Signing in just goes on forever but no error

Hi all,

I've never had any issues with MSN before but today I signed off and went to
sign back on and it just keeps trying to sign on. Litterally it sat there
for 2 hours no error message or anything, just saying signing in all the
time. So I finally decided to try my old account which signed in in 3
seconds no problem. I also tried my account sign in through web messenger
and no issue but then trying again on live it just does not want to sign into
this account. Is there anything I can do?

Greetings,

Do you have another PC you have access to with WLM on it that you can try logging into that
account on?

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"" <@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9DA6C65E-0DBD-4648-9A66-...
> Hi all,
>
> I've never had any issues with MSN before but today I signed off and went to
> sign back on and it just keeps trying to sign on. Litterally it sat there
> for 2 hours no error message or anything, just saying signing in all the
> time. So I finally decided to try my old account which signed in in 3
> seconds no problem. I also tried my account sign in through web messenger
> and no issue but then trying again on live it just does not want to sign into
> this account. Is there anything I can do?

Unfortunatly not until Sunday afternoon. My girlfriend left with her laptop
for a few days..

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Do you have another PC you have access to with WLM on it that you can try logging into that
> account on?
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "" <@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9DA6C65E-0DBD-4648-9A66-...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've never had any issues with MSN before but today I signed off and went to
> > sign back on and it just keeps trying to sign on. Litterally it sat there
> > for 2 hours no error message or anything, just saying signing in all the
> > time. So I finally decided to try my old account which signed in in 3
> > seconds no problem. I also tried my account sign in through web messenger
> > and no issue but then trying again on live it just does not want to sign into
> > this account. Is there anything I can do?
>
>
>

I have the same problem. I can sign into a different computer with my name.
So I uninstalled and reinstalled and have the same problem still. I tried
disabling my firewall and still no luck. It started after Windows Updates.
So I tried removing the updates, but still no luck.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Do you have another PC you have access to with WLM on it that you can try logging into that
> account on?
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "" <@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9DA6C65E-0DBD-4648-9A66-...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've never had any issues with MSN before but today I signed off and went to
> > sign back on and it just keeps trying to sign on. Litterally it sat there
> > for 2 hours no error message or anything, just saying signing in all the
> > time. So I finally decided to try my old account which signed in in 3
> > seconds no problem. I also tried my account sign in through web messenger
> > and no issue but then trying again on live it just does not want to sign into
> > this account. Is there anything I can do?
>
>
>

Greetings,

Try the following -- shut down Messenger entirely by right-clicking on its icon in the
notification area and choosing Exit, then download and run this .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...grsettings.reg

Then try signing in again.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"advcomp2019" <> wrote in message
news:EC8102CE-5C43-4ADE-8F92-...
>I have the same problem. I can sign into a different computer with my name.
> So I uninstalled and reinstalled and have the same problem still. I tried
> disabling my firewall and still no luck. It started after Windows Updates.
> So I tried removing the updates, but still no luck.
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Do you have another PC you have access to with WLM on it that you can try logging into
>> that
>> account on?
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "" <@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9DA6C65E-0DBD-4648-9A66-...
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I've never had any issues with MSN before but today I signed off and went to
>> > sign back on and it just keeps trying to sign on. Litterally it sat there
>> > for 2 hours no error message or anything, just saying signing in all the
>> > time. So I finally decided to try my old account which signed in in 3
>> > seconds no problem. I also tried my account sign in through web messenger
>> > and no issue but then trying again on live it just does not want to sign into
>> > this account. Is there anything I can do?
>>
>>
>>

Worked like a charm Jonathan. Thanks very much.

Any idea what was causing this problem?

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Try the following -- shut down Messenger entirely by right-clicking on its icon in the
> notification area and choosing Exit, then download and run this .reg file:
> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...grsettings.reg
>
> Then try signing in again.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "advcomp2019" <> wrote in message
> news:EC8102CE-5C43-4ADE-8F92-...
> >I have the same problem. I can sign into a different computer with my name.
> > So I uninstalled and reinstalled and have the same problem still. I tried
> > disabling my firewall and still no luck. It started after Windows Updates.
> > So I tried removing the updates, but still no luck.
> >
> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> Do you have another PC you have access to with WLM on it that you can try logging into
> >> that
> >> account on?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jonathan Kay
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> >> Associate Expert
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> >> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> >> --
> >>
> >> "" <@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9DA6C65E-0DBD-4648-9A66-...
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > I've never had any issues with MSN before but today I signed off and went to
> >> > sign back on and it just keeps trying to sign on. Litterally it sat there
> >> > for 2 hours no error message or anything, just saying signing in all the
> >> > time. So I finally decided to try my old account which signed in in 3
> >> > seconds no problem. I also tried my account sign in through web messenger
> >> > and no issue but then trying again on live it just does not want to sign into
> >> > this account. Is there anything I can do?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Hi,

