Windows live messenger errors can normally be rectified quite easily; they normally consist of either error 80004005 or error error 800b001 or a direct connection issue.
Error 800b001
This messenger error occurs when it has not been installed properly, or needed DLL files cannot be found or have become corrupt.
To rectify this the DLL’s need to be re-registered, to do this, from the Run Menu type the following one at a time.
- regsvr32 Cryptdlg.dll
- regsvr32 Dssenh.dll
- regsvr32 Gpkcsp.dll
- regsvr32 Initpki.dll
- regsvr32 Mssip32.dll
- regsvr32 Rsaenh.dll
- regsvr32 Sccbase.dll
- regsvr32 Slbcsp.dll
- regsvr32 softpub.dll
- regsvr32 Wintrust.dll
Error 80004005
Caused by friendly names being too long, either shorten the names or install the latest version of MSN where this problem has been fixed.
Other connection issues
Of course MSN being a web based application requires an internet connection, a basic dial-up connection is fine for simple chatting, but for voice and video conversations ideally a broadband connection of 512k or above is recommended.
If your Windows messenger errors could be firewall based checkout our other Windows Live Messenger Errors page, where we cover more on connection issues such as firewalls and which port MSN requires.
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