are they ever going to fix this messenger service?

I am one of those people who cannot use Messenger anymore. I have tried all
the fixes I have found on here and some elsewhere.
I am running Vista, this is a clean install now and still nothing.
I have tried every version including all the msn messengers and windows live
messenger.
I have installed and uninstalled till I am blue in the face.
Sometimes it brings up the sign in window, sometimes it doesn't and I can
end up with multiple instances of the program.
I quite often get that usual numeric error message 81000359 and sometimes I
just don't get anything, it sits spinning it's little icon.
I can never reboot when I have attempted to run messenger, I have to to hold
the power button.
I have tried with and without Zone Alarm running and I have tried to stop
windows defender running.
I have tried with and without uac.
I can always log into the web page but this is not what I need and is
certainly not a fix.
This program runs perfectly well on xp.
Now this program comes with Vista, it isn't some poxy program I downloaded
from a disreputable company. It was the first thing I tried to use after
reformatting my hard drive so as to rule out other programs clashing, but
still nothing.

This is getting beyond a joke, Vista has been out a while now and very many
people are reporting the same problems. Microsoft want this to be THE im
program that people look to, yet they do nothing to get it to work.

It is easy to see that Microsoft don't really care about quality, are they
just pushing another load of garbage out and hoping other people will do
their dirty work by trying to fix things?

Those of us who can't get out of the house rely on programs like this to
stop us being cut off from friends, have a care Microsoft and devote a little
of your billions to making one of your core programs work.

Hi,
try this one:
1. Sign into MSN Explorer with the parent account that manages this child
account.
2. On the Parental Controls menu, click the account whose settings that you
want to change.
3. Under Communication Settings, click MSN Messenger.
4. Select Full Access to enable the user of the account to connect to
Messenger independently of MSN Explorer.

I hope it will work for you...

"Lin" wrote:

> I am one of those people who cannot use Messenger anymore. I have tried all
> the fixes I have found on here and some elsewhere.
> I am running Vista, this is a clean install now and still nothing.
> I have tried every version including all the msn messengers and windows live
> messenger.
> I have installed and uninstalled till I am blue in the face.
> Sometimes it brings up the sign in window, sometimes it doesn't and I can
> end up with multiple instances of the program.
> I quite often get that usual numeric error message 81000359 and sometimes I
> just don't get anything, it sits spinning it's little icon.
> I can never reboot when I have attempted to run messenger, I have to to hold
> the power button.
> I have tried with and without Zone Alarm running and I have tried to stop
> windows defender running.
> I have tried with and without uac.
> I can always log into the web page but this is not what I need and is
> certainly not a fix.
> This program runs perfectly well on xp.
> Now this program comes with Vista, it isn't some poxy program I downloaded
> from a disreputable company. It was the first thing I tried to use after
> reformatting my hard drive so as to rule out other programs clashing, but
> still nothing.
>
> This is getting beyond a joke, Vista has been out a while now and very many
> people are reporting the same problems. Microsoft want this to be THE im
> program that people look to, yet they do nothing to get it to work.
>
> It is easy to see that Microsoft don't really care about quality, are they
> just pushing another load of garbage out and hoping other people will do
> their dirty work by trying to fix things?
>
> Those of us who can't get out of the house rely on programs like this to
> stop us being cut off from friends, have a care Microsoft and devote a little
> of your billions to making one of your core programs work.

erm...thank you for this reply but I get the feeling that you have answered
somebody else's question here. Sign into MSN Explorer? How?
There is no parent and child account, just me and mine.

