MSN

Tak · 18-04-2009, 10:39

Grr - I'm fighting with MSN at the moment

It forced me to update it to the 2009 version and now won't let me sign in at all. It doesn't even give an error code, it just takes me back to the sign in page again and again and again

I've looked at oldversion.com and found the previous version but again it forced me to upgrade

It suggested going to another website to download "the appropriate patch" to stop the forced upgrade but hell if I can find the patch on the site!

So now I can't sign in to msn at all - that was a useful upgrade wasn't it microsoft

I like msn no matter what other people think and have never wanted to get anything else

looks like I don't have any choice now though

Blighter · 18-04-2009, 11:01

Try clearing the temp files?

To do it safely, download CCleaner and tick the MSN box

Blighter · 18-04-2009, 11:03

Apparently a few others have had the same issue and adding the following to the hosts file fixed it:

65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com

But I wouldn't suggest that until all else has failed.

Mark · 18-04-2009, 11:21

I'm still using Messenger 8.1, but mine has been very heavily A-Patch'd, which might be why it isn't complaining. It's working right now.

NokkonWud · 18-04-2009, 13:28

I've started trying Digsby, currently really liking it

LeperousDust · 18-04-2009, 15:11

Yeah digsby is totally amazing, and unless you want to use audio or video with other friends or multi convo chat, then its far superior. Until they sort out those massive failings i can't change over permanently...

divine · 18-04-2009, 17:17

hmmm... just rebooted my PC for something and mine is refusing to log back in, just sat at 'signing in' and keeps spinning and spinning.

Feek · 18-04-2009, 23:46

I only use the official client at work and it's been offering me the new version for a couple of weeks. I've resisted it and I really hope it's not forced on me.

Kell_ee001 · 19-04-2009, 01:01

I've got exaxctly the same problem and ended up using Windows Messenger

iCraig · 19-04-2009, 01:19

The new version is horrible. It's so wishy washy, they've tried to make it simple but ended up complicating it. Even after A-Patching it it's crap, like the colour coded status lights for people, why change all of that, it worked fine?! Old Messenger used to just do the icon, the clock for being away, no entry sign for being busy etc. Now it's coloured. Red is away, and also the same for busy I think. The colour customisation is pointless, I chose black as my "scene" and it gave me a very light grey and green theme. Can't go darker to match the rest of the desktop or anything. Either let me customise it or don't Microsoft, letting me change 10% of the theme is frustratingly pointless.

I managed to roll back to 8.1 and APatch it to hell and mine seems ok. Won't be long till it breaks though I suppose. Microsoft have a habit of pulling the plug on old versions and shoehorning people onto the new ones, even if the users dislike the new one and prefer the old one.

18-04-2009, 10:39	#1
Tak L'Oréal Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 9,977	MSN Grr - I'm fighting with MSN at the moment It forced me to update it to the 2009 version and now won't let me sign in at all. It doesn't even give an error code, it just takes me back to the sign in page again and again and again I've looked at oldversion.com and found the previous version but again it forced me to upgrade It suggested going to another website to download "the appropriate patch" to stop the forced upgrade but hell if I can find the patch on the site! So now I can't sign in to msn at all - that was a useful upgrade wasn't it microsoft I like msn no matter what other people think and have never wanted to get anything else looks like I don't have any choice now though __________________ The look on your face when a toddler rips out your heart and shows it to you? Priceless.... For everything else, there's FWOOSH!

18-04-2009, 11:01	#2
Blighter Dubious Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 1,571	Try clearing the temp files? To do it safely, download CCleaner and tick the MSN box __________________ Look at your signature, now back to mine, now back to yours, now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you stopped writing about other things and made this your signature, yours could be like mine. Look down, back up. Where are you? You're on Boat Drinks, reading the signature your signature could be like. I'm on a computer. My Blog \| More Outdoors \| MSN \| Email \| Call Me

18-04-2009, 11:03	#3
Blighter Dubious Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Northampton Posts: 1,571	Apparently a few others have had the same issue and adding the following to the hosts file fixed it: 65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com But I wouldn't suggest that until all else has failed. __________________ Look at your signature, now back to mine, now back to yours, now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn't mine. But if you stopped writing about other things and made this your signature, yours could be like mine. Look down, back up. Where are you? You're on Boat Drinks, reading the signature your signature could be like. I'm on a computer. My Blog \| More Outdoors \| MSN \| Email \| Call Me

18-04-2009, 13:28	#5
NokkonWud BD Recruitment Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Smogville Posts: 3,880	I've started trying Digsby, currently really liking it __________________

18-04-2009, 15:11	#6
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	Yeah digsby is totally amazing, and unless you want to use audio or video with other friends or multi convo chat, then its far superior. Until they sort out those massive failings i can't change over permanently... __________________

18-04-2009, 11:21	#4
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I'm still using Messenger 8.1, but mine has been very heavily A-Patch'd, which might be why it isn't complaining. It's working right now.

18-04-2009, 17:17	#7
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	hmmm... just rebooted my PC for something and mine is refusing to log back in, just sat at 'signing in' and keeps spinning and spinning. __________________

18-04-2009, 23:46	#8
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	I only use the official client at work and it's been offering me the new version for a couple of weeks. I've resisted it and I really hope it's not forced on me. __________________

19-04-2009, 01:01	#9
Kell_ee001 Wants Big Meat Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newcastle Posts: 6,478	I've got exaxctly the same problem and ended up using Windows Messenger __________________

19-04-2009, 01:19	#10
iCraig iCustom User Title Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,250	The new version is horrible. It's so wishy washy, they've tried to make it simple but ended up complicating it. Even after A-Patching it it's crap, like the colour coded status lights for people, why change all of that, it worked fine?! Old Messenger used to just do the icon, the clock for being away, no entry sign for being busy etc. Now it's coloured. Red is away, and also the same for busy I think. The colour customisation is pointless, I chose black as my "scene" and it gave me a very light grey and green theme. Can't go darker to match the rest of the desktop or anything. Either let me customise it or don't Microsoft, letting me change 10% of the theme is frustratingly pointless. I managed to roll back to 8.1 and APatch it to hell and mine seems ok. Won't be long till it breaks though I suppose. Microsoft have a habit of pulling the plug on old versions and shoehorning people onto the new ones, even if the users dislike the new one and prefer the old one. __________________