Unable able to sign on to Live Messenger (Error Code: 80048820)

EnJoY · 06-30-2007, 06:00 PM

As the title says, for seemingly no reason at all, I am now unable to sign in to Windows Live Messenger. I haven't changed anything, but now it pops up with this message with the following:

I don't what why it's happening, but it started occurring about a week ago and it's got me puzzled. I need Live Messenger for many important contacts, so I can't just stop using. I have uninstalled and reinstalled with the latest version, including the latest beta, several times and cleaned my system out with CCleaner in between and still nothing.

Any help?

rommel · 06-30-2007, 06:10 PM

I had the same problem on my laptop at home. I've uninstalled messenger and rebooted and it didn't help. There are 7 pc's at home with messenger on them. I found on another forum that it could be my router, it's uPnP capabilites may have used up all the available ports for messenger. Messenger would only open without errors if I was to unplug my ehternet cable from my laptop. Anyways to make a long story short, I reset my router(not factory default reset, just a reboot), released my laptop's ip lease and renewed it and it worked. Maybe you could give this a try, Good Luck.

EnJoY · 06-30-2007, 06:46 PM

Thanks. I'm actually not even on a router at the moment though. And I actually just released and renewed my IP earlier today to no avail.

Rattle · 06-30-2007, 06:49 PM

I hate windows live messanger, i still use msn 7.5, everytime i use the new one i have issues.

Ashraf · 06-30-2007, 06:56 PM

Windows Live Messenger is junk like Norton exactly. When you uninstalled it completely, the files are still floating around on your hard disk.

Ashraf · 06-30-2007, 07:06 PM

Error code: 80048820

http://www.computerperformance.co.uk...e_80048820.htm

Extended error code: 80048412

http://imunplugged.spaces.live.com/b...6E6!2180.entry

EnJoY · 06-30-2007, 07:17 PM

Haha....don't laugh, but my date was somehow set at August 30th, rather than June. Yea, I'm dumb.

Thanks guys.

Rattle · 06-30-2007, 07:31 PM

i have done that more than once

justin_c · 07-01-2007, 12:49 AM

try this, fixed some of my msn woes:

make a txt file, enter this

regsvr32 Dssenh.dll /s
regsvr32 Gpkcsp.dll /s
regsvr32 Slbcsp.dll /s
regsvr32 Sccbase.dll /s
regsvr32 Softpub.dll /s
regsvr32 Wintrust.dll /s
regsvr32 Initpki.dll /s
regsvr32 Rsaenh.dll /s
regsvr32 Mssip32.dll /s
regsvr32 Cryptdlg.dll /s
regsvr32 Msxml3.dll /s

then save, rename it to a .bat extension, then execute with messenger closed. then startup again. it reregisters some broken dlls.