Windows live messenger - Can't connect

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Is anyone else having problems connecting to Windows Live Messenger today? I am using the VPN AP
 
Same here. I get a error saying the service is temporarily unavailable. Started a few hours ago. Think it is a messenger problem as I am on ADSL and not vodacom
 
tried ADSL and vodacom both cant connect, seems messenger is not working to well today, dam means i will have to do some work !!!
 
I actually got connected once (using the normal Vodacom AP). Haven't tried it on any other connection (though I know it is working on IS)
 
I am at work on a adsl connection and also can't connect to msn messenger and at my home on Iburst i also cant connect to msn messenger (I tried with www.logmein.com from work)
 
Yipee! someone else has the same trouble as me! Yay hooray! ;) Windows Messenger works, but it sucks, windows live is KIA, also on ADSL
 
MSN Messenger often goes down for maintenance so just try later. Get yourself a GMAIL account and you can chat with your friends through that, it's fast, always works and does not have all the advertising stuff on MSN.
 
Like Hein said, iBurst down as well.

And actually use MSN for work! Luckily got Skype running as well

Its actually been a least 2 hours for me?
 
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It's weird tho - you can't sign in to MSN using MSN Messenger, but third party progs seem to work fine. I've been online all day on my phone using agile messenger - but now that I'm home, I can't sign in with Windows Live Messenger. Grr.
 
thisgeek said:
It's weird tho - you can't sign in to MSN using MSN Messenger, but third party progs seem to work fine. I've been online all day on my phone using agile messenger - but now that I'm home, I can't sign in with Windows Live Messenger. Grr.
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this is very interesting. I can't sign in with AgileMessenger (on VC3G) from my phone, but using my phone as 3G modem I can sign into Live Messenger ...
 
Its a DNS problem. Should sort itself out as soon as record changes have propergated. Otherwise, ipconfig /refreshdns or point your DNS at a US based DNS service ;)
 
ScrnScrm said:
Its a DNS problem. Should sort itself out as soon as record changes have propergated. Otherwise, ipconfig /refreshdns or point your DNS at a US based DNS service ;)
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aaahh, thanks!

I used opendns to get this working on iBurst. Problem solved!

nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220
 
Yay it works FINALLY.. I just add those two dns services ip to the top of my list and bam i'm on. I wonder why the others take so long to update?
 
Maybe this might help... at least as a temp. fix...

when I can't sign into Live Messenger... I just go to...

http://www.ebuddy.com/

in my browser and am usually able to log in there... it's not a bad web interface.
 
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