I tried using my original messenger that I have been using for some time. I
was told by a popup that I had to upgrade. Did the upgrade and now I can't
sign in at all. Am I supposed to make a configuration change somewhere?
--
dallingham

Greetings,

The easiest solution here is to upgrade to Windows Messenger 5.1:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/detai...f-9157a3b3d774

____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"dallingham" <dallingham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:770FC73F-F1D2-4499-9378-C11DF199FFA8@microsoft.com...
>I tried using my original messenger that I have been using for some time. I
> was told by a popup that I had to upgrade. Did the upgrade and now I can't
> sign in at all. Am I supposed to make a configuration change somewhere?
> --
> dallingham

Thank you for the quick response.
Sorry, I was mixing MSN and Windows Messenger versions. I had Windows
Messenger 4.7 and I did upgrade to 5.1.
When I try to log into Windows Messenger it never logs in. I get the message:
Signing into .NET Messenger Service failed because the service ie
temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. Click the Help button to
check the current .NET Service status.
There is no error number.
When I click on Help it shows that all systems are stable and running.
Right below it says required upgrade available.
I have tried registrying suggested dll's (from various websites), defraging,
running anti-virus scan, uninstalling and reinstalling.
I can log into Windows Messenger using Trillian on my machine and I can log
into Windows Messenger from another machine that has ver. 4.7 installed.
I do believe I have all Microsoft updates for XP SP2 installed.
Thanks
--
dallingham


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> The easiest solution here is to upgrade to Windows Messenger 5.1:
> http://microsoft.com/downloads/detai...f-9157a3b3d774
>
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
> "dallingham" <dallingham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:770FC73F-F1D2-4499-9378-C11DF199FFA8@microsoft.com...
> >I tried using my original messenger that I have been using for some time. I
> > was told by a popup that I had to upgrade. Did the upgrade and now I can't
> > sign in at all. Am I supposed to make a configuration change somewhere?
> > --
> > dallingham
>
>
>