Still working on that part.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"SupaDawg" <> wrote in message
news:489BC4C9-0DC1-4208-80DF-...
> Worked like a charm Jonathan. Thanks very much.
>
> Any idea what was causing this problem?
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Try the following -- shut down Messenger entirely by right-clicking on its icon in the
>> notification area and choosing Exit, then download and run this .reg file:
>> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...grsettings.reg
>>
>> Then try signing in again.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "advcomp2019" <> wrote in message
>> news:EC8102CE-5C43-4ADE-8F92-...
>> >I have the same problem. I can sign into a different computer with my name.
>> > So I uninstalled and reinstalled and have the same problem still. I tried
>> > disabling my firewall and still no luck. It started after Windows Updates.
>> > So I tried removing the updates, but still no luck.
>> >
>> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Greetings,
>> >>
>> >> Do you have another PC you have access to with WLM on it that you can try logging into
>> >> that
>> >> account on?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Jonathan Kay
>> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> >> Associate Expert
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> >> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> >> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> >> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> "" <@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> >> message
>> >> news:9DA6C65E-0DBD-4648-9A66-...
>> >> > Hi all,
>> >> >
>> >> > I've never had any issues with MSN before but today I signed off and went to
>> >> > sign back on and it just keeps trying to sign on. Litterally it sat there
>> >> > for 2 hours no error message or anything, just saying signing in all the
>> >> > time. So I finally decided to try my old account which signed in in 3
>> >> > seconds no problem. I also tried my account sign in through web messenger
>> >> > and no issue but then trying again on live it just does not want to sign into
>> >> > this account. Is there anything I can do?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

Same problems here. The weird thing is that the account affected can't
connect from any PC on our LAN (we haven't tried from outside it yet).
Meanwhile, other accounts can log in from all PCs on our LAN. Can't figure
out how settings on one PC could affect all of them (talking about Jonathans
fix)

Just as a follow up. We ran Jonathans registry entry remover and it fixed the
problem for all PCs (i.e. not just the one we ran it on).

I really can't figure out how a PC that is turned off can stop you logging
on with a different PC - weird. Must be some cached information at Microsoft
somewhere.

I anyone finds an explanation for this behaviour, I would love to know.

worked like a charm here as well

thanks


"SupaDawg" wrote:

> Worked like a charm Jonathan. Thanks very much.
>
> Any idea what was causing this problem?
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Try the following -- shut down Messenger entirely by right-clicking on its icon in the
> > notification area and choosing Exit, then download and run this .reg file:
> > http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...grsettings.reg
> >
> > Then try signing in again.
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> > You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> > --
> >
> > "advcomp2019" <> wrote in message
> > news:EC8102CE-5C43-4ADE-8F92-...
> > >I have the same problem. I can sign into a different computer with my name.
> > > So I uninstalled and reinstalled and have the same problem still. I tried
> > > disabling my firewall and still no luck. It started after Windows Updates.
> > > So I tried removing the updates, but still no luck.
> > >
> > > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Greetings,
> > >>
> > >> Do you have another PC you have access to with WLM on it that you can try logging into
> > >> that
> > >> account on?
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Jonathan Kay
> > >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> > >> Associate Expert
> > >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > >> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > >> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> > >> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> "" <@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:9DA6C65E-0DBD-4648-9A66-...
> > >> > Hi all,
> > >> >
> > >> > I've never had any issues with MSN before but today I signed off and went to
> > >> > sign back on and it just keeps trying to sign on. Litterally it sat there
> > >> > for 2 hours no error message or anything, just saying signing in all the
> > >> > time. So I finally decided to try my old account which signed in in 3
> > >> > seconds no problem. I also tried my account sign in through web messenger
> > >> > and no issue but then trying again on live it just does not want to sign into
> > >> > this account. Is there anything I can do?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
> >