Livin' the life...

Since I got back yesterday, I tried logging in to MSN messenger but unfortunately I was getting the error below..

We were unable to sign you in to the Messenger at this time. Please try again later. To let us try and troubleshoot the problem, click the Troubleshoot button.
Error code: 80048820
Extended error code: 80048416

I tried troubleshooting, and one or two other things but nothing seemed to work! Anyway, this morning, with my strength and patience renewed, I searched the official messenger site and found a fix that seemed to work rather perfectly.. hence the need for this post!

The fix can be found in this article: Error 80048820: You can't sign in to Windows Live Messenger, and the step that worked for me was Check your Windows Internet Explorer proxy settings (i.e. Start IE -> Tools menu -> Internet Options -> Connections tab -> LAN Settings -> Clear the Automatically detect settings check box -> Click OK, and then click OK again).