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One of my friend asked me that he needs to copy the display picture he had in his MSN Messenger display. He has tried searching but could not located it. Here is some detail about MSN way of storing display pictures.

Please browse to the following path

%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger

Here you will see folders against each email id that signed in to the msn messenger on that particular machine. Follow the steps to retrieve the display picture.

• Browse to the desired email id whose DP you want to retrieve
• Open ObjectStore and then open UserTile folder.
• You’ll see some files in it with some weird  names ending with either DT2 extension or ID2. (notice the file size of both files. the DT2 will be slightly larger than ID2).

The DT2 is actually that thumbnail of your display picture. You have to open it using any photo viewer software:

• Right click on the file
• Select open
• A pop up will come up asking you to search for the desired program from internet or choose
• Select on choose and then use any photo editing software
  • For basic users select “windows pictures and fax viewer”
• Now you can save this picture at your favorite location.

I got this error today when i was trying to sign in using WLM (Windows Live Messenger)
You cannot sign in to Messenger. Additionally, you may receive the following error message: 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: 80048412

while digging around, i found the solution which is quite simple. Just make sure that you have properly set your system date accurately.