Resolved Windows Live Messenger! Signing in fails

Hello everyone.
I am running Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit edition fully up to date. Here is my problem. When I try to sign into Windows Live Messenger version 8.1, it says, Signing into Windows Live Messenger failed because the service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. Error Code 80070005. The choices are Retry, Cancel, and Help. Hitting Retry doesn't make a difference. When I go into Tools, Options, then connection, it says, You are currently not connected to .NET Messenger Service. When I hit the connection troubleshooter it says that everything is good and my connection is working fine. I don't know why I can't sign in. On my dads Windows XP Professional computer I can sign into Windows Messenger just fine. Its just puzzling as to why I can't sign in. I think that this problem is more of a service or connection problem rather than a system issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

An update about my problem. I logged on as the Administrator and I was able to sign into Windows Live Messenger successfully. It must be that I don't have permission to sign into Windows Live Messenger using my account because I get that same error message when I attempt to sign into Messenger under my account. Is there any way that I can sign into Messenger under my account rather than having to log onto the Administrator account to sign in?

 

Can't help you there - I don't use Vista

 

Thanks PeteC. Hopefully I will be able to get this issue sorted out. I appreciate your time.

 

Error 80070005 is an "access denied" error. Most often its a problem with your account in your local profile. Others reporting this issue indicate that they can sign in with a different ID on the same PC and it works.

Delete & re-create your profile (if that doesn't work, try creating a new profile).

 

Thanks Arie. I noticed that Windows Live Messenger works on the Administrator account as well as my moms account that I have on my computer. Also most of the Windows Messenger options are grayed out when I try and configure the options under my profile. That is very strange. Its no big deal though. I can just create a new profile or I can log in as the Administrator and use Windows Messenger from there. Thanks for all the help guys. I appreciate it.