Helping people with computers... one answer at a time.

MSN Instant Messenger is unable to connect with error 0x81000301. What do I do?

It's kind of hard to say what might be causing this problem, but I did find a very helpful thread of ideas to try out on BigBlueBall.com; a site dedicated to instant messaging.

Article C2007 - June 8, 2004

Leo Leo A. Notenboom has been playing with computers since he was required to take a programming class in 1976. An 18 year career as a programmer at Microsoft soon followed. After "retiring" in 2001, Leo started Ask Leo! in 2003 as a place for answers to common computer and technical questions. More about Leo.

Not what you needed?

Recent Comments
340 Comments

My live messenger doesn't work.It says something about"your firewall is blocking msn live messenger".I don't know what to do.Help me please....

Posted by: omar at June 3, 2008 7:00 PM

I am not able to open my account due to error 81000306

Posted by: Nayeem at November 5, 2008 9:12 PM

If you are getting error like NAYEEM then check this Error 81000306 OF MSN Messenger And if you can't find a solution of your MSN Messenger Error then you can see List Of MSN Messenger Erros I hope you can solve your problem.

Posted by: ajay at February 13, 2010 11:31 AM

click start buttom in the left bottom side?
where should i type cmd?

Thanks a lot.

rafael

Posted by: Rafael at March 3, 2010 11:03 AM

Messenger won’t allow me to stay
logged in, connects for a fraction of a second and cuts
off and automatically with no error message.

Posted by: Carlos Andreaci at November 22, 2010 12:04 PM
Post a comment on "MSN Instant Messenger is unable to connect with error 0x81000301. What do I do?":





Remember Me?

(You may use HTML tags for style)

Before commenting, please...

  • READ THE ARTICLE. A comment that shows you didn't will be deleted and ignored.

  • Comment only on the article. Use the search box at the top of the page if you have a question about something else.

  • NO PERSONAL INFORMATION in the comment. No email addresses. No phone numbers. No physical addresses.

  • Anything that looks the least bit like spam will be deleted. Links to unrelated sites or links that appear to be primarily promotional will be deleted, or the comment will be deleted.

  • Don't ask me to recover lost passwords or hacked accounts. I can't. Those comments will be deleted.

  • I can't respond to every comment. And I can't vouch for the accuracy of others who do.

Please wait. Your comment is being processed ...