Archive: ‘Messenger problems’ Category

How-to: Show emoticons in Messenger conversations

Messenger problems November 24th, 2010

You wonder why no emoticons are showing up in chats with your friends? Here’s a solution.

Wave 4 Beta Messenger error 85ae000b: the reasons

Messenger problems September 28th, 2010

Since last week, there are quite a few users receiving Messenger error code 85ae000b when they try to sign in. Are you among them? Here is the explanation.

Wave 4 Beta Messenger problems: Fixing Beta sign-in error 81000395

Messenger problems July 21st, 2010

Are you trying out the current Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 Public Beta? You might receive the error code 81000395 when you try to sign in. The Windows Live team has published a workaround for this error code.

Wave 4 Beta Messenger problems: Fixing error code 800706ba

Messenger problems July 5th, 2010

You’re getting the error code 800706ba when you try to sign in to Windows Live Messenger Wave 4 Beta? The fix is easy — you have to start a system service.

Messenger problems: Resolving error code 80071392

Messenger problems June 20th, 2010

If you receive the error code 80071392 when you try to sign in to Windows Live Messenger, try these steps.

Been trying Messenger 2010? Problems might come up. (Update)

Messenger problems April 4th, 2010

You have been trying Messenger 2010 recently after downloading and installing the leaked Milestone 2 beta 15.2.2583.119? You might get problems when you want to go back to Messenger 2009.

Messenger problems: Solving Messenger error code 81000306 at sign-in

Messenger problems April 3rd, 2010

Some of you have problems while trying to sign in to Messenger, receiving error code 81000306. Let’s take a look at the solution.

Messenger problems: Contacts appear offline while being online?

Messenger problems March 23rd, 2010

For the past several hours or so, the Messenger servers have been showing the majority of contacts offline. You can however still talk to contacts using offline message. There were other similar issues earlier on in the day and the problem just seems to have progressively gotten worse.

Messenger Problems: Resolving error 80048820

Messenger problems March 22nd, 2010

Numerous users of Windows Live Messenger are currently experiencing the error code 80048820 when they try to sign in to Messenger.  If you are getting this error as well, the reason might be that you have invalid characters in the first name of your user profile.

Getting Messenger sign-in error 8004820 solved

Messenger problems March 2nd, 2010

There is a new solution for the Windows Live Messenger error code 8004820. If you get this error, maybe the only problem is that your system clock has the wrong date set.