Hi I have a windows 7 labtop and I'm trying to sing in windows live messenger and its not working it says to change my firewall settlings cause its blocking it , can u help me

Hi
Click to Start then control panel and find a Windows Firewall icon
Click on it and turn off firewall
I hope I helped :)
Make sure to turn it back on
When you finished using live messenger :)

It doesn't work at all it says the same thing when the firewall is on and off

Ok, try adding your live messenger to your exception list in Windows Firewall

So does the boxes there, do I have to check mark windows live messenger or not check mark it

Check the box

It says that the windows is not in service and check your firewall, it could be blocking it

Firstly, lets capitalize and use punctuation. (pet peeve)

Secondly, re-write what's happens when you try to tick. You've included short answers and to me it makes no sense!

It says :
"signing into windows live messenger failed cause the server is temperately unavailable. please try again later.

windows live messenger made serveral failed attempts to sign you in.your firewall may be blocking windows live messenger from connecting to the service.

please review your firewall settlingssee the ratails instruction for more information."

It say that ever time I sign in, and I've tried everything I could think of I need help!

Do you have zonealarm?

Do you click the remember me box? Try clearing that and re-entering credentials.

Do you have another account you could try and log in as?

Is there an error code?

Unable to sign in MSN LIVE MESSENGER! (http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?ThreadIndex=58114)
Read this thread on another forum and try what they suggest!

What's is zone alarm?
And yea there's a error code

ZoneAlarm is a software firewall. If you have any sort of software firewall it could be blocking MSN as well even though your Windows Firewall is open.

If it has an error code, knowing what it is can be helpful!
(ie: post it)

The error code is 800488eb

Sorry the error code is 80048820

Error Code 80048820 MSN Messenger Troubleshooting (http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/code/code_80048820.htm)

I have windows 7 that's too old and I have live messenger 09

OS's can be different error codes are usually across the board.

Maybe try the latest Live Messenger for Windows 7 :)
What do you use internet explorer or Mozilla?

Or try changing the computer time by one hour and the day too
Hope this one helped:)