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Regular users of MSN messengers often encounter problems with this application. Although most errors are temporary and the application runs fine most of the times but the issue when its MSN not responding when you sign in is the most frustrating one. Apparently there seems to be no easy fix for this problem.
Here are given a few concrete steps which work well most of the times to solve the unresponsive MSN:
> First of all make it sure you have no virus or spyware present in your computer. Its a good thing to run scan through your computer security software before trying this solution.
> After running the virus scan connect to internet and download some good registry fixing software. Most of the times when MSN is not responding during the sign-in process, its something corrupted inside the Windows. A good registry cleaning tool can fix this corruption easily.
The registry in Windows is the component which is the key to all the computer programs including the MSN Live messenger. It is very important that the registry keys of the programs are in good health in order to run them without any crashes or freezes.
> After conducting the registry cleaning scan uninstall the program if it is MSN not responding due to the corruption in the set up files. You can uninstall MSN Live messenger in the following way:
Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > MSN Live Messenger.
From the add/remove list uninstall the program. Now it is very important you completely remove all the components of the program.
Go to Documents and Settings > and delete the MSN folder from this location.
> After deleting the program files run the registry cleaning scan once again to wipe out the remaining registry entries of the program. It is a recommended step if the MSN is not responding due to registry errors.
> Now reinstall MSN live Messenger and disable all the options.
> Disconnect from internet.
> Start up the program again and wait for the troubleshoot screen to repair. Now repair the program through the repair option.
> Now reconnect to the internet and sign-in again through the messenger when internet is connected.
The above guidelines have helped many people to fix this problem. To clean Windows registry use some effective tool such as the Intel Software Partner, RegInOut. If your MSN is not responding when you sign-in then its recommended you run this RegInOut scan.
