Is the vista updater and msn network connected somehow?

[Gerard]

Just find it odd that msn refuses to sign in and when i try to connect to check for vista updates i get this error:

"Windows could not search for new updates" errors found code: 80072f8f

 

[tntcoder]

hmm im having a similar problem at the moment

 

[Gerard]

Hmm now msn's online and im magically able to connect to get vista updates.

 

[v0n]

Both are MS products, both rely on the same dns cluster, not so strange they would vanish in a "netsplit" sort to speak.

 

[Six6siX]

One of my mates is having a similar problem - cant access any "live" pages like login.live etc nor sign into update or messenger.

Seems like its just people in certain areas affected.

 

[bringans]

Taken from

http://bink.nu/


The Windows Live Messenger service is reportedly inaccessible by various users around the world. Reports are also prevelant of other Windows Live ID-supported sites not functioning, such as Hotmail, MSN Web Messenger and Microsoft Connect.

Service reliability has been hit hard in recent months, with a number of outages lasting over 3 hours and affecting more than 75% of the user base. Whilst Microsoft is usually quick to respond internally through their Hi-Pri incident system msnalerts, the public are rarely notified through the expected channels such as the Service Status page or other Microsoft sites.

More soon.

Update: Service availability appears to be improving, but 100% availability is yet to be achieved.

Update: Service is returning to normal, no problems for users now trying to connect.