“Go online” problem with Windows Live Mail and MESH (Windows Live Essentials) on Windows 8

 

After enabling Hyper-V feature and configuring Virtual Switch on Windows 8 box we encountered very strange problem: after click on “Work offline” in Windows Live Mail window - globe button – the program won’t go back online. Each click on “Go online” is followed by

MESH also declines to start saying “There’s no internet connection” or similar.

Workaround:

1. Close and exit Windows Live Mail and Mesh if running.
2. Start Internet Explorer.
3. Ensure “go online” notification on the bottom of internet explorer and DO NOT CLICK “Go back offline” – simply close it.
   
4. Restart Windows Live Mail – you will see, Windows Live Mail went automatically online.
5. Restart Mesh
6. Enjoy!

Missing tray icon for Windows Live Messenger on Windows Server 2008 (R2) and Windows 7

You may miss the tray icon for Windows Live Messenger on machines running Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. The process is running, you get – depending on configuration – bubble notifications, but see no tray icon to open messenger window.

Refer to article

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/3794-windows-live-messenger-taskbar-notification-icon.html,

set the compatibility for msnmsgr.exe to Vista (on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7) or Windows XP (for Windows Server 2008), restart Messenger (just kill the process and restart) and enjoy!