Can't get into Live Messenger in XP, OK in Vista

....which I find rather strange. My VX6000 lifecam wont come up either in
XP.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives

Greetings Peter,

What exactly is happening when you try?

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"Peter" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> ...which I find rather strange. My VX6000 lifecam wont come up either in XP.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives

I'm in Vista now but I can hop back over there. I'd double-click my
shortcut and nothing would happen. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling,
still nothing. I mentioned the lifecam only because it is linked with Live
Messenger 8 and its control panel wouldn't intialise either. Reinstalled
that too.
I'll mosey on over to my XP partition right now and see what's what, by
which time this post should have appeared.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Greetings Peter,
>
> What exactly is happening when you try?
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "Peter" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> ...which I find rather strange. My VX6000 lifecam wont come up either in
>> XP.
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>
>

P.S. It was all working fine before I closed down last night.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Peter" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> I'm in Vista now but I can hop back over there. I'd double-click my
> shortcut and nothing would happen. I tried uninstalling and
> reinstalling, still nothing. I mentioned the lifecam only because it is
> linked with Live Messenger 8 and its control panel wouldn't intialise
> either. Reinstalled that too.
> I'll mosey on over to my XP partition right now and see what's what, by
> which time this post should have appeared.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Greetings Peter,
>>
>> What exactly is happening when you try?
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> ...which I find rather strange. My VX6000 lifecam wont come up either
>>> in XP.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>>
>>
>

Greetings,

In that case, you will have to download WinRar to open the .rar attachment.

RAR is the native format of WinRAR archiver. Like other archives, RAR files
are data containers, they store one or several files in the compressed form.
After you downloaded RAR file from Internet, you need to unpack its contents
in order to use it.

You can download WinRar from: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

Once downloaded, run the setup, and then, try to open the .rar file in the
attachment. The .rar file contains a .reg file which you need to double
click on and select "Yes". Once completed, restart Windows Live Messenger.

Tell me if that helps at all.

--
Jonathan Yaniv
Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly


Visit the ButterflySays Blog at
http://spaces.msn.com/ButterflySays/
"Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
news:...
> P.S. It was all working fine before I closed down last night.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>
> "Peter" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> I'm in Vista now but I can hop back over there. I'd double-click my
>> shortcut and nothing would happen. I tried uninstalling and
>> reinstalling, still nothing. I mentioned the lifecam only because it is
>> linked with Live Messenger 8 and its control panel wouldn't intialise
>> either. Reinstalled that too.
>> I'll mosey on over to my XP partition right now and see what's what, by
>> which time this post should have appeared.
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> Greetings Peter,
>>>
>>> What exactly is happening when you try?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Kay
>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>>> Associate Expert
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>> --
>>>
>>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>> ...which I find rather strange. My VX6000 lifecam wont come up either
>>>> in XP.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Peter
>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>>>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>>>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

What on Earth would I need that for...it's just another archiver?

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Jonathan Yaniv" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Greetings,
>
> In that case, you will have to download WinRar to open the .rar
> attachment.
>
> RAR is the native format of WinRAR archiver. Like other archives, RAR
> files are data containers, they store one or several files in the
> compressed form. After you downloaded RAR file from Internet, you need to
> unpack its contents in order to use it.
>
> You can download WinRar from: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
>
> Once downloaded, run the setup, and then, try to open the .rar file in the
> attachment. The .rar file contains a .reg file which you need to double
> click on and select "Yes". Once completed, restart Windows Live Messenger.
>
> Tell me if that helps at all.
>
> --
> Jonathan Yaniv
> Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly
>
>
> Visit the ButterflySays Blog at
> http://spaces.msn.com/ButterflySays/
> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
> news:...
>> P.S. It was all working fine before I closed down last night.
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>
>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> I'm in Vista now but I can hop back over there. I'd double-click my
>>> shortcut and nothing would happen. I tried uninstalling and
>>> reinstalling, still nothing. I mentioned the lifecam only because it is
>>> linked with Live Messenger 8 and its control panel wouldn't intialise
>>> either. Reinstalled that too.
>>> I'll mosey on over to my XP partition right now and see what's what, by
>>> which time this post should have appeared.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>> Greetings Peter,
>>>>
>>>> What exactly is happening when you try?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jonathan Kay
>>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>>>> Associate Expert
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>>>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:%...
>>>>> ...which I find rather strange. My VX6000 lifecam wont come up either
>>>>> in XP.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Peter
>>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>>>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>>>>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>>>>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Greetings,

Please try the following file from Jonathan Kay's website.

http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...lmpolicies.reg

Once downloaded, double click it, and select Yes, then restart Messenger.

Tell me if that works for you.

