My windows live messenger will let me log on, however all my contacts are classed as "offline" even when they are not, people can send me messeges, but I cannot reply to them, I get an error message.
I have tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it, closing it, opening it, messing about with my settings, putting my settings back to normal...to no avail
Hmmm
First, I'd look in the user temp folder and delete all I could find (that actually will delete) TBH.
Do you access any other WL services? Tried them?
firstly thank you guys for your assistance, the problem was a corrupt contact list, initially I couldnt find appdata, however I discovered it was a hidden file so once I found it and deleted it, my messenger started working properly again