RE: 81000303 Error

From: charger1969 (charger1969_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:33:03 -0800

I heard about this from someone on another BB. I wonder if your account has
been "hijacked" She had to contact MSN directly by phone, long and
frustrating process, but eventually got her password reset. I hope this isn't
what has happened to you, at any rate, best of luck.

"Jake" wrote:

> Hey, this just started happening yesterday.
>
> First, I could sign on, but couldn't check my e-mail.
> After I signed off, I couldn't sign back on and got this
> error...
>
> "We could not sign you in to MSN Messenger because there is
> a problem with your .NET Passport.
>
> Click OK to learn more at the .NET Passport Web site. 81000303"
>
> When I click on "Ok" it brings me to the .NET site that
> gives me THIS error message
>
> "Microsoft® .NET PAssport was temporarily unable to
> complete your request. Please try again later."
>
> It's been that way for about 20 hours now. I'm growing
> pretty impatient, because I have e-mails on there that I
> need to read.
>
> I've tried logging in through login.passport.net and it
> reverts me back to the front site. I've tried logging in
> through www.hotmail.com and it reverts back to the login
> screen. It's like it's hitting the refresh button instead
> of going through the numbers. I've tried this on 5
> different computers and get the same error. I've gone from
> 6.2 to the 7 beta to see if that would work. and I tried
> just windows messenger, which also didn't work.
>
> Can anyone help?
>