--
Jonathan Yaniv
Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly


Visit the ButterflySays Blog at
http://spaces.msn.com/ButterflySays/
"Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
news:...
> What on Earth would I need that for...it's just another archiver?
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>
> "Jonathan Yaniv" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> In that case, you will have to download WinRar to open the .rar
>> attachment.
>>
>> RAR is the native format of WinRAR archiver. Like other archives, RAR
>> files are data containers, they store one or several files in the
>> compressed form. After you downloaded RAR file from Internet, you need to
>> unpack its contents in order to use it.
>>
>> You can download WinRar from: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
>>
>> Once downloaded, run the setup, and then, try to open the .rar file in
>> the attachment. The .rar file contains a .reg file which you need to
>> double click on and select "Yes". Once completed, restart Windows Live
>> Messenger.
>>
>> Tell me if that helps at all.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Yaniv
>> Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly
>>
>>
>> Visit the ButterflySays Blog at
>> http://spaces.msn.com/ButterflySays/
>> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> P.S. It was all working fine before I closed down last night.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
>>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>>> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>>
>>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>> I'm in Vista now but I can hop back over there. I'd double-click my
>>>> shortcut and nothing would happen. I tried uninstalling and
>>>> reinstalling, still nothing. I mentioned the lifecam only because it
>>>> is linked with Live Messenger 8 and its control panel wouldn't
>>>> intialise either. Reinstalled that too.
>>>> I'll mosey on over to my XP partition right now and see what's what, by
>>>> which time this post should have appeared.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Peter
>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>>>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>>>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>>>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:%...
>>>>> Greetings Peter,
>>>>>
>>>>> What exactly is happening when you try?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jonathan Kay
>>>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>>>>> Associate Expert
>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>>>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>>>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>>>>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%...
>>>>>> ...which I find rather strange. My VX6000 lifecam wont come up
>>>>>> either in XP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>>>>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>>>>>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>>>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>>>>>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Didn't make any difference. I see 2 X msnmsgr.exe running in Task manager,
but using no CPU space. Strange.

--
Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio

"Jonathan Yaniv" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Greetings,
>
> Please try the following file from Jonathan Kay's website.
>
> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...lmpolicies.reg
>
> Once downloaded, double click it, and select Yes, then restart Messenger.
>
> Tell me if that works for you.
>
> --
> Jonathan Yaniv
> Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly
>
>
> Visit the ButterflySays Blog at
> http://spaces.msn.com/ButterflySays/
> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
> news:...
>> What on Earth would I need that for...it's just another archiver?
>>
>> --
>> Peter
>> Toronto, Canada
>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>
>> "Jonathan Yaniv" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> In that case, you will have to download WinRar to open the .rar
>>> attachment.
>>>
>>> RAR is the native format of WinRAR archiver. Like other archives, RAR
>>> files are data containers, they store one or several files in the
>>> compressed form. After you downloaded RAR file from Internet, you need
>>> to unpack its contents in order to use it.
>>>
>>> You can download WinRar from: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
>>>
>>> Once downloaded, run the setup, and then, try to open the .rar file in
>>> the attachment. The .rar file contains a .reg file which you need to
>>> double click on and select "Yes". Once completed, restart Windows Live
>>> Messenger.
>>>
>>> Tell me if that helps at all.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Yaniv
>>> Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly
>>>
>>>
>>> Visit the ButterflySays Blog at
>>> http://spaces.msn.com/ButterflySays/
>>> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
>>> news:...
>>>> P.S. It was all working fine before I closed down last night.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Peter
>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
>>>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>>>> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>>>
>>>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:%...
>>>>> I'm in Vista now but I can hop back over there. I'd double-click my
>>>>> shortcut and nothing would happen. I tried uninstalling and
>>>>> reinstalling, still nothing. I mentioned the lifecam only because it
>>>>> is linked with Live Messenger 8 and its control panel wouldn't
>>>>> intialise either. Reinstalled that too.
>>>>> I'll mosey on over to my XP partition right now and see what's what,
>>>>> by which time this post should have appeared.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Peter
>>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>>>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>>>>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>>>>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>>>>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%...
>>>>>> Greetings Peter,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What exactly is happening when you try?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jonathan Kay
>>>>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows
>>>>>> Messenger
>>>>>> Associate Expert
>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>>>>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>>>>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>>>>>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:%...
>>>>>>> ...which I find rather strange. My VX6000 lifecam wont come up
>>>>>>> either in XP.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>>>>>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>>>>>>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>>>>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>>>>>>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Greetings,

Push, CTRL+ALT+DELETE and end both process trees for msnmsgr.exe, to do
this, click on Processes, scroll down to msnmsgr.exe, and right click on it,
and select End Process Tree. Do this for both msnmsgr.exe processes that are
running, then restart Messenger again.

--
Jonathan Yaniv
Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly


Visit the ButterflySays Blog at
http://spaces.msn.com/ButterflySays/
"Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
news:%...
> Didn't make any difference. I see 2 X msnmsgr.exe running in Task
> manager, but using no CPU space. Strange.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>
> "Jonathan Yaniv" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Please try the following file from Jonathan Kay's website.
>>
>> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...lmpolicies.reg
>>
>> Once downloaded, double click it, and select Yes, then restart Messenger.
>>
>> Tell me if that works for you.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Yaniv
>> Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly
>>
>>
>> Visit the ButterflySays Blog at
>> http://spaces.msn.com/ButterflySays/
>> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> What on Earth would I need that for...it's just another archiver?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
>>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>>> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>>
>>> "Jonathan Yaniv" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> In that case, you will have to download WinRar to open the .rar
>>>> attachment.
>>>>
>>>> RAR is the native format of WinRAR archiver. Like other archives, RAR
>>>> files are data containers, they store one or several files in the
>>>> compressed form. After you downloaded RAR file from Internet, you need
>>>> to unpack its contents in order to use it.
>>>>
>>>> You can download WinRar from: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
>>>>
>>>> Once downloaded, run the setup, and then, try to open the .rar file in
>>>> the attachment. The .rar file contains a .reg file which you need to
>>>> double click on and select "Yes". Once completed, restart Windows Live
>>>> Messenger.
>>>>
>>>> Tell me if that helps at all.