Messenger/Hotmail

[Ian Lee]

Fixed it from a previously posted answer... seemed to be
a need to register softpub.dll

Do the following:

Click Start, then Run, and enter the following:
regsvr32 softpub.dll
then click OK

>-----Original Message-----
>I am another one that is suddenly having issues signing
>into anything using a passport account.. Hotmail email
>and messenger particularly.
>
>It says the username/password is invalid, yet it works
>fine from another XP system. other valid
>usernames/password also fail on teh "bad" system.
>
>it seemed to appear after an automatic update was loaded.
>
>Any thoughts/ideas on where to start ? all of the help
>items don't assist with this.
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Ian,

Actually this should have already been registered, registering it again simply fixes if it's
been broken in the registry in some way.

The softpub.dll is a component for Internet Explorer's SSL (Secure Socket Layer) support
which provides authentication to Messenger and other .NET Passport services (like Hotmail).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Ian Lee" > wrote in message
...
> Fixed it from a previously posted answer... seemed to be
> a need to register softpub.dll
>
> Do the following:
>
> Click Start, then Run, and enter the following:
> regsvr32 softpub.dll
> then click OK
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I am another one that is suddenly having issues signing
> >into anything using a passport account.. Hotmail email
> >and messenger particularly.
> >
> >It says the username/password is invalid, yet it works
> >fine from another XP system. other valid
> >usernames/password also fail on teh "bad" system.
> >
> >it seemed to appear after an automatic update was loaded.
> >
> >Any thoughts/ideas on where to start ? all of the help
> >items don't assist with this.
> >
> >.
> >