Unable to Sign-in

[John Finucane]

Hi Doehead,

Thanks for raising this problem, I have exactly the same problem with
Windows Messenger 4.7.3001 (XP Home Edition SP2). Sorry I don't have a
solution, yet, but hopefully someone from Microsoft can solve it !! Can
someone from Microsoft please help ?

"Doehead" wrote:

> This has suddenly appeared this morning with XP Messenger 5.1.0701:
>
>
> Windows Live(TM) Messenger Service Staff says:
>
> Important service announcement: Because of a recent system update, you must
> change the e-mail address that you use to sign in to Windows Live(TM)
> Messenger. Until you change your e-mail address, you won't be able to use
> Windows Live(TM) Messenger.
>
> To change your e-mail address and find out more about this system update, go
> to http://support.microsoft.com/gp/Messenger/en
>
>
> Surely this is:
>
> a) ******** - I'm not changing my email address
> b) weird - that URL isn't even valid
>
> I'd rather not be forced into using Live Messenger, I'm quite happy with the
> built-in, adfree, low memory usage, XP one.
>
> A colleague with a 4.x version is not getting signed in, but *isn't* seeing
> the message, and another person with a slightly earlier 5.1 version is
> signed in fine.
>
> Using Windows Live Messenger *does* work though.