MSN Messenger insists I download new version, then dumps my contact list!

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  • mardigras
    Bon temps!
    • Feb 2003
    • 14194
    #1

    MSN Messenger insists I download new version, then dumps my contact list!

    Tried to launch MSN Messenger but kept getting a connection error that mentioned firewalls. Restarted the PC, tried to launch it again again and got a notice about a new version available. Downloaded it, it let me log in but tells me:

    "Your contact list (shown below) does not yet have anyone in it.
    Click Add a Contact below to start creating your list."

    If my contact list is stored on their server and it allowed me to connect using the account I wonder where everybody went?
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    • GonePhishing
      Confirmed User
      • Oct 2003
      • 2474
      #2
      Man, I've been having problems with my messenger all day!
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        • sacX
          Confirmed User
          • Dec 2002
          • 2998
          #3
          upgrades/patches always seeming to fuck shit up these days..
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            • pornstar2pac
              Omaha Hi/Lo
              • Nov 2003
              • 17380
              #4
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                • MetaMan
                  I AM WEB 2.0
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 28682
                  #5
                  the inhability to operate a software and its updates isnt usually the softwares fault, its the stupidity of the user.

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                    • mardigras
                      Bon temps!
                      • Feb 2003
                      • 14194
                      #6
                      Originally posted by MetaMan
                      the inhability to operate a software and its updates isnt usually the softwares fault, its the stupidity of the user.
                      LOL, but I've been launching Messenger via the same icon for 5 or 6 years... where oh where did I go wrong?
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                        • Joshua
                          Confirmed User
                          • Feb 2002
                          • 1450
                          #7
                          That has to suck...
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                            • mardigras
                              Bon temps!
                              • Feb 2003
                              • 14194
                              #8
                              I can connect to AIM and ICQ through Trillian but it isn't accepting MSN connection...
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                                • Manowar
                                  jellyfish  
                                  • Dec 2003
                                  • 71528
                                  #9
                                  msn messenger usually works fine for me, been using it since 98. hopefully you'll get contacts back

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                                    • integrated
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Apr 2003
                                      • 3826
                                      #10
                                      one time when i upgraded to the latest version i kept crashing my machine.

                                      seemed to sort itself out though

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                                        • TheJimmy
                                          ICQ- five seven 0 2 5 5 0
                                          • Jan 2001
                                          • 10747
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by mardigras
                                          I can connect to AIM and ICQ through Trillian but it isn't accepting MSN connection...

                                          my trillian pro is working fine with other people on MSN...

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                                            • Theo
                                              HAL 9000
                                              • May 2001
                                              • 34515
                                              #12
                                              Completely normal. MSN messenger filters useful contacts from useless. I guess you need new friends

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                                                • DarkJedi
                                                  No Refunds Issued.
                                                  • Feb 2001
                                                  • 28301
                                                  #13
                                                  MSN / AOL is gay.

                                                  Get ICQ.

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                                                    • mardigras
                                                      Bon temps!
                                                      • Feb 2003
                                                      • 14194
                                                      #14
                                                      Well, it's still messed up. Once consolation, at least I can still see my contacts in Trillian even though it won't connect to MSN... I can retrieve the addresses I want to keep and get them to auth me again. Luckily MSN is just a few friends and family. I still don't see how the upgrade lost the contact list since that is stored on their sever accessd by username and password.
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