All of a sudden seem to be experiencing difficulty logging in / staying logged in. Keep getting “connection lost to MSN host” Is this common with MSN? Worked flawlessly up until last night.

It’s not common, no. This error is the equivalent of the “socket error” message you’re seeing elsewhere, except it’s for the main window rather than a chat window. It indicates network problems, so it’s worth checking your router or ISP to make sure everything’s healthy there.

You can also try enabling logging to see if that highlights any problems – create a directory !Boot.Choices.Parmesan.Logs and connect as usual. A new menu entry “Show Log” should appear on the main window’s menu, you can use this to see if anything looks problematic – search for “warning” or “error”.