Messenger update site never works

[Dave Morgan]

Every time I log on to my own machine I get a message
saying I must update messenger. I click OK. It then looks
for one of the microsoft websites. It doesn't find it. It
never finds it. The rest of the Internet is working fine
but Microsoft is never at home. You can't complai because
Microsoft insist that you either pay or go through web
page after web page befor etelling you that you are not
permitted to use there services because they can't be
bothered. Picking an application is fun because the first
list you come to doesn't list all the apps. It's not
until you've selected something vaguely related that you
get access to the full list.

Why don't microsoft just make sure their websites are
working and that we don't have to waste all morning
trying for the umpteenth time to download something that
I probably don't need but microsoft says I must have.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dave,

As far as I know, all the sites are up, so either you've manually blocked the site it's
trying to get to (perhaps on a third-party software firewall) or your ISP is somehow blocking
it (a proxy or something similar). Try downloading the latest Windows Messenger from the
following location:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger/download.asp
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Dave Morgan" > wrote in message
...
> Every time I log on to my own machine I get a message
> saying I must update messenger. I click OK. It then looks
> for one of the microsoft websites. It doesn't find it. It
> never finds it. The rest of the Internet is working fine
> but Microsoft is never at home. You can't complai because
> Microsoft insist that you either pay or go through web
> page after web page befor etelling you that you are not
> permitted to use there services because they can't be
> bothered. Picking an application is fun because the first
> list you come to doesn't list all the apps. It's not
> until you've selected something vaguely related that you
> get access to the full list.
>
> Why don't microsoft just make sure their websites are
> working and that we don't have to waste all morning
> trying for the umpteenth time to download something that
> I probably don't need but microsoft says I must have.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dave,

As far as I know, all the sites are up, so either you've manually blocked the site it's
trying to get to (perhaps on a third-party software firewall) or your ISP is somehow blocking
it (a proxy or something similar). Try downloading the latest Windows Messenger from the
following location:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger/download.asp
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Dave Morgan" > wrote in message
...
> Every time I log on to my own machine I get a message
> saying I must update messenger. I click OK. It then looks
> for one of the microsoft websites. It doesn't find it. It
> never finds it. The rest of the Internet is working fine
> but Microsoft is never at home. You can't complai because
> Microsoft insist that you either pay or go through web
> page after web page befor etelling you that you are not
> permitted to use there services because they can't be
> bothered. Picking an application is fun because the first
> list you come to doesn't list all the apps. It's not
> until you've selected something vaguely related that you
> get access to the full list.
>
> Why don't microsoft just make sure their websites are
> working and that we don't have to waste all morning
> trying for the umpteenth time to download something that
> I probably don't need but microsoft says I must have.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dave,

As far as I know, all the sites are up, so either you've manually blocked the site it's
trying to get to (perhaps on a third-party software firewall) or your ISP is somehow blocking
it (a proxy or something similar). Try downloading the latest Windows Messenger from the
following location:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger/download.asp
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Dave Morgan" > wrote in message
...
> Every time I log on to my own machine I get a message
> saying I must update messenger. I click OK. It then looks
> for one of the microsoft websites. It doesn't find it. It
> never finds it. The rest of the Internet is working fine
> but Microsoft is never at home. You can't complai because
> Microsoft insist that you either pay or go through web
> page after web page befor etelling you that you are not
> permitted to use there services because they can't be
> bothered. Picking an application is fun because the first
> list you come to doesn't list all the apps. It's not
> until you've selected something vaguely related that you
> get access to the full list.
>
> Why don't microsoft just make sure their websites are
> working and that we don't have to waste all morning
> trying for the umpteenth time to download something that
> I probably don't need but microsoft says I must have.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dave,

As far as I know, all the sites are up, so either you've manually blocked the site it's
trying to get to (perhaps on a third-party software firewall) or your ISP is somehow blocking
it (a proxy or something similar). Try downloading the latest Windows Messenger from the
following location:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger/download.asp
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Dave Morgan" > wrote in message
...
> Every time I log on to my own machine I get a message
> saying I must update messenger. I click OK. It then looks
> for one of the microsoft websites. It doesn't find it. It
> never finds it. The rest of the Internet is working fine
> but Microsoft is never at home. You can't complai because
> Microsoft insist that you either pay or go through web
> page after web page befor etelling you that you are not
> permitted to use there services because they can't be
> bothered. Picking an application is fun because the first
> list you come to doesn't list all the apps. It's not
> until you've selected something vaguely related that you
> get access to the full list.
>
> Why don't microsoft just make sure their websites are
> working and that we don't have to waste all morning
> trying for the umpteenth time to download something that
> I probably don't need but microsoft says I must have.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dave,

As far as I know, all the sites are up, so either you've manually blocked the site it's
trying to get to (perhaps on a third-party software firewall) or your ISP is somehow blocking
it (a proxy or something similar). Try downloading the latest Windows Messenger from the
following location:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger/download.asp
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Dave Morgan" > wrote in message
...
> Every time I log on to my own machine I get a message
> saying I must update messenger. I click OK. It then looks
> for one of the microsoft websites. It doesn't find it. It
> never finds it. The rest of the Internet is working fine
> but Microsoft is never at home. You can't complai because
> Microsoft insist that you either pay or go through web
> page after web page befor etelling you that you are not
> permitted to use there services because they can't be
> bothered. Picking an application is fun because the first
> list you come to doesn't list all the apps. It's not
> until you've selected something vaguely related that you
> get access to the full list.
>
> Why don't microsoft just make sure their websites are
> working and that we don't have to waste all morning
> trying for the umpteenth time to download something that
> I probably don't need but microsoft says I must have.