Vista - Windows Live Messenger account fails to log in

Hi,

It is like 1 month I am experiencing difficulty with loging on my account
anangel@xxxxxx on Windows Live Messenger. I spent like 1-2 days just
looking for possible solutions on the web. I found a lot advices but non
worked (registry change, reinstall, delete history, cookies, password
change...). I can log in on web based windows live messanger and other Live
services. I have up to date genuine Windows XP SP3 protected by AVG antivirus.

Today I created new account just to try if I can log in with it and I can.
Is my old account corrupted? Is there any possible solution?

I really dont need my old account, I can use new one. Is trere any way to
transfer my contat list from old account to new one?
thanks
johnny

Greetings,

Since you've gone through a lot already I just have one simple test for you to try that will
provide a bit of insight. Could you make a new Windows account, then login to that account
and then try Messenger on your normal Live ID there?

If it works there, then we know it's a problem within your Windows profile.

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"johnnytheb0y" <johnnytheb0y@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:BFBED246-A17A-4E23-A62F-22E7B746C793@xxxxxx

Hello,

Thanks for your quick reply. I tried, what you have told me, but my old
account still didnt work. So I guess it is not a problem of my Windows
account.

Btw. Even if I let Windows Live Messenger to try to log in for hours, still
no error message appears.

AND

If I go to options and connection, it tells me: you are succesfully signed
to MSN network (or something like that (got different language version and
dont know what english version says precisely)).

I also found, that I seem to be logged on properly for my friends in their
messengers even though my messenger still appears to be "singning in" to me.
When they try to to send me a message, I receive error message: "Your message
could not be delivered". Those friends who try to send me a message wont get
noticed that the message isnt delivered (due to me still signing in).

I know that it looks wierd xd
If there was a way how to get my friends from my old contact list to my ne
Live ID, I woundnt need my old account.

Thanks for your kind help,
johnny
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Hi,

My messenger acts the same. See my posting from 6/23/08 but based on your
info I can expand a little to help Microsoft out.

If I bring up the messenger window and have not tried to sign on yet and go
to tools/options/connection the status is

"you are currently not connected to .NET Messenger Service.

"you are connected to the internet through wired network connection.

Ok if I now go to sign on I enter the password and end up with the
constantly twirling icons. If I click on tools/options/connection while the
icons are twirling I get

"You are directly connected to .NET Messenger Service"

"You are connected to the internet through wired network connection"

and the icons continue to twirl and I cannot really log on and use the
service. As noted in my other post; friends can see me and I show as online
when I am really not functional.
I also get messages the so an so has tried to contact you but the system
cannot connect.

This seems to be a wide spread problem only people are opening up multiple
reports with slightly different names

"johnnytheb0y" wrote:

Hi,

OK we went out to eat tonight and I came home and lo and behold the service
is working and I have two instant messages waiting. Somethins was changed
somewhere. I hope they also fixed yours johnny

"poko77" wrote:

I signed out of messenger and tried to sign back in and the trouble is back.
can't sign in icons sit and twirl and twirl. nice program if the purpose of
the program is to display twirling icons.

"poko77" wrote:

jonny,
Can you log into any other windows live services with your original account?



"poko77" <poko77@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I also have the same problem, with Vista 64. I never was able to make live messenger to work on a new vista 64 installation. It simply sit there and can't login to my hotmail account. It even say that the service in not available and to try later. I know that the service work, since Trillian was connecting very well.. SO the best thing to do is to forget about this lame thing and choose another messenger like Trillian which will connect very well to the msn network.

If microsoft is not able to make something that work, we simply forget it and try something else. Just like Vista, the whole thing is a mess and even the best Microsoft technician can't repair these things so don't expect that you will. As you can see here, there are no real answer as to why Live messenger won't work as supposed to, nobody knows.. Strangely, EVERY other type of similar software work very well.