problem with live sign.

[getting fed up]

What is causing the problem with live not letting a lot of us signing in? I
did download and run the .reg file that was offered and it fixed it for me,
but for how long? Why is this happening? I use live messenger to talk to my
family that is stationed all around Europe.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

It was a mistake on Microsoft's side earlier at the beginning of the week. A server was
misconfigured with an incorrect setting which then was saved in the registry on clients when
they attempted to sign in. The .reg file just removes this setting therefore allowing you to
sign back in.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"getting fed up" <getting fed > wrote in message
...
> What is causing the problem with live not letting a lot of us signing in? I
> did download and run the .reg file that was offered and it fixed it for me,
> but for how long? Why is this happening? I use live messenger to talk to my
> family that is stationed all around Europe.
>

[Atenza]

I think this is a big issue. Since my hotmail account has been deactiviated
and after activiate again, all my email has been DELETED !!!!!

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings,
>
> It was a mistake on Microsoft's side earlier at the beginning of the week.
> A server was misconfigured with an incorrect setting which then was saved
> in the registry on clients when they attempted to sign in. The .reg file
> just removes this setting therefore allowing you to sign back in.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "getting fed up" <getting fed > wrote in
> message ...
>> What is causing the problem with live not letting a lot of us signing in?
>> I
>> did download and run the .reg file that was offered and it fixed it for
>> me,
>> but for how long? Why is this happening? I use live messenger to talk to
>> my
>> family that is stationed all around Europe.
>>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

This accident wouldn't have affected your Hotmail account. Hotmail accounts expire if you
don't log into them at least once per month (30 days).

If you're interested, you can migrate your Hotmail account to Windows Live Mail where it's
every 120 days instead. You can migrate your account here:
http://ideas.live.com/signup.aspx?versionid=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d


--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--


"Atenza" > wrote in message
...
>I think this is a big issue. Since my hotmail account has been deactiviated and after
>activiate again, all my email has been DELETED !!!!!
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> It was a mistake on Microsoft's side earlier at the beginning of the week. A server was
>> misconfigured with an incorrect setting which then was saved in the registry on clients
>> when they attempted to sign in. The .reg file just removes this setting therefore
>> allowing you to sign back in.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "getting fed up" <getting fed > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> What is causing the problem with live not letting a lot of us signing in? I
>>> did download and run the .reg file that was offered and it fixed it for me,
>>> but for how long? Why is this happening? I use live messenger to talk to my
>>> family that is stationed all around Europe.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

[Atenza]

I think I have at least through MSN to login Hotmail account by click on the
"Mail" icon, this doesn't equal to login Hotmail account? so strange......

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> This accident wouldn't have affected your Hotmail account. Hotmail
> accounts expire if you don't log into them at least once per month (30
> days).
>
> If you're interested, you can migrate your Hotmail account to Windows Live
> Mail where it's every 120 days instead. You can migrate your account
> here:
> http://ideas.live.com/signup.aspx?versionid=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d
>
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
> "Atenza" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I think this is a big issue. Since my hotmail account has been
>>deactiviated and after activiate again, all my email has been DELETED
>>!!!!!
>>
>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> It was a mistake on Microsoft's side earlier at the beginning of the
>>> week. A server was misconfigured with an incorrect setting which then
>>> was saved in the registry on clients when they attempted to sign in.
>>> The .reg file just removes this setting therefore allowing you to sign
>>> back in.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Kay
>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
>>> Associate Expert
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>> --
>>>
>>> "getting fed up" <getting fed > wrote in
>>> message ...
>>>> What is causing the problem with live not letting a lot of us signing
>>>> in? I
>>>> did download and run the .reg file that was offered and it fixed it for
>>>> me,
>>>> but for how long? Why is this happening? I use live messenger to talk
>>>> to my
>>>> family that is stationed all around Europe.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Atenza,

That certainly counts to keep your account active. Regardless there's nothing one can do
about it once it's been deactivated and the messages deleted besides start again. I'd
encourage you to upgrade your account (doesn't cost anything) in the link in the previous
message just to better avoid this happening again.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"Atenza" > wrote in message
...
>I think I have at least through MSN to login Hotmail account by click on the "Mail" icon,
>this doesn't equal to login Hotmail account? so strange......
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi,
>>
>> This accident wouldn't have affected your Hotmail account. Hotmail accounts expire if you
>> don't log into them at least once per month (30 days).
>>
>> If you're interested, you can migrate your Hotmail account to Windows Live Mail where it's
>> every 120 days instead. You can migrate your account here:
>> http://ideas.live.com/signup.aspx?versionid=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>>
>> "Atenza" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>>I think this is a big issue. Since my hotmail account has been deactiviated and after
>>>activiate again, all my email has been DELETED !!!!!
>>>
>>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> It was a mistake on Microsoft's side earlier at the beginning of the week. A server was
>>>> misconfigured with an incorrect setting which then was saved in the registry on clients
>>>> when they attempted to sign in. The .reg file just removes this setting therefore
>>>> allowing you to sign back in.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jonathan Kay
>>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
>>>> Associate Expert
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>>>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> "getting fed up" <getting fed > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> What is causing the problem with live not letting a lot of us signing in? I
>>>>> did download and run the .reg file that was offered and it fixed it for me,
>>>>> but for how long? Why is this happening? I use live messenger to talk to my
>>>>> family that is stationed all around Europe.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>