"RobertMK®" wrote:

> Hi,
> try this one:
> 1. Sign into MSN Explorer with the parent account that manages this child
> account.
> 2. On the Parental Controls menu, click the account whose settings that you
> want to change.
> 3. Under Communication Settings, click MSN Messenger.
> 4. Select Full Access to enable the user of the account to connect to
> Messenger independently of MSN Explorer.
>
> I hope it will work for you...
>
> "Lin" wrote:
>
> > I am one of those people who cannot use Messenger anymore. I have tried all
> > the fixes I have found on here and some elsewhere.
> > I am running Vista, this is a clean install now and still nothing.
> > I have tried every version including all the msn messengers and windows live
> > messenger.
> > I have installed and uninstalled till I am blue in the face.
> > Sometimes it brings up the sign in window, sometimes it doesn't and I can
> > end up with multiple instances of the program.
> > I quite often get that usual numeric error message 81000359 and sometimes I
> > just don't get anything, it sits spinning it's little icon.
> > I can never reboot when I have attempted to run messenger, I have to to hold
> > the power button.
> > I have tried with and without Zone Alarm running and I have tried to stop
> > windows defender running.
> > I have tried with and without uac.
> > I can always log into the web page but this is not what I need and is
> > certainly not a fix.
> > This program runs perfectly well on xp.
> > Now this program comes with Vista, it isn't some poxy program I downloaded
> > from a disreputable company. It was the first thing I tried to use after
> > reformatting my hard drive so as to rule out other programs clashing, but
> > still nothing.
> >
> > This is getting beyond a joke, Vista has been out a while now and very many
> > people are reporting the same problems. Microsoft want this to be THE im
> > program that people look to, yet they do nothing to get it to work.
> >
> > It is easy to see that Microsoft don't really care about quality, are they
> > just pushing another load of garbage out and hoping other people will do
> > their dirty work by trying to fix things?
> >
> > Those of us who can't get out of the house rely on programs like this to
> > stop us being cut off from friends, have a care Microsoft and devote a little
> > of your billions to making one of your core programs work.

Install the MSN Explorer and follow the procedure given. Try it with your own
acount to change the permissions.

"Lin" wrote:

> erm...thank you for this reply but I get the feeling that you have answered
> somebody else's question here. Sign into MSN Explorer? How?
> There is no parent and child account, just me and mine.
>
> "RobertMK®" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > try this one:
> > 1. Sign into MSN Explorer with the parent account that manages this child
> > account.
> > 2. On the Parental Controls menu, click the account whose settings that you
> > want to change.
> > 3. Under Communication Settings, click MSN Messenger.
> > 4. Select Full Access to enable the user of the account to connect to
> > Messenger independently of MSN Explorer.
> >
> > I hope it will work for you...
> >
> > "Lin" wrote:
> >
> > > I am one of those people who cannot use Messenger anymore. I have tried all
> > > the fixes I have found on here and some elsewhere.
> > > I am running Vista, this is a clean install now and still nothing.
> > > I have tried every version including all the msn messengers and windows live
> > > messenger.
> > > I have installed and uninstalled till I am blue in the face.
> > > Sometimes it brings up the sign in window, sometimes it doesn't and I can
> > > end up with multiple instances of the program.
> > > I quite often get that usual numeric error message 81000359 and sometimes I
> > > just don't get anything, it sits spinning it's little icon.
> > > I can never reboot when I have attempted to run messenger, I have to to hold
> > > the power button.
> > > I have tried with and without Zone Alarm running and I have tried to stop
> > > windows defender running.
> > > I have tried with and without uac.
> > > I can always log into the web page but this is not what I need and is
> > > certainly not a fix.
> > > This program runs perfectly well on xp.
> > > Now this program comes with Vista, it isn't some poxy program I downloaded
> > > from a disreputable company. It was the first thing I tried to use after
> > > reformatting my hard drive so as to rule out other programs clashing, but
> > > still nothing.
> > >
> > > This is getting beyond a joke, Vista has been out a while now and very many
> > > people are reporting the same problems. Microsoft want this to be THE im
> > > program that people look to, yet they do nothing to get it to work.
> > >
> > > It is easy to see that Microsoft don't really care about quality, are they
> > > just pushing another load of garbage out and hoping other people will do
> > > their dirty work by trying to fix things?
> > >
> > > Those of us who can't get out of the house rely on programs like this to
> > > stop us being cut off from friends, have a care Microsoft and devote a little
> > > of your billions to making one of your core programs work.