For 3 hours I wasn’t able to log onto MSN Messenger. I tried everything in my power to see if my computer had a virus, but all the system checks and virus scans came back negative. I was able to use the internet, and looked up the status of Messenger on the msn.com website. It said that the system was up and running, but I still couldn’t get on. At around 1:30am, I became frustrated and just kept clicking “Retry,” on the error windows. I found that after the 4th click , I signed in. I found in some emails, that nobody at the University of Guelph was able to sign-in, and that my friend in New York was having trouble as well. The only details that I could gather from msn.com, and microsoft, were that some updates were being tested on the network, and their was a temporary shutdown. It seems that everything is up and running, and that we should soon expect another update window.