Windows Live Messenger 2009 (14.0.8064.260) sign in problems (XP S

I've seen many others posting about issues signing in after upgrading to WLM
2009. A common denominator for this issue is Windows XP SP3 users. I am
also experiencing this issue and have attempted many things, some of which
were suggested to other users.

Uninstalling or repairing the WLM installation does nothing to resolve this.
I also attempted clearing all directories and Registry entries associated
with Windows Live/Messenger and reinstalling, but no go.

The symptom is either the sign-in screen showing the spinning buddy icons
then going back to the Sign In button screen, and/or (seems intermittent)
error reporting popping up with somewhat of a generic error.

I've tried alternate accounts, as well as creating a new Windows user and
signing in from that profile. Nothing has worked.

I truly believe there is a serious bug. Standard advice/troubleshooting for
this issue provided by some has proven useless (although the efforts are
appreciated). Someone in the Windows Live Messenger team needs to work with
affected users to try and resolve this issue.

Is there anyone reading this willing to work with some of us to resolve this?

My friend is retired and a tender age of 72 she upgraded to the new version
of windows live mail and she regrets it very much. she has trouble signing
in but eventually finds her email account. It is very frustrating and if
someone finds a solution to this please email and post it. blaqua@
hotmail.com

the system is running with the xp operating system. Also she had no
problems at all with the old version.

all the best Bert


"EddieH" wrote:

> I've seen many others posting about issues signing in after upgrading to WLM
> 2009. A common denominator for this issue is Windows XP SP3 users. I am
> also experiencing this issue and have attempted many things, some of which
> were suggested to other users.
>
> Uninstalling or repairing the WLM installation does nothing to resolve this.
> I also attempted clearing all directories and Registry entries associated
> with Windows Live/Messenger and reinstalling, but no go.
>
> The symptom is either the sign-in screen showing the spinning buddy icons
> then going back to the Sign In button screen, and/or (seems intermittent)
> error reporting popping up with somewhat of a generic error.
>
> I've tried alternate accounts, as well as creating a new Windows user and
> signing in from that profile. Nothing has worked.
>
> I truly believe there is a serious bug. Standard advice/troubleshooting for
> this issue provided by some has proven useless (although the efforts are
> appreciated). Someone in the Windows Live Messenger team needs to work with
> affected users to try and resolve this issue.
>
> Is there anyone reading this willing to work with some of us to resolve this?

My friend is 72 and has upgraded and is regretting this because now she has
trouble signing in . she is running xp home edition on her system any
help would be nice. I would like to help and if and when I find a solution
I will post it.


"EddieH" wrote:

> I've seen many others posting about issues signing in after upgrading to WLM
> 2009. A common denominator for this issue is Windows XP SP3 users. I am
> also experiencing this issue and have attempted many things, some of which
> were suggested to other users.
>
> Uninstalling or repairing the WLM installation does nothing to resolve this.
> I also attempted clearing all directories and Registry entries associated
> with Windows Live/Messenger and reinstalling, but no go.
>
> The symptom is either the sign-in screen showing the spinning buddy icons
> then going back to the Sign In button screen, and/or (seems intermittent)
> error reporting popping up with somewhat of a generic error.
>
> I've tried alternate accounts, as well as creating a new Windows user and
> signing in from that profile. Nothing has worked.
>
> I truly believe there is a serious bug. Standard advice/troubleshooting for
> this issue provided by some has proven useless (although the efforts are
> appreciated). Someone in the Windows Live Messenger team needs to work with
> affected users to try and resolve this issue.
>
> Is there anyone reading this willing to work with some of us to resolve this?

Indeed I have the same problem myself (xp sp3), but the only relevant
post I was able to locate was this one.

The problem is exacltly the same. I press the sign in button, and
nothing happens or the buddy icon spins for 1-2 seconds and back to
login screen. All previous msn versions worked fine. No Internet
security, zone alarm or other such programs are used and the connection
test passes without a problem.

I have read that loging in with another account into windows solves the
problem and I've also read the opposite, but in any case that is not
always possible, such as my case as we are using a domain and therefore
I can only login with my account.

I really would ask someone in MS to look into this, as effectively
we've been thrown out of msn, without being able to do anything. I've
tried everything imaginable, other than a format / windows reinistall
(work pc...).

Many thanks,

Ilias

Prince of Graham;1001723 Wrote:
> My friend is 72 and has upgraded and is regretting this because now she
> has
> trouble signing in . she is running xp home edition on her system
> any
> help would be nice. I would like to help and if and when I find a
> solution
> I will post it.
>
>
> "EddieH" wrote:
> > > >
> > > I've seen many others posting about issues signing in after upgrading
> > to WLM
> > > 2009. A common denominator for this issue is Windows XP SP3 users.
> > I am
> > > also experiencing this issue and have attempted many things, some of
> > which
> > > were suggested to other users.
> > >
> > > Uninstalling or repairing the WLM installation does nothing to
> > resolve this.
> > > I also attempted clearing all directories and Registry entries
> > associated
> > > with Windows Live/Messenger and reinstalling, but no go.
> > >
> > > The symptom is either the sign-in screen showing the spinning buddy
> > icons
> > > then going back to the Sign In button screen, and/or (seems
> > intermittent)
> > > error reporting popping up with somewhat of a generic error.
> > >
> > > I've tried alternate accounts, as well as creating a new Windows user
> > and
> > > signing in from that profile. Nothing has worked.
> > >
> > > I truly believe there is a serious bug. Standard
> > advice/troubleshooting for
> > > this issue provided by some has proven useless (although the efforts
> > are
> > > appreciated). Someone in the Windows Live Messenger team needs to
> > work with
> > > affected users to try and resolve this issue.
> > >
> > > Is there anyone reading this willing to work with some of us to
> > resolve this? > >


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itsintavis

Has anyone found a fix for this yet? I started having this problem afte
reformatting my HD and reinstalling windows xp and all the service
packs / updates. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling multipl
times, reg edits and everything I could find in these forums. WLM 8.
works just fine on my computer, but I really liked the layout of WL
2009. Anyone

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Cad09