Just to add I’ve confirmed that I also cannot get messages if I’m “Appear Offline”

Also I did the port thing as I said before that you mentioned. but I noticed on the page you gave me that it said msn connects to https://rsi.hotmail.com for offline messages receiveing. is there anyway I can confirm that my MSN is actually connecting to that? or is there some way to make sure mcafee isn’t blocking that?

I am using service pack 3 xp media edition. Mcafee I’ve checked everywhere and way I can think of Windows live has full permissions. and there is no pop up blocker enabled can I find one in Mcafee.

I have full admin rights. I only have the default windows firewall (besides mcafee) and its disabled and I added WLM to its permissions just to be safe.

I am using a @hotmail.com address. and the only popup blocker I am aware of on my computer is My Internet explorers. but I’ve always had it. and again it use to work fine on this computer. I don’t know what changed.

whats strange though is that if I log into another computer I get ALL the offline messages I didn’t get on my regular computer. Sometimes they are weeks old.

And I didn’t do any manual update on my computer to cause this… if its an updates fault it would have to be an automatic one.

Btw I’m on my 4th install, I ran it through a shredder program to get rid of all traces I thought i may have missed. still no luck.