Problem loging in to Windows Live Messenger 8.1

[lino124]

Hi! everyone

I get the following Error when i attempt to log on to windows Live Messenger 8.1

You cannot use Windows Live Messenger at this time because your contact list is not available. Please try again later.
I made a google search used all the suggestions but no good result.

i uninstalled version 8.1 and installed version 7 i can signin no problem at all.
can someone please me, version 8.1 cannot let me signin, with one account but i sign in with the other account
the account that i cannot signing with in messenger i can log in with it and i can have access to my mails.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

I found this:
http://messenger-support.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!8B3F39C76A8B853F!12965.entry

• For MSN Messenger: The Address Book Clearing House servers or the Contacts List servers are unavailable because of high-volume traffic or because the servers are down.

Sounds like it may be the problem.

How long has this been happening?

[lino124]

Sorry to answer your question too late, today is the second day and i have never experienced this before. i have also went to the link u posted, it was real suggestive
i followed all the instruction.

I guess its the proxy server in the corporate, that is blocking the contact list to be downloaded, as suggest by the site u posted, but the strange thing is that some
users in the same network as me they can log in without any issue, and i can log in too
with the other account i just don't know i cant with this one.

Account 1 cant get access to MSN Live Messenger 8.1 but can read my mails
Account 2 can log in both in Messenger and Emails
Whats wrong please help me with this issue.

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Something similar has happened to me before......A few months ago.
It fixed itself in about a week.

[lino124]

Well i'm happy to say that its finally working know, i waited just like u suggested, still
i could not log in in the first account only read mails, i installed MSN Polygamy, a software that allows to use two account so i logged in at the same time, to my surprise things worked.

thanks for your help and attenrion    

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

Heh, all right. Glad to know you've got it working.