Windows Messenger - Unable to sign in

So, every time I run Windows Live Messenger, I get to the sign in screen,
input my password and account name, and it says "signing in". However after
about fifteen seconds, it just goes back to the sign in screen and says
welcome back. I am not getting any error messages, however, on the Messenger
icon, there is a red "X" that I don't think is supposed to be there. Any
ideas? Thanks.

Greetings,

The red x is normal, that just means you're not signed in.

Which Windows version is this on?

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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"Kylepa20" <> wrote in message
news:5483D39A-1584-4008-B7B1-...
> So, every time I run Windows Live Messenger, I get to the sign in screen,
> input my password and account name, and it says "signing in". However after
> about fifteen seconds, it just goes back to the sign in screen and says
> welcome back. I am not getting any error messages, however, on the Messenger
> icon, there is a red "X" that I don't think is supposed to be there. Any
> ideas? Thanks.

I am using Windows 7.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> The red x is normal, that just means you're not signed in.
>
> Which Windows version is this on?
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2010 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
> "Kylepa20" <> wrote in message
> news:5483D39A-1584-4008-B7B1-...
> > So, every time I run Windows Live Messenger, I get to the sign in screen,
> > input my password and account name, and it says "signing in". However after
> > about fifteen seconds, it just goes back to the sign in screen and says
> > welcome back. I am not getting any error messages, however, on the Messenger
> > icon, there is a red "X" that I don't think is supposed to be there. Any
> > ideas? Thanks.
>
>
> .
>

i got the exact same error. anyone has a solution yet?? i did countless clean
re-installations of windows live messengers still to no avail. =(