Removing Ads on Windows Live Messenger MSN

The bottom of the Windows Live Messenger will display ads to you, if you feel that it's annoying you time to time, there's a way to block it.

First go to Internet Explorer (or you could go to Control Panel), click on Tools --> Internet Options. Click on security tab and select restricted sites. Then click on sites and enter http://rad.msn.com 
Click Add then Close and OK when finish.

 

This will restrict the Microsoft ads server and you won't see any ads in the future.

Msn error code 80070005 - Service Temporarily Unavailable

If you are using windows vista and having the service temporarily unavailable error code 80070005 when signning in to msn, most probably is cause by the permission problem (bear in mind that for some the error code may be the same, but the cause of the problem could be different.)

Try the following method to solve the problem (for those who set a password on the pc):

1. Close Msn completely (make sure is exit completely)

2. Go to Start --> control panel --> user accounts

3. Remove the password of your account

4. Open Msn and sign in (you should be able to sign in).

5. Go to Start --> control panel --> user accounts and set password again (Don't sign out msn, make sure msn is signed in when you set the password.

Msn can't sign in (error code 81000306) - Windows Vista

If you encounter "error code 81000306" when signing in for msn messenger, try the following tips (bear in mind that for some the error code may be the same, but the cause of the problem could be different.)

For Windows Vista, you need to disable the Auto Tuning Networking. Followings is the step to disable it:

1. Go to Start --> All Programs --> Accessories, right click on the Command Prompt and choose Run As Administrator

2. Click continue when windows ask for permission to continue.

3. At the command prompt, type netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled