MSN Messenger Sign-in Problems

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Ken

I’ve been experiencing problems signing onto MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger since this morning. Error Id 81000314 and 80072745.

Mess.be offers the following quick fix by adding the following to the hosts file:

65.54.239.80 messenger.hotmail.com
65.54.239.80 dp.msnmessenger.akadns.net

On Windows XP, you can usually find the Hosts file at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\hosts.

You can remove these two lines after a few days when the issue should be sorted.

Alternatively, you can sign in using Web Messenger.

It’s amazingly annoying when there are downtime issues or other technical difficulties with MSN Messenger. It used to happen all the time but more recently it’s been getting pretty good. I’ve said quite a few times that one should always have another IM program such as Yahoo or Jabber for times like this but it’s really problematic as nobody else has them.

Anyway, that explains why not many people are online and why you may not be able to connect

47 thoughts on “MSN Messenger Sign-in Problems”

Opher on September 11, 2006 at 5:30 pm said:

Hehe, works 🙂

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Lewis on September 11, 2006 at 7:23 pm said:

Use Gaim 😉 No downtime for years, except twice when the whole of MSN was down.

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Opher on September 11, 2006 at 8:16 pm said:

I supose i could have loaded Bitlee up…

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Calvin on September 12, 2006 at 8:06 am said:

You can also use http://www.meebo.com .

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Clear on September 12, 2006 at 10:51 am said:

Anyone ever thought about what would happen if MSN decided to shut down their Hotmail and MSN messenger service.

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Opher on September 12, 2006 at 7:13 pm said:

Erm.. Not working again…

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Khlo on September 12, 2006 at 7:52 pm said:

I’ve still got it in my hosts file and it works. Seems like not many other people are online.

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Andrew on September 25, 2006 at 4:42 pm said:

You should try using koolim.com when MSN is down.

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Nikolett Paszti on September 26, 2006 at 3:58 pm said:

I cant download the msn messanger! Please help me wher can i!!1!

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Amy W on October 5, 2006 at 9:50 pm said:

Hey i cnt get dis STUPID THING to work!!!!!!!!11

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babyfiz on March 15, 2008 at 4:47 pm said:

plzzzz cn sum 1 help me i cnt sign in windowz liv messenger it keepz on sayin errror code 81000306

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anonymous on April 3, 2008 at 4:22 am said:

Worked right away. Thanks alot.

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Charlotte on April 16, 2008 at 1:23 pm said:

HELP!
I cant sign in to messenger on my account but can on my daughters? Anyone know why and what can be done? Im useless on computers as it is so Im stuck proper!!

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bek on April 19, 2008 at 3:54 am said:

thanks!
if msn shut their services, they as a company would be less popular and i guess people would have to start using yahoo, icq and irc~ but the problem with irc, is people who have no idea about the net will most likely not be able to get on there.

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asqq on May 16, 2008 at 5:30 am said:

error 8100387 ??

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georgina on May 18, 2008 at 4:30 pm said:

why wont it work i love it sorry

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irene on May 31, 2008 at 1:46 pm said:

pls some help.i did all those things you say and now i can open only one of my two accounts.the other account can’t get in and it doesn’t show any messages now..plzzzz help me

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smile on August 3, 2008 at 1:38 pm said:

error code: 80048820
extended error code: 80048412
any one can help me out n tel me what sort of errors r these?
thanx u all

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Kai on September 14, 2008 at 8:15 am said:

I CAN NOT GET MY MESSENGER TO WORK IT KEEPS COMING UP WITH “YOUR CONTACT LIST IS NOT AVALIABLE ERROR CODE 18000378′ WHAT DO I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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WALL.E on September 26, 2008 at 9:49 am said:

Schools filter our messenger sign in pages, any help to get rid of tht ????? 🙂

if so please reply to me in the next day

thanks 🙂

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oetam91 on October 16, 2008 at 11:08 pm said:

to smile i had the same problem i looked up and cam across this and it worked for me

Steps to fix the sign-in error 80048820-80048412 for Windows Live Messenger

If you are receiving error 80048820 when trying to sign into Windows Live Messenger you should also get an extended error code. If this extended error code is 80048412 the problem often occurs because the time and date settings on the computer are incorrect. The error will appear like below:

You cannot sign in to Messenger. Additionally, you may receive the following error message:

We were unable to sign you in to the Messenger at this time. Please try again later.
To let us try and troubleshoot the problem, click the Troubleshoot button.
Error code: 80048820
Extended error code: 80048412

The following steps may help resolve your issue:

To troubleshoot the problem on a Microsoft Windows XP-based computer:

1. Click Start, click Run, type control timedate.cpl, and then click OK.

2. In the Date and Time Properties dialog box, confirm that the date and time settings on the computer are correct, and then click OK.

To troubleshoot the problem on a Windows Vista-based computer:

1. Click Start, type control timedate.cpl in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.

2. In the Date and Time Properties dialog box, confirm that the date and time settings on the computer are correct, and then click OK.

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alicen on October 18, 2008 at 7:12 pm said:

i cant get on my msn sign in thing!
god its so enyoing what did i do it keeps comin up
“sorry its not avalble!

