MSN Messenger - what's going on?

[SGirl]

Hi all,

Anyone else having trouble accessing MSN Messenger this afternoon, or is it just me? I sometimes can't access the Messenger website either (server busy), but when I do I get an All Systems Go message. Or have I been locked out for being naughty?!

[joust]

No porblems here.

Perhaps your IT department is playing with their firewall (if you are at work)

[chrisch]

Hi SGirl,
Im sure you are naughty, but I'm having the same problems too. It was the same last Thursday IIRC.
MSN is working, just not the messenger.
Chris

[Mrs Fish]

chrisch said: I'm having the same problems too. ...
MSN is working, just not the messenger.
Chris

Snap

>> Edited by Mrs Fish on Monday 6th January 17:28

[chrisch]

Maybe we should put Ted in charge!

[SGirl]

Oh good. Glad it's not just me and that their website status is wrong. I thought I'd said something to offend the Powers That Be!! Thought it was a bit odd, though - I use two different accounts and neither is letting me in.

[SpeedEight]

Glad its not just me then, I haven't been able to get on all afternoon...

[anarchystorm]

Yep, mine id down too but everything else seems to be working on MSN. Oh well, back to the old emailling hen - D'oh!

[SGirl]

mungo said: Probably been a naughty girl!!!

Who've you been talking to, Mungo?!

Nah, mines down too - They are obviously having server problems or something. They shouldn't be though because I have been led to believe MS use IBM Netfinity's and X Series which are obviously totally reliable (Cos I sell em)

Ah. Well there you go then. Don't believe everything (anything?!) your employers tell you!!

But thanks for your input everyone. I feel much better knowing I'm not the only one!!

[viperman]

yep, wont work 4 me either, but if you click the 'help' button it says 'all systems go' for MSN messanger.

[Bodo]

mungo said:

Nah, mines down too - They are obviously having server problems or something. They shouldn't be though because I have been led to believe MS use IBM Netfinity's and X Series which are obviously totally reliable (Cos I sell em)

No - it's not the hardware: they're running on Windows

[SGirl]

mungo said: I remember the days when all we had to communicate with were phones...

Carrier pigeon bearing a message on its way to you as we speak!!

Bodo - nice one!!

[Deester]

Mine is down as well!

What else do you expect from Micro$oft!

[Plotloss]

Yep its knackered.

See here: http://messenger.microsoft.com/support/status.asp

Matt.

[Deester]

HTTP Error 500-13 - Server too busy

[alan_driver]

Wahey!!! Its back

[Psychobert]

Its been up and down like a fiddler's elbow all day..

[SGirl]

alan_driver said: Wahey!!! Its back

No it's not.

And now my ISP isn't allowing the "free, unmetered access" I pay shedloads of money for, either... Must be the shock of everyone suddenly going back to work, I seem to recall something similar happening last year.

[alan_driver]

It was Honest, tried singing out then back in and i Cant! ARHH, Microsoft..can you beleive it!

[SGirl]

Oh yes, very funny! The site is now reporting "Minor difficulties" and "We are working as quickly as possible to update the Messenger Service to resolve issues that some of our users have been experiencing with connectivity."

"Some of"??

Maybe I should just pick up the phone instead....