Error Code: 8004888d

Have been sing windows live messenger for years with no problem. Suddenly
it (almost) freezes when I try to log on and then wont let me sign in.
"Signing in to windows Live Messenger failed becasue the dervice is
temporarily unavailable. Please try again later - Error code: 8004888d"

The service is available because I still have no problem signing in at any
other computer.

I saw some (old) "fixes" on google, all of which I tried and none work.
Needless to mention, no help from Microsoft.

Anyone any ideas ?

Thanks,

Garry

I have found these posts about your problem. Because most solutions are the most obvious, so they are missed, I refer you in particular to the last response.

Windows Live Messenger - Error Code 8004888d (SOLVED)