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how can i stop my firewall from blockin my msn?

when i try and sign in msn, troubleshoot comes up and says, msn messenger has made several failed attempts to sign you in. your firewall may be blockin messenger from connecting to the service. pleace reveiw your settings. i pressed repair but nothin happens so how do i get my firewall to stop blockin me.

laura
April 2006

Software, Firewalls Msn Messenger Service

thanks! its the date. go on control panel, then time and date, then set to correct date and time. then it will work!
Cheers

Lee
November 2009

i have exactly the same problem, i have uninstalled and installed again and switched my firewall of but it still says the same thing

any suggestions?

Monkey_no3@hotmail.com

ashley townend
December 2008

Difficult to say without knowing your firewall, however most firewalls generate a log of what failed, you should look at this find out what part of MSN is being blocked, and add a rule for it.
dave.duke@cryptic.co.uk

dave
January 2007

A long shot, but have you got the right system date on your PC? If your date is incorrect MSN won't sign in...

Darren
June 2006

Is it a hardware firewall (ie built into an adsl router) or is it a software firewall? In each case which version of either hardware or software are you using as it will vary depending on this.

Steven Graham
April 2006