Vista Tutorial - Windows live messenger sign in Vista

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??

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??

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??

Hi DaLonelyBaptst,

For what it's worth to, Live Messenger (Build 8.10178.00) works fine for me on both the 32/64 bit version of Vista Home Premium.

I did have this problem pop up once though. I fixed it by uninstalling Live Messenger from Control panel's Programs & Features icon.
Then you need to do this:
1. make sure you have Show hidden files & folders checked in Folder Options (Under Tools in toolbar menu)
2. go to C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft
3. delete the folder Messenger (if still there)
4. go to C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft
5. delete the folder MSN Messenger (if still there)
6. Download & reinstall Live Messenger


Hope this helps,
Shawn

not true, Windows Live Messenger 8.1 runs just fine on Vista

"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??

Still not working!!!same problem here!!!
what the .. ?

"brink" wrote:

>
> DaLonelyBaptst;312516 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??
>
> Hi DaLonelyBaptst,
>
> For what it's worth to, Live Messenger (Build 8.10178.00) works fine
> for me on both the 32/64 bit version of Vista Home Premium.
>
> I did have this problem pop up once though. I fixed it by uninstalling
> Live Messenger from Control panel's Programs & Features icon.
> Then you need to do this:
> 1. make sure you have *Show hidden files & folders *checked in Folder
> Options (Under Tools in toolbar menu)
> 2. go to *C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Local\Microsoft*
> 3. delete the folder *Messenger *(if still there)
> 4. go to *C:\Users\(your username)\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft*
> 5. delete the folder* MSN Messenger *(if still there)
> 6. Download & reinstall Live Messenger
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> "Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
> Vista 64 Home Premium
> 1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM
>

Ok all,

That was the easy way. Sorry it didn't work for you. Here's the harder way:
First: Verify you have a Windows Live account by signing into Hotmail. If yes, then proceed. If not, you need to sign up for one (it's free).

Second:
1. click start button
2. in the white line (Start Search at bottom) type: cmd
3. right click cmd.exe (when it appears at top)
4. click Run As Administrator
5. type the following: netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
(If this fails and/or causes other problems, then repeat above, but type netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=enabled instead to undo)
6. press Enter
7. Restart your computer

Now give Live Messenger a try. This should help.

Hope this helps you all,
Shawn

I have seen this issue occur on friends and family member's computers too. One kept receiving 'Windows Live Messenger has stopped working' crashing on booting Windows Messenger 8.1. Some of the earlier revisions to Windows Live Messenger were not fully Vista Compatibile.

My recommendation to all those with crashes is uninstall 8.1, restart, install 8.0.

Works almost the same as 8.1 and most importantly is fully Vista compatible. It also basically has all the same features. Voice chat, text chat, emoicons, web camera chat, file transfers, picture-drawings, etc. In fact, I am not really sure what changed in 8.1 over 8.0 except for maybe the 'Shared Folder' feature possibly. Never really gotten into having a shared folder with friends yet though.

Well,thanx about all these,but none worked!!
i ve done the easy step first,and after the command one,but no respond!
msn sucks! :P

"brink" wrote:

>
> Ok all,
>
> That was the easy way. Sorry it didn't work for you. Here's the
> harder way:
> FIRST[/B]: VERIFY YOU HAVE A WINDOWS LIVE ACCOUNT BY SIGNING INTO
> HOTMAIL. IF YES, THEN PROCEED. IF NOT, YOU NEED TO SIGN UP FOR ONE
> (IT'S FREE).
>
> *SECOND*:
> 1. CLICK START BUTTON
> 2. IN THE WHITE LINE (START SEARCH AT BOTTOM) TYPE: *CMD
> 3. right click [B]cmd.exe* (when it appears at top)
> 4. click *Run As Administrator*
> 5. type the following: *netsh int tcp set global
> autotuninglevel=disabled*
> (If this fails and/or causes other problems, then repeat above, but
> type *netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=enabled* instead to
> undo)
> 6. press Enter
> 7. Restart your computer
>
> Now give Live Messenger a try. This should help.
>
> Hope this helps you all,
> Shawn
>
>
> --
> brink
>
> "Practice makes perfect, then you reinstall"
> Vista 64 Home Premium
> 1.5 Gig DDR2 533 Mhz (PC4200) RAM
>

Ok,

Sorry none of this worked for you. Contact the Live Messenger support team at http://support.live.com . They're pretty good about answering back. Give them any error code numbers and as much details as possible.

Hope they can help,
Shawn