David McGown wrote:
> I found the procedure below in another group, and it solved my problem
> with Vista and Live Messenger. Apparently Vista's "auto-tuning"
> networking feature doesn't play nice with some routers. Not sure if it
> is a bug in Vista, a bug in Messenger or a bug in the router firmware
> but anyway this looks like a possible workaround that might help other
> people who have the same problem.
>
> Try this:
> - Click start
> - Type: cmd
> - Right-click cmd.exe when it appears under Applications
> - Click Run As Administrator
> - Type the following: netsh int tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled
> - Press enter
> - Restart your computer
>
>
> "David McGown" <dmcgown(nospam)@apriso.com> wrote in message
> news:9DF2DE6F-2644-43A0-BCEC-C6421ED2DDE1@microsoft.com...
>> I've installed Vista (Build 6000) and Windows Live Messenger (Build
>> 8.0.0812) and cannot get Messenger to sign in. It gives the same error
>> every time - 81000306. This is a fresh & clean Vista install and the
>> local firewall is disabled but there is a firewall on our router.
>> Since all of our XP SP2 users have no problem with the same version of
>> Messenger, I am guessing that there is something different about the
>> way Vista works with our router. My IT guy is reluctant to change
>> anything at this stage unless I can make specific requests about what
>> needs to change.
>>
>> Any ideas what to change that might fix this? Is this a known
>> incompatibility with Vista and Messenger?
>>
>> Thanks.
>

Thank you, Thank you, I've had the login problem for 2 weeks and
couldn't find how to cure it, the solution that you found works
perfectly... with the exception of an Epson scanner driver not available
yet it's the only problem I've had with Vista.

me is a happy bunny :-D

Thanks

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John - Ratty

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