I am having the same problem. I rebooted earlier today and since then I have
not been able to sign into Messenger. I can through the web site but not the
actual service. I asked some friends in Canada and they are not having the
same problem. Seems to be a U.S. thing. Can we PLEASE get this fixed!
"Martin" wrote:
> I have lost connectivity to Live Messenger since this morning. I noticed my
> account was signed out so I tried to sign back in and the hourglass just sits
> there till the sign in times out.
> I haven't changed anything just prior to that point. I tried to edit my
> hosts file and add in the suggested mappings. I am using IMSecure Pro and I
> exited that program. I am using Norton Internet Security 2006 and I disabled
> all of that. Nothing worked.
>
> I saw some guy from Microsoft in his bog say that an issue with some Zone
> Labs software was identified as causing the problem and they are working on a
> solution. While, I am not using that software. I hope Microsoft is working on
> a solution soon for all of us affected by this.
>
> I depend on Messenger to communicate with people around the world every day.
> This is a big inconvenience for a lot of people. Please get it fixed soon.
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