Re: messenger 6.2 wont log in

From: k (redwon60nospam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:39:38 -0000

I have turned XP firewall off and still get the same fault code
K
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
news:eqoHtlrGFHA.2976@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi k,
>
> If you can log into the "old one" without problems (which I assume you
> mean Windows Messenger 4.x), then more than likely you might have a
> third-party firewall which is blocking MSN Messenger but not blocking
> Windows Messenger. You might need to go into whatever firewall software
> you have installed's configuration and setup MSN Messenger to have full
> access so the Internet connection.
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> "k" <redwon60nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:cvk6eb$v5t$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
>>I posted earlier about this. I am running xp and downloaded messenger 6.2
>>whenever I try and log in I ger the error code 0x81000301, I can log in on
>>my old messenger 4 I think it is,with no problems.help please
>>
>
>

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