Doris, bless her soul, has just informed me of a recent posting in Inside Windows Live Messenger, dated October 23, 2008. The author Brian says, and I quote,
“An issue has been discovered in the current Windows Live Messenger beta that may leave users unable to sign-in. Only a very small number of users may encounter this issue but wanted to proactively message this to the community.
To avoid the issue yourself, please DO NOT block a group and then leave the group. If you plan to leave a group, please unblock it first. Following this precaution will ensure that you will not be affected by this issue.
We are currently working hard to fix the problem and allow those customers who have been affected to once again sign-in to the Messenger beta.
Thank you for your time and for participating in the beta! We will post more information about this issue when it becomes available.”
Ah, at least a wee bit of information there. However, I haven’t blocked a group nor left a group when that annoying Error 80070057 sign-in message surfaced. In fact I’ve never created, or joined, or left, or blocked, a group at all, period. And nobody else in my household has done that sort of thing to my account (they’re not as geeky as me).
So I’m right where I started. If anybody has any other ideas, please comment or fill up my contact form.
P/S And what a laugh, if you look at the Releases in the right sidebar of the Inside Windows Live Messenger blog, there is NO mention of Windows Live Messenger 9.0 at all. Are these guys living in the present or the past?
Tags: beta, Error code 80070057, Windows Live Messenger