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Rano on October 21, 2008 at 2:48 pm said:

Hi
I can’t sing in to my account on msn messenger but i can on my husbands. It keeps allways giv me error cod 810003c1.
Please can some one help me.
Thanks

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Justine on October 28, 2008 at 5:30 pm said:

i’m having problems with my msn aswell,I keep signing in,it stays on for a couple of minutes and disconnects having to sign in again and going through the same thing again and again. Anyone knows what I can do?

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Ellie on November 2, 2008 at 3:04 pm said:

Justine

this is happening to me and loads of my friends recently. I hope MSN sort it out! 🙁

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amal on November 18, 2008 at 5:59 pm said:

hi , I have a proplem with my masenger that i dont have the hosts in my pc in the way that should be ther
c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC\hosts
I go exactly ther but ther is no hosts
ples help me

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sam on November 29, 2008 at 11:35 am said:

MSN Error 80072745

Problem with Hosts file

To Fix:

Unplug Router ~30s

Try sign in again, should be working !

😉

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amal on December 3, 2008 at 10:13 am said:

know i fond the hostst but istel do no not work too
whwt could i do
pls help me

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bily bk on February 27, 2009 at 1:07 pm said:

i canot sing in messenger why?

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haleema on March 23, 2009 at 3:22 pm said:

i cant sign in my msn live id as other can sign in only my id is not getting sign in. even i can sign in my hotmail. the error code it gives is 81000306

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walid baloch on June 18, 2009 at 4:37 pm said:

plzz some one help me i am stuck to sign in windows live messenger 8.5

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diecast- on June 26, 2009 at 12:40 am said:

You tip to add the two IP’s to the host file worked for me!

Thanks!

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Jalana on July 8, 2009 at 7:27 pm said:

I cant sign into msn messanger although i keep trying. It says that my contacts list is not available and give the error code 81000378. Please help, how can i fix this? x

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amandeep on July 22, 2009 at 9:35 am said:

i have a problem whenever i start my computer msnmsngr name is not correct. tell me what can i do for this

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diana on September 4, 2009 at 6:42 pm said:

i can’t sing in my messenger or my e-mail account i even open a windows live account but still not working it sais error code 80048823 it sais the windows live ID or password you enter is incorrect please some one help me “but i wonder how can my sister sign in but i cant?” if my password and id its wright. I NEED SOME HELP!!!!!!!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

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maria on September 27, 2009 at 12:34 pm said:

I’m new with this msn and I can’t sign in on it, beacuse it says that there’s a newer version I have to install. I tried to install it, but it doesn’t seem to work, as I still get the same message with the needing to install that version. Can you help me solve this? Thank you.

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phil on November 3, 2009 at 5:21 pm said:

i have a problem windows live messenger wont let me sign in
the error code is 800488fb anyone help please:)

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ben on November 20, 2009 at 9:41 pm said:

gah, thank you so much
i’d tried adjusting and playing with my host files for over an hour and a half, and finally i come across this in a google search
i just insert two lines, bah, so simple

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michelle on December 2, 2009 at 6:57 am said:

ok. so i can sign into messenger using web messenger directly from hotmail. but i cant use it just by clicking on the icon for windows live messenger it gives me an error about the hosts and proxy settings error code 80072efd.

“your host file contains msn related entries which may interfere with name resolution”

talks about proxy, firewall.
…not sure what to do about it …or how to fix it. i’ve been using the trouble shooting that comes up on the microsoft website..followed them but it doesn’t work. ..tried the repair..but that doesn’t work either

on the check list where is looks to see whats wrong there is a yellow yeild sign with and “!” inside of it. beside HOSTS and PROXY SERVER.

could you help me with that ?
i’ve tried uninstalling and restarting the computer and reinstalling it…

thanks so much
– michelle

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eleri on December 4, 2009 at 6:30 pm said:

80070005 error code..
keeps saying ‘retry’ nothing happends..
HELP!

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dorian on December 12, 2009 at 9:55 am said:

hello everybody.this problem its really annoing me.when I press sign in it takes a few seconds and then it shows to me this window:”a newer version of messenger is avaible now.do you want to download it now?”.either downloading it either not its the same cause my msn hasn’t opened yet.please can anyone help me?thanks a lot bye everebody

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praveen on December 17, 2009 at 7:46 am said:

i got a
8e5e0158 error in my windows live messenger. This is the latest version of my messenger.
I cannot sign in my messenger
some one plz help me

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anastacialyssa on December 30, 2009 at 12:28 pm said:

Hi , can somebody help me ? I cant sign in to my msn . I can use my msn about 1 minute , and suddenly disconnected . I tried using my computer , same problem occur . Somebody pleaaase help me .

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sameerakayani on June 2, 2010 at 10:09 am said:

i am unable to sign in the messenger its showing the error 800488fb.plz help me fast

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angel on August 16, 2010 at 3:15 pm said:

hi…i can't log in msn messenger…it show error message 800488fb…pls help me…

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sue A on September 29, 2010 at 9:41 pm said:

Help ! have lost windows live messenger, keeps showing error code 8e5e0158

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naeem on November 30, 2010 at 6:47 pm said:

plz help me i check out all my messenger error is 80048820 all thing is ok then why its not open when i click on trublshoot all thinhgs are checkd but wirless is not check plz help me

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