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"Signing in to Windows Live Messenger Beta failed because the service is temporarly unavailable. Please try again later.

Error code: 8000ffff "

This is when I try to sign into the lateset 9.0 beta

If u have AVG antivirus installed disable msn protection in WebShield...and i recommend to install 8.5 final version cause it doesn't crash at all...

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Originally posted by madman_on_loose
If u have AVG antivirus installed disable msn protection in WebShield...and i recommend to install 8.5 final version cause it doesn't crash at all...

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I did that and it still doesn't sign in. And you'd think the public beta should work anyway.

Did you install the entire suite or use the standalone installers found on the internet?

ok the same question again, could you just say whats wrong with them?

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Originally posted by RebelSean
Did you install the entire suite or use the standalone installers found on the internet?

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Uhm, I downloaded it off their website.

zambrak, I am having the same problem.

Jonathan Kay says it is because one of the components has not been installed or failed to install.

Here's the solution:

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Thanks for the info. I unistalled all Windows Live components including the
Outlook Connector and Live Sign In Assistant both of which I missed before.
I used Revo Uninstaller to make sure the file system and registry had no
traces of these applications. Then I ran CCleaner to review and fix and
registry orphans which I found only a couple. Rebooted a couple of time and
re-ran Revo and CCleaner to again be through. It worked like a charm. I
installed Windows Live again and this time WLM worked without a flaw.

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So basically uninstall everything, reboot, use CCleaner if you have it or download it and scan registry. Then install.

Download the full package too. The wlsetup-web.exe causes problems, for me at least.

Hi
I have the same problem,  but mine occured after removing a partition on my harddrive to make one. nothing was deleted. but ater thatmy messenger no longer works. 
I have followed all the steps i can find mentioned. and my msn is still not working. it is driving me mad.  at the same time my IE is having problems aswell where i am unable to save a page to favourites and my favourite bar has been removed from the top of the page.

I have vista laptop. the newest messsenger download.

any further advice would be much appreciated.   thanks

Hm, well if nothing was deleted from the partition then it doesn't make sense that it's causing all these problems.  Do you get any error messages?

Maybe you could try a chkdsk to fix problems or even a repair install.

When i try to sign in to messenger i get a box  saying 

"we cant sign you in to windows live messenger.  service is temporarily unavailable, please sign in later. error code 8000ffff.  thats all i get up.