Hi guys,

As the title suggests, I can't log onto MSN at the moment.

Anyone else having difficulty?

Wilf

Everything is good here. Sorry Wilf :(

K x

Yep, Its all good here aswell.

:confused:


Have you tried the troubleshooting option?

mines working fine

the troubleshooting option says that my gateway appears to be offline. I failt o see how that can be on ym side since I'm connected and talking on here.

Wilf

EDIT: Fixed now!

There's a status page at http://status.messenger.msn.com/Status.aspx?mkt=en-us where they display any issues.

ok, it's playing up again now so I'm pretty sure it is my Laptop.

I have two connections set up on it (one dial up for at home, one broadband for when I'm at uni).

Now recently my friend managed to stop it using ie when it really shouldn't (IE is broken and I can't fix it with re-installing XP, and old BT program screwed it over majestically) and he managed to get it just to show the dial up box instead. Anyway I got sick of this and so deleted the dial up connection profile, leaving only the broadband one, and now MSN says It can't connect to the gateway, the most likely rteason being I'm not connected.

Could this be because msn always tries to use the dial up connection, even when it's not there. How can I get it to default use the broadband one of this is the case?

Wilf

Please guys, can't cope without it, I can't make any plans for tonight/tomorrow without it!

Wilf

Uninstall MSN Messenger, then go to MSN.com and reinstall it.

It should reinstall to use whatever internet connection you are using at the time.

btw you can reinstall XP without having to reformat, provided you have enough space left on your HD.

Uninstall MSN Messenger, then go to MSN.com and reinstall it.

It should reinstall to use whatever internet connection you are using at the time.

btw you can reinstall XP without having to reformat, provided you have enough space left on your HD.

Ok it's showing the same message as before but it isn;t even trying to connect now, it's doing it much faster.

Does anyone know what error: 80048883 is?

Wilf

My msn is working now.But i too have problem signing in over the past couple of days,it is tellin me im not connected to the intenet and i get booted of a lot.
Also for somereason i had got four new contacts on my msn list that i never spoken too or allowed on to my list,and when i ask them who they are non of them speek english.
I had messages stating that my firends and people i talk to have deleted me when they have not because i've had emails from over 7 of them askin if iam ok and why am i off line to them and not off line to the other people we all talk to and aslo asked why iam blocking them even even tho i have not.
I do not know if it is something wrong with my pc but i run scanns and things and found no nastys in my pc so i belive too msn is not working to me as well.

Ok it's showing the same message as before but it isn;t even trying to connect now, it's doing it much faster.

Does anyone know what error: 80048883 is?

WilfThis (http://www.msnfanatic.com/articles/solving-error-80048820-444.html?8e732ed214942613adfd4e37e83d2e29=c9b389de 17d4ed4a12dc791016b66969) might help!

Scroll down the page a bit.

My msn is working now.But i too have problem signing in over the past couple of days,it is tellin me im not connected to the intenet and i get booted of a lot.
Also for somereason i had got four new contacts on my msn list that i never spoken too or allowed on to my list,and when i ask them who they are non of them speek english.
I had messages stating that my firends and people i talk to have deleted me when they have not because i've had emails from over 7 of them askin if iam ok and why am i off line to them and not off line to the other people we all talk to and aslo asked why iam blocking them even even tho i have not.
I do not know if it is something wrong with my pc but i run scanns and things and found no nastys in my pc so i belive too msn is not working to me as well.Sounds suspiciously like someone has been using your msn login without your knowledge.

Also, in the main contact window, click Tools>Options>Privacy Tab>make sure you tick box near the top saying something like Only people on my allow list can see my status.

Still not working, but then again I can't reconfigure Internet explorer as it's broken, I can't even get to it!

Wilf

Do you have MSN Explorer? If you use a hotmail/msn addy as your login on Messenger, you can login to MSN Explorer, which incorporates MSN Messenger.

You can download it here (http://explorer.msn.com/install.htm).

btw, MSN seems to be playing up generally (groups, MSN.com and elsewhere). Very slow, and page cannot be displayed messages everywhere.

If you have your copy of Windoze then try these

Method 1: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x Repair for Windows XP

* From the Start menu, select Run.
* In the Open field, type sfc /scannow (Note: There is a space between sfc and /scannow)
* Select the OK button.
* Follow the prompts throughout the System File Checker process.
* Reboot the computer when System File Checker completes.

Method 2: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x Repair for Windows XP

* From the Start menu, select Search, select All Files and Folders.
* Select More Advanced Options and place a checkmark beside Search Hidden Files and Folders option.
* Ensure that Search System Folders and Search Subfolders are also checked.
* In the All or Part of the File Name box, type ie.inf
* In the Look In drop-down menu, select C: or the letter of the hard drive that contains the Windows folder.
* Click the Search button.
* In the search results pane, find the ie.inf file located in Windows\Inf folder.
* Right click the ie.inf file and click Install on the context menu.
* Reboot the computer when the file copy process is complete.

Or you can download IE6 from here (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.mspx)