RE: Vista and Live Messenger

if you download msn version 8 it will work with vista i just did it on a
friends computer and it worked fine... make sure you delete any other version
of wlm you have installed.

snuggles



"AB" wrote:

> Hi
> Have posted this problem in microsoft.public.msn.messenger but didnt recive
> any answer at all
> so I though to try here and see what happends.
> Problem goes like this: Have a brand new HP laptop with preinstalled vista
> home premium on it,
> which works just fine but was missing messenger so I downloaded and
> installed Live Messenger.
> Been trying to get online with it for the past 3 days. I even installed a
> Vista Ultimate in hope that
> other version of Vista would fix my problem. But again I was out of luck and
> sort of stuck with my problem.
> The error that I am getting is 81000306 and it seams to me that it doesnt
> like my wifi connection at all.
> The wierdest thing is that wifes XP pro laptop is using the same version of
> Live Messenger and she can get online
> but not me So that rules out any network hardware issues with my router
> and hardware firewall.
> I tried google and came across many suggestions (
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forumarch...st24461009.asp)
> but none of those I tried
> worked.
>
> So I am wondering if anyone had this issue and if you can come with some
> suggestions to problem at hand.
> Posting also a screenshot of error.
>
> Thanks
> AB
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