Vista - Windows Live Messenger (arrghhh)

This is driving me daft. WLM won't let me sign in when I'm using Vista. In
XP it's fine. Same login details, same net connection (I have a wireless
router), same version of WLM. After saying "Signing in" for maybe 60 secs,
I get error code: 81000306.

I've tried allowing it in Windows Firewall, and even turning the Firewall
off. No luck.

Cheers

On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 22:05:48 -0000, "Moody Marco" <marco@zoom.co.uk>
wrote:

>This is driving me daft. WLM won't let me sign in when I'm using Vista. In
>XP it's fine. Same login details, same net connection (I have a wireless
>router), same version of WLM. After saying "Signing in" for maybe 60 secs,
>I get error code: 81000306.
>
>I've tried allowing it in Windows Firewall, and even turning the Firewall
>off. No luck.
>
>Cheers


Are you connected to a VPN?

With Vista x64 RTM, I can connect happily to Windows Live Messenger.
BUT if I then connect to a VPN, and then somehow get disconnected from
WLM, I cannot reconnect to WLM unless I disconnect the VPN first.

Jim

"Moody Marco" wrote:

> This is driving me daft. WLM won't let me sign in when I'm using Vista. In
> XP it's fine. Same login details, same net connection (I have a wireless
> router), same version of WLM. After saying "Signing in" for maybe 60 secs,
> I get error code: 81000306.
>
> I've tried allowing it in Windows Firewall, and even turning the Firewall
> off. No luck.
>
> Cheers
>

If you connect to a vpn your default gateway for the internet changes and Windows live messanger will have to reconnect.

You can however get around this. In the TCP/IP settings of the VPN there is any option that says "Use default gateway of remote VPN network."

Same in vista and xp. You might have had this checked in xp then when you changed over it wasn't set that way. This is the default for a new VPN but you do not want this. This makes you use the internet provider of the remote network. It's very slow this way. Unchecking this will send everything for the internet out your local internet provider. But still send the vpn traffic for the remote network to the vpn.

Right click the VPN connection and click properties, then Networking, then Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) then properties then advanced,then uncheck the button. Click ok alot of times and you are set. Connect the VPN and Messenger should stay connect then.

hope this helps



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Jeremy

You are apparently changing the subject of the message you are replying to
and not quoting that message. As a result, nobody can understand what you
are talking about???

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Jeremy" wrote in message news:2007215172815jbenisek@dontpanic.biz...
> If you connect to a vpn your default gateway for the internet changes and
> Windows live messanger will have to reconnect.
>
> You can however get around this. In the TCP/IP settings of the VPN there
> is any option that says "Use default gateway of remote VPN network."
>
> Same in vista and xp. You might have had this checked in xp then when you
> changed over it wasn't set that way. This is the default for a new VPN but
> you do not want this. This makes you use the internet provider of the
> remote network. It's very slow this way. Unchecking this will send
> everything for the internet out your local internet provider. But still
> send the vpn traffic for the remote network to the vpn.
>
> Right click the VPN connection and click properties, then Networking, then
> Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) then properties then advanced,then
> uncheck the button. Click ok alot of times and you are set. Connect the
> VPN and Messenger should stay connect then.
>
> hope this helps
>
>
>
> EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com

Jeremy appears to be posting via http://www.eggheadcafe.com Hence no
quoted post and no idea which original post the answer pertains to. There
are quite a few such posts in the Vista newsgroups. eggheadcafe is not
alone in this respect either.

--
Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
"Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
news:EA5CF1E8-D0BB-455C-B715-1BBE11F35EB5@microsoft.com...
> Jeremy
>
> You are apparently changing the subject of the message you are replying to
> and not quoting that message. As a result, nobody can understand what you
> are talking about???
>
> --
>
> Ronnie Vernon
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Shell/User
>
>
> "Jeremy" wrote in message news:2007215172815jbenisek@dontpanic.biz...
>> If you connect to a vpn your default gateway for the internet changes and
>> Windows live messanger will have to reconnect.
>>
>> You can however get around this. In the TCP/IP settings of the VPN there
>> is any option that says "Use default gateway of remote VPN network."
>>
>> Same in vista and xp. You might have had this checked in xp then when you
>> changed over it wasn't set that way. This is the default for a new VPN
>> but you do not want this. This makes you use the internet provider of the
>> remote network. It's very slow this way. Unchecking this will send
>> everything for the internet out your local internet provider. But still
>> send the vpn traffic for the remote network to the vpn.
>>
>> Right click the VPN connection and click properties, then Networking,
>> then Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) then properties then
>> advanced,then uncheck the button. Click ok alot of times and you are set.
>> Connect the VPN and Messenger should stay connect then.
>>
>> hope this helps
>>
>>
>>
>> EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>

Thanks, Jane I see that now. I wish that these forum websites would follow
the newsgroup protocols when they port to the newsgroups. I know that many
of them do.

--

Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
news:67454C14-5258-4163-84E4-47FC0FE831D2@microsoft.com...
> Jeremy appears to be posting via http://www.eggheadcafe.com Hence no
> quoted post and no idea which original post the answer pertains to. There
> are quite a few such posts in the Vista newsgroups. eggheadcafe is not
> alone in this respect either.
>
> --
> Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
> "Ronnie Vernon MVP" <rv@invalid.org> wrote in message
> news:EA5CF1E8-D0BB-455C-B715-1BBE11F35EB5@microsoft.com...
>> Jeremy
>>
>> You are apparently changing the subject of the message you are replying
>> to and not quoting that message. As a result, nobody can understand what
>> you are talking about???
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ronnie Vernon
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>>
>>
>> "Jeremy" wrote in message news:2007215172815jbenisek@dontpanic.biz...
>>> If you connect to a vpn your default gateway for the internet changes
>>> and Windows live messanger will have to reconnect.
>>>
>>> You can however get around this. In the TCP/IP settings of the VPN there
>>> is any option that says "Use default gateway of remote VPN network."
>>>
>>> Same in vista and xp. You might have had this checked in xp then when
>>> you changed over it wasn't set that way. This is the default for a new
>>> VPN but you do not want this. This makes you use the internet provider
>>> of the remote network. It's very slow this way. Unchecking this will
>>> send everything for the internet out your local internet provider. But
>>> still send the vpn traffic for the remote network to the vpn.
>>>
>>> Right click the VPN connection and click properties, then Networking,
>>> then Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) then properties then
>>> advanced,then uncheck the button. Click ok alot of times and you are
>>> set. Connect the VPN and Messenger should stay connect then.
>>>
>>> hope this helps
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
>>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>>
>