Unable to sign in to Windows Live Messenger

I just installed Vista Business and Office 2007. When I could not sign in
using Windows Live Messenger, I uninstalled it and downloaded a fresh copy.
I still cannot sign in; not with my old account, nor with the new one I
installed. I would appreciate some help on what to check.

Thanks in advance,
- Sue

Did you receive any error message? If so, what was it? We can help you
further from their.









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"XxRebelSeanxX" <> wrote in message
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> Did you receive any error message? If so, what was it? We can help you
> further from their.
>
No error messages while it sits in "connecting" state. When I close out WML,
it gives me an error message "your screen name cannot be changed".

I uninstalled 8.1 and downloaded 8.0 as suggested in another post I found.
No difference.

I can sign in on my laptop which has XP Pro and WML 8.1. I did get signed
out, though ... "You have signed in on another computer." The Vista machine
went into sleep mode, but I had awakened it to check email. When I opened
WML on it, the message had changed from "connecting" to "reconnecting". On
neither machine is WML set to sign in automatically.

This seems to be Vista related.

- Sue

I am also having problems this morning and it appears to be the dreaded:

Signing in to Windows Live Messenger failed because the service is
temporarily unavailable. Please try again later.
Error code: 81000314

Any ideas?

"Sue Forrester" <> wrote in message
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>I just installed Vista Business and Office 2007. When I could not sign in
>using Windows Live Messenger, I uninstalled it and downloaded a fresh copy.
>I still cannot sign in; not with my old account, nor with the new one I
>installed. I would appreciate some help on what to check.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> - Sue