Shoutbox

Thanks for the responses.  I've tried the clean install a few times and the result is the same, that's why I was wondering if there may be some embedded folders left in the registry that may be corrupted.

The unrecognized volume issue was dealt with it's just all the problems started after that happened...it was very strange, even after the CD was taken out the PC was a mess and had to be reset.

...and yes both Live and messenger are installed at the same time.  I can even run both at the same time (using different user names) did that create a problem?  There was never an issue with having both before but maybe something developed.

"Have you tried disabling your windows firewall and if you have any other firewall installed temporarily disable it while attempting to connect. if you succeed in connecting you need to revise your program control settings for WL Messenger within your firewall/s."

I'll try this tonight...thanks

Thanks for all the tips and help...I appreciate it, I'll let you know how it goes!