Can no longer log in with valid NET Passport

[Peter S.]

I can log in to my Hotmail account in I.E. but something happened tonite and
W. Messenger cannot log in anymore.
I get a small dialog with the following text:

We were unable to sign you in to .NET Messenger Service, possibly because of
a problem with the service or with your Internet connections.Please make
sure you're connected to the Internet.

Click the Help button to check the current .NET service status.

When I do try the Help or the service status link I get a "This page is not
available..."
Since my .NET passport didn't change and I'm on the Internet should I not be
presented with another reason why I cannot log in with Messenger? Could it
possibly happen that the Messenger service is truly down? Hard to believe.

Any help will be thankfully appreciated.

Peter

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Peter,

It's actually down -- completely.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Peter S." > wrote in message news:40285dcb_2@aeinews....
>I can log in to my Hotmail account in I.E. but something happened tonite and
> W. Messenger cannot log in anymore.
> I get a small dialog with the following text:
>
> We were unable to sign you in to .NET Messenger Service, possibly because of
> a problem with the service or with your Internet connections.Please make
> sure you're connected to the Internet.
>
> Click the Help button to check the current .NET service status.
>
> When I do try the Help or the service status link I get a "This page is not
> available..."
> Since my .NET passport didn't change and I'm on the Internet should I not be
> presented with another reason why I cannot log in with Messenger? Could it
> possibly happen that the Messenger service is truly down? Hard to believe.
>
> Any help will be thankfully appreciated.
>
> Peter
>
>