Hello there everyone, hope someone can help me with my problem

Well i have this problem since 2 weeks and i tried everything : i searched the web , i emailed Microsoft 6 times and all i get is some auto response about resetting my password , i login with another email which is msn hotmail plus and i talked with admins on live chat and still they don't even know what i am talking about the thought i was talking about the billing addresses and at last they said email Microsoft team , i got this error only in 1 email, what i mean is if i login with another email it will work fine so basically the problem is on this email not from my PC and yes i tried many other computers and laptops but still same problem, i can access the inbox and i tried to delete the contacts from the contacts page but nothing. i tried everything but no use.

thx all for this great fourm and i hope someone can help me or give me some tips because that email has some important contacts and am using it from a very long time so don't tell me to use another one i wanna fix this since its Microsoft fault.

Screenshot of the error:

Have you tried uninstalling MSN Messenger then reinstalling it again from http://messenger.msn.com ?

Also you could try this program used to switch the msn server. http://www.messenger-blog.com/?p=131

Hope it works. 

Thx monster for replying, well yes i tried that 100 times maybe, and i installed diffrente msn versions and i tried msn clients such as giam,mirenda,Trillian, paltalk and others which i cant remember.

i installed that program which called msn servers X and tried it and still the same bro.

Can you sign in on Webmessenger? http://webmessenger.msn.com

You could also try this program

List Cache Deleter

Mwe99 ;; no sorry i cant, tried that also before and i just tried it now

are you sure your sign in name and password is correct

can you log into hotmail? or passport services?

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Originally posted by mwe99
can you log into hotmail? or passport services?

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Originally posted by Tartooob
i can access the inbox and i tried to delete the contacts from the contacts page but nothing

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ahh thanks monster.rat

What MSN version are you running? Any other plugins?

Hi Tarnoob, try this...

At the top or your msn messenger sign in window...

Go to Tools > Options > Connection > Connection Troubleshooter  - "start"

Try that, see what results you get...

Mwe99 ;; Yes i can access the inbox and its right, my msn version is 7.0.0816 and i tried older msn versions and other msn clients and i only run msn plus with msn and other emails are working fine.

Third ;; the result was " Messenger did not find any problems with your system settings or programs" .

I tried List Cache Deleter but it didnt work also.

I am having the same problem and its pissing me off... it works 2 log in on other email adresses but not my main one!!! its so frustrating!! shit!! stupid thing... and i can log on on www.hotmail.com but not on messenger in any way!!! its so annoying!! HELP!!!!!!

i have same problem. May be somebody helps. Curentelly i'm using same account on another machine (PC ) with my contacts list. I think problem in my antivirus programm which based on .NET frame work

You mite only have 2 wait a few days, dts wut i did, and now it works, or you need to save your contact list, and make a new acount and add your contact list to that, my friends had to do that

unuseful

Try to get Messenger Error Fixer from www.msgshit.com. It might fix the problem.

Im sorry if it was un usefull, you could atleast b like  "thnx, but that dusnt really help me" or so, god, b happy i atleast gave sum advice klugscheißer....

u right. sorry. but english is not my first language.i'm improving it in msn .

mine is working now after a long research
find the host file in
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
open it using notepad

and add this two lines

65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.akadns.net
then file >> save

if this dont work delete all and paste this (ctrl+a then press delete)

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# Copyright © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.akadns.net

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Originally posted by COLEBLACK
add this two lines

65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.akadns.net

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Hi Guys

Same again  -  I also had the same problem but I just solved mine so I thought I might share here. 

Mine turns out to be a spyware program I was running - I installed it some time ago with no problems. After quite a few weeks I rebooted the machine and thats when the trouble started. Of course I didnt make the connection because it had been quite some time since I installed it.

My suggestion - turn off ALL Antispyware software and try it again. It was blocking the outbound data.

Hope that helps

Regards

I turned off all anti-spyware, anti-virus and firewall programs and it did not help. Then I evaluated a litte more. I switched to other accounts on my computer. In case the account had administrative rights I got the usual error messgae (81000378), but if the account did not have these rights messenger worked fine. Then I switched back to my usual account and started messenger using the runas /user:[nonadmin] command and everything worked fine. This is not a solution of the problem, but a nice workaround. As soon as I will find a real solution I will post it here.

I have this new Dell laptop with Windows Vista. I tried the notepad IP thing and it wouldn't save it for me. Even when I added a txt extension it said something about being an administrator. What should I do?? Please help!

ok, i noticed this is a bit old, but i wanted to know if anyone found a solution? 

I had this problem before.  After a while it came off n now a couple months later, it came back.  I thought probably it would get fixed after a while, but it didn't.  Its three weeks now and nothing.

i tried the notepad thing and still didn't work

anyone?  please help!

I had the same problem. I turned on extended logging and found that there was a problem with the authentication service "Failed to handle tweener challenge". This occured when i used a live acocunt as opposed to a hotmail account. then tried to switch back. I found that by logging onto hotmail.com through a web browser resolved the problem. However did not find anything on micorsft's support site. Perhaps they need ot update a Dll to handle both passport and hotmail accounts.

Has a solution been found for this?
I get the same error on my new PC running on Vista on all accounts I try to login to. However I can login to my account if I do it on my old PC which is still connnected up downstairs.

Any help/suggestions are appreciated

Im having the same problem

am having the same problem am trying to find out the solution for this problem can anybody help me

Hi Guys, Ive just got a new computer and reinstlled MSN Messenger and I too have encountered this problem.

Now, whether it is coincidence or not, but on the Messenger   username/password window i clicked on the "sign up for a Windows Live ID" at the very bottom, when it brings up a new window, i clicked "sign up" and that's when it threw me straight into MSN. Result for me I hope it will be for you guys too. Fingers crossed!