Your request could not be processed at this time, please
>>>> refresh this page or try again later". When I try to add content to the
>>>> page(weather, news etc.) it says "done but with errors on page" and no
>>>> content is added. I also have Firefox on my computer so I tried to set
>>>> up
>>>> the MyMSN page with the content that I want in Firefox and found that
>>>> it
>>>> works fine there with no error messages. Any ideas on how to solve
>>>> this?
>>>> Thanks!
>>
>
>

I saw it in the other thread and it didn't help me.

Frank

"Bruce Hagen" <> wrote in message
news:eDy$...
> Different people have found different solutions, and some still have not.
> Hosts file removal did nothing for me. In another thread I did post what
> the fix for *my machine* was. YMMV.
>
> <QP>
> Scrutinize Add/Remove Programs including updates for Windows PowerShell.
> It
> was offered a few weeks ago in Windows/Microsoft Updates.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserv.../download.mspx
>
> I just removed it and rebooted. My MSN is back. Fix, or coincidence? I
> don't
> know and I don't care.
> </QP>
> --
>
> Bruce Hagen
> MS-MVP [Mail]
> Imperial Beach, CA
>
>
> "FrankV" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Does "Nope" mean it didn't work for you?
>>
>> Frank
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> Nope.
>>>
>>> FrankV wrote:
>>>> This has been a problem for some time now. It has something to do with
>>>> your
>>>> "hosts" file. Fix the problem by closing all IE pages, temporarily
>>>> clearing
>>>> everything in "hosts" which is located at
>>>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and then go to MyMsn page which
>>>> should
>>>> be correct. Make sure you have a copy of "hosts" folder so once you are
>>>> in
>>>> MyMsn you can copy it back to "hosts". Note: the problem will come
>>>> back
>>>> again but no way to determine exactly when.
>>>>
>>>> Frank
>>>>
>>>> "Kenneth J. Harris" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> I'm using IE8(+ WindowsXPSP3) and have MSN.com as my home page. When
>>>>> I
>>>>> press the button to go to MyMSN, the MyMSN page come up but with a
>>>>> message
>>>>> that says "Your request could not be processed at this time, please
>>>>> refresh this page or try again later". When I try to add content to
>>>>> the
>>>>> page(weather, news etc.) it says "done but with errors on page" and no
>>>>> content is added. I also have Firefox on my computer so I tried to
>>>>> set up
>>>>> the MyMSN page with the content that I want in Firefox and found that
>>>>> it
>>>>> works fine there with no error messages. Any ideas on how to solve
>>>>> this?
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>
>

No, "nope" means that the "problem" has nothing to do with your (default)
hosts file.

FrankV wrote:
> Does "Nope" mean it didn't work for you?
>
> Frank
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Nope.
>>
>> FrankV wrote:
>>> This has been a problem for some time now. It has something to do with
>>> your
>>> "hosts" file. Fix the problem by closing all IE pages, temporarily
>>> clearing
>>> everything in "hosts" which is located at
>>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and then go to MyMsn page which
>>> should
>>> be correct. Make sure you have a copy of "hosts" folder so once you are
>>> in
>>> MyMsn you can copy it back to "hosts". Note: the problem will come back
>>> again but no way to determine exactly when.
>>>
>>> Frank
>>>
>>> "Kenneth J. Harris" <> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> I'm using IE8(+ WindowsXPSP3) and have MSN.com as my home page. When I
>>>> press the button to go to MyMSN, the MyMSN page come up but with a
>>>> message
>>>> that says "Your request could not be processed at this time, please
>>>> refresh this page or try again later". When I try to add content to the
>>>> page(weather, news etc.) it says "done but with errors on page" and no
>>>> content is added. I also have Firefox on my computer so I tried to set
>>>> up
>>>> the MyMSN page with the content that I want in Firefox and found that
>>>> it
>>>> works fine there with no error messages. Any ideas on how to solve
>>>> this?
>>>> Thanks!