For what it's worth, Live Messenger v. 8.1.0178.00 has been working fine in
Vista Ultimate 32bit for months here.
Chris
"Gabby" <Gabby@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FBC2CB06-CD22-4485-A248-FC705CAB6445@microsoft.com...
> the 8.1 version of windows live messenger is not yet supported by Windows
> Vista 
> that's why you cant sign in. i have the same problem.
> guess we just have to wait for a brand new updated version
>
> "DaLonelyBaptst" wrote:
>
>> When i try to sign in on Windows Live messenger on my Vista Premium it
>> fails
>> to sign in and comes up with the troubleshooter. I run the
>> troubleshooter
>> and there are supposedly no problems, everything is fine. It is allowed
>> on
>> my firewall and i can sign into hotmail.com. Anyone help me??