help with msn/hotmail

[omega_image]

anyone else having problems right now?

i can't logon to messenger, it asks me to retry later
and everytime i try to login to hotmail, i get a "page cannot be displayed" page
i've checked my internet and security settings and everything looks fine.

its been like this for 2 days now, whats weird is that i can logon fine to both @ work........

anyone?

[FeelGood]

works fine for me, and i see a lot of ppl online, i think its on your side.

[veN]

Im having no probs (w/ the exeption of my wirless crapping out, but hey, that's normal). I think maybe it's you. Good luck getting it sorted!

[omega_image]

k, im looking for a little more constructive feedback.

but thanks

[Atlantis77]

ur not the only one, it took me forever today to chek my hotmail, and my msn list is EMPTY. lol i can only assume that my friends are havin the same problem. stupid MSN.

[ebbomega]

I'm guessing you're using IE?

For hotmail:
go to Tools->Internet Options

In General:
Delete Cookies
Delete Files (it'll pop up, put a checkmark in "delete all offline content")
Clear History

In Security: Go to each of the sections at the top (Internet, Local Intranet, Trusted Sites and Restricted sites) and reset each to their "Default Level"s

In privacy: Go into the "sites" button if you're in XP-SP2, "Edit" anything else and make sure there are no blocked sites there that are unwarranted (hit "Remove All" for the quick-n-dirty fix)

In Content:
Go into Autocomplete, click "Clear Forms" and "Clear Passwords"
XP Only: Click "Clear SSL state"

In Advanced:
Click "Restore Defaults"
Then remove the checkmark from "Enable third-party browser extensions (requires restart)"

Restart your computer.

Then, go to start-run and put in each of the following commands (NT, XP and 2k only):
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll

If you're running XP-SP2, do this following command as well:
iexplore.exe /rereg

Try hotmail again.

As for messenger, go into your firewall (if you have one - and you should) and make sure it's allowing MSN Messenger full access. If you're still getting the same problem, remove messenger from add/remove programs and reinstall it:
Go to the messenger website
Click on "download now"
go to the bottom of the page and click on "Download/Install Later"
Save it to your desktop
when it finishes downloading, double-click the "Install_MS..." icon on there (it will expand to INSTALL_MSN_MESSENGER_70 or something like that).

[IntakE]

Mine wont log me on I just keep trying and eventually Im online.

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by omega_image

k, im looking for a little more constructive feedback.

but thanks

party bus!

[ebbomega]

Oh yeah. Make sure you have adequate anti-spyware as well and that you're frequently running sweeps (once weekly at least, twice weekly recommended).

The combination I always recommend:
Ad-aware
Spybot
Microsoft Antispyware

Links for all of those here

[omega_image]

did everything, still not working =(

already have the spyware programs, thanks tho

appreciate the effort!

btw - this is happening when attempting to login to my trusted poker sites aswell

[ebbomega]

Yeah. I think there was a recent IE update. We've been seeing a lot of these secure sites issues at work. People do everything and it's still being a pain.

Basically there's two more things I can think of. The first is, are you using Norton Internet Security as a firewall? It's been known to block secure sites. (I think it's under custom privacy settings.... I really am not too certain what the exact steps are though)

The second is that you can try creating a new profile (XP I assume?) and try again. Might have been some update that corrupted the profiles. Go to the control panel, go to User Accounts and create a new Administrative profile. See if it does the same thing. If it does, IE is pooched. I've troubleshooted enough. On with the zealotry!

Trust me. Stuff like this gets fixed way faster in Firefox.

(It's so nice that I can recommend that here.)

[omega_image]

just dl'd mozilla, says connection refused whenever i try to access a webpage

do i have to remove ie?

[charly]

^ you shouldn't have to remove ie for moz to work.

the only problems i found then, are usually with plugins (like flash and such) since you've most like already gotten them for ie. it tends to conflict a bit. but it shouldn't refuse your connection.

[omega_image]

not to seem ungrateful, but does anyone else have any ideas?

[zarlon]

ebbomega, where do you work?

(edit 2,000 posts left to go and i am out of here)

[Pennywise]

msn working
hotmail working