Unfortunately, the Policies key doesn't exist in my registry. Thanks for the
suggestion though.

""Scøtt Lovegrove [ScottIsAFool]"" <wlm@nospam.scottisafool.co.uk> wrote in
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> Go to Start, run, then type "regedit"
>
> Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\microsoft\MSNMessenger\Policies
>
> Delete the key "contacts.msn.com"
>
> Then just restart Messenger. That should do the trick.
>
> Scøtt
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> xfile wrote:[color=green]
>> Hi,
>>
>> My two cents, try this newsgroup as well:
>> microsoft.public.windows.live.messenger
>>
>> PS: Cross post this to the live messenger newsgroup.
>>
>> "David McGown" <dmcgown(nospam)@apriso.com> wrote in message
>> news:9DF2DE6F-2644-43A0-BCEC-C6421ED2DDE1@microsoft.com...[color=darkred]
>>> 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.[/color]
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