iMad recently sent me a comment detailing how he solved this frustrating problem. His comment is quoted below, verbatim:
I had the same problem, but there is a solution and it is simple.
When I tried to log in with the new Live messenger 9.0 beta, I get the error 80070057 and could not connect.
After searching the internet, could not find a solution, so I looked at the system logfiles and found a few errors.
event id: 215
wlcomm (3552) C:\Documents and Settings\%Username\\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts\{5cfe6312-a70b-4456-a91f-088d46bb5268}\: Het maken van de back-up is gestopt, omdat deze door de client is gestopt of omdat de verbinding met de client is mislukt.and event id: 458
wlcomm (3552) Een poging het bestand C:\Documents and Settings\%Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts\{5cfe6312-a70b-4456-a91f-088d46bb5268}\DBStore\Backup\old\Folder Settings te maken is mislukt. Systeemfout 5 (0×00000005): Toegang geweigerd. . Tijdens het verwijderen van het bestand treedt fout -1032 (0xfffffbf8) op.I opened the path in Explorer
C:\Documents and Settings\%Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
And deleted allmost all the maps but not the %Username@msn.com map.
Then I restarted the Live messenger 9.0 beta and it worked again.http://madshooter.spaces.live.com/blog/
Success
Thank you for the info, iMad. However, since I’m happy signing into WLM9 with my new Hotmail account, I won’t be trying it (yeah, call me chicken if you like). If you intend to try it, be extra careful when deleting files. I’d suggest making a backup first or just deleting them to the recycle bin. If this works for you, please post a comment here so that we know.
Oh, and one more reason why I’m happy with Hotmail is that I’ve heard they’re going to increase email storage space to a whopping 25GB from the existing 5GB. My local ISP gives me just a miserly 10MB, believe it or not!
