Check your system clock.

By default, in a clean install, Vista screws with your time if you adjust
your timezone.

IF your clock is not right, no MSN services will let you sign in.

-Rob

"Maico" <Maico@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:89721835-3B69-4B05-A3CD-64FA7479C4D4@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Hi everybody...
>
> I've got a question for you al...
> I'have already contacted msn messenger but they say that i've got to ask
> it
> in the vista forum.. dont ask me wy ;/
>
> But i will try to explain what my problem is, hopefully there is someone
> that can help me :)
>
> For the start i will give you some information on what i'm running :
>
> Windows : Windows vista x64
> Internet Explorer browser : V 7.0.6000.16386 (ssl 2.0 en 3.0 are turned
> on!)
> MSN Messenger version : V 8.1
> Firewall : Windows Vista firewall! (no zone-alarm orso!)
> Antivirus : Avast, but before I installed Avast msn wasn't working also
> ISP : Orange (NL)
> Type : ADSL 6.1mbit down / 0.78mbit up
> No extra addons for msn.
>
> I've got a dualboot on this PC with windows xp, and msn messenger just is
> running fine on that installation.
>
> But with the messenger on windows vista I just cant login! I get the
> following error code : 81000306
>
> And YES I used the search button, but nothing is relevant to my case :
> My thinking :
>
> I DONT have got zone-alarm, so that cant be the problem..
>
> This is not the first time that i'm having troubles with windows vista +
> msn
> messenger... I did had the same problem on Beta 1, beta 2, rc1 and rc2!
>
> And I alo searched the forums on this error.. The other result that i
> found
> was with people that are using a netgear router.. but I'm not using that
> router..
> But i think that maybe my own router (Sitecom WL109) is the problem in
> this
> case. But the router is already updatet to the latest firmware that is
> avaible.
>
> So far for my thinking...
>
> For the people that want to see it, here is the msn messenger connection
> log :
>
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>
> What do you people think :)
>
> Thanx![/color]