MSN Problems +15 Rep (and my eternal gratitude)

[Nixt]

Hey guys.

I have something of an issue. Earlier today MSN was refusing to sign in on my laptop. I explored the issue, and the error code said that I needed to get the latest version of MSN. I went onto the MSN website and downloaded the installer, but it wouldn't let me download MSN because I "already had it". For this reason I thought I would remove MSN first. For some reason it wasn't appearing on the uninstall programs list, so I physically removed it from the Hard Drive in the Windows Live folder.

I tried to download it. It continued to say I already had it.

I restarted. It continued to say I already had it.

Now I don't know what to do :(. Help! This is really urgent, so the sooner the better :)

Happy Easter guys

[Special]

omg I had the exact same problem, I can't remember how I fixed it though

But put it this way, if I did it then it's not a hard job :)

[Nixt]

That at least gives me some hope. I am using this thing called "Zap Messenger" at the moment but I don't seem to be having much luck :(.

[Blinger1]

ITZ URGENT RLY AMG :'(
tried removing it in safemode?

[Cheryl]

try checking out these posts (http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.live.mess enger&tid=b8822837-071d-4959-8013-f2a1e5e40cfb&cat=en_US_CA72C644-5AB9-1B63-DA37-E285FB59341F&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=&p=1)

[Nixt]

ITZ URGENT RLY AMG :'(
tried removing it in safemode?

It IS urgent :'(. There is nothing there to remove any more..

[Blinger1]

I'm sure it is :rolleyes:

[xxMATTGxx]

Could always use CCleaner to clean up the registry to see if it has left anything behind.

[Recursion]

Use CCleaner to remove the registry entries for WLM then try installing again.

[Nixt]

I've done that... reinstalled, and now it is coming up with the same problem. I just can't sign in. Error code 81000306.

[xxMATTGxx]

I've done that... reinstalled, and now it is coming up with the same problem. I just can't sign in. Error code 81000306.

Have you tried everything on this page: http://messenger-support.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!8B3F39C76A8B853F!13932.entry

[Nixt]

I've done all of that and it still isn't working :(

[iDenning]

Perhaps some naughty person froze your msn? Use Ebuddy for time being. I had this prob and used CCleaner and worked :S

[Yupt]

Knowing you Garion, you've probably just spelt your name wrong in your e-mail addy. pftt :P Or put a comma instead of a full stop (.co,uk) lmaoo
That'd be v. funny (:

Er, try signing in with another account (presuming you have another account!)
If that works, sign out and try sign in on your prefered account.

Love Mike x

[FlyingJesus]

Try telling it to run in compatibility mode for Windows 2000, that's what I do here so I can use msn 7.5 because it allows it to run without attempting to update (presumably because Windows 2000 can't run WLM or something)

[Sharon]

Have you fixed it yet before I use my magic and fix it for you?

[Nixt]

It's fixed now. Miraculously just started working. I posted a support thread on the WLM forum and it got fixed quick time. There are literally hundreds of threads / post expressing the same problem on there though, so I think they've got a big problem on their end. Thanks for all your help guys :).