You are travelling through Europe on your first overseas trip. You've climbed the Eiffel Tower, seen the Mona Lisa and had photos under the Arc de Triomphe, all in the last three hours.
Buzzing with excitement, you jump on the Net at a seedy Internet cafe and impatiently wait to log into Messenger to tell your family and friends back home all about what has been the most awesome day of your life. After frantically typing in your memorised login and password, up pops the unfamiliar message "Error 80048820-— Extended error code 80048416", which stops you from accessing Messenger.
Insert expletive-ridden, verbal tirade here.
Okay, not all of us spend a lot of time in Paris or even overseas for that matter. Either way, at some point it's possible you may get one of these annoying errors pop up on your very own home computer.
Maybe you're using an older version of Messenger or perhaps the local server is down, unfortunately there are plenty reasons why an error message may suddenly appear.
Here's a quick list of the most common errors you may be faced with when trying to login to Messenger. Just click on the relevant link below to find a description of the error and most importantly, how to fix it.
If you are receiving another error code that is not listed above,please contact Windows Live Messenger Support with the exact error code that you are receiving. We'll do our best to have you chatting again in no time.
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