for about four days now, my windows live messenger won't let me sign in. the exact message given is

Signing into Windows Live Messenger failed because the service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later...

Error code: 8100030d


the connection trouble shooter can't find anything wrong
tried going to tools>options>connectivity and testing everything there and it all said succesful.

i recently downloaded new AVG software, could that be it?

any ideas? it is soo frustrating!


edit: forgot to say, i've already tried uninstalling, restarting, reinstalling several times.

If you ever get a problem like that, just google the error code and you should get a solution!

This is what I found, might be worth a shot!

- Double click on the clock in the taskbar and make sure the system clock is set correctly.
- Disable Zone Alarm
- Register softpub.dll using the regsvr32.exe tool.Click Start, and then click Run.
- In the Open box, type regsvr32 softpub.dll and then click OK.
- Do the same for the following regsvr32 wintrust.dll, regsvr32 initpki.dll, regsvr32 MSXML3.dll.
- Restart Windows Live Messenger.

lol i had the latest windows live messenger, i had this error where it wouldn't let me log it, i googled the error and it wasn't even a known error.

I tried everything uninstall then install
system restore 5 times
so i just uninstalled the msn i had and installed the older version!

You can go to Windows Live Help and email a representative, and they'll email you back with an answer. I have actually tried this myself and it worked wonders.

niall: tried all those things actually

nick: i know i should have never updated!!

thanks katie!

i actually fixed it, it turns out this new avg i have has a tab on the interface that says "instant messanging" and i just unclicked the protection for msn, so although i'm not protected, its working!! haha

Wouldn't say that that's a smart thing to do! Really, trying emailing someone from Help. I got a response in the same day.

Signing into Windows Live Messenger failed because the service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later...

Error code: 8100030d

Ive had that!

Lately, im getting a msg saying it cant sign me in cos my contact list is unavailable (????)..or it will sign me in the sign me out saying its a connection prob yet my connection is ok!

Baffles me

I've had problems like that before Paula, I just go to Ebuddy if I have problems that I don't how to fix.

Same! i went with ebuddy after getting that message for a while too, but ebuddy annoyed me so uninstalled MSN and got a new one.. no problems since.. might be the way to go Paula?.. or not.. just my opinion

the new msn makes me angry, so frustrating