stupid messenger tricks

[ctmagnus]

Has anyone else had issues signing into MSN messenger? I can't atm and haven't been able to for a few days. I've uninstalled it, reinstalled it, uninstalled it again, deleted anything in the registry that might reasonably be related to it and reinstalled it again, all to no avail. I can sign into Hotmail and the web messenger, and I can sign into standard messenger on other desktops behind the router as well as on my Pocket PC but not with my desktop.

One thing I've noticed is I now have the 250MB upgrade on Hotmail.

[koro]

Hi, yes I've noticed this issue.

I too could log into the Web messenger. My work PC is NT4 (Yes, I know) so I have to use Messenger 5.0 so I thought that might be it, or our IT dept blocking traffic.

I installed Gaim (Open Source MSN client) and haven't had an issue since. :D

[ctmagnus]

Thx. I forgot about the open-source route. :oops:

Unfortunately, 50% plus of what I use messenger for on the desktop is getting MSN alerts and afaict GAIM doesn't support them yet. I'll just stick with Messenger on the Pocket PC or webmessenger.msn.com for now.

[Darius Wey]

Do you have something blocking the MSN Messenger program (e.g. firewall)?

[ctmagnus]

I already checked that. There's no Kerio icon in the system tray and nothing starting with k running in Task Manager. I tried shutting down all unnecessary processes and still no go.

It appears to be something to do with the system, though. I just tried siging in with an alternative Hotmail acct I have and it wouldn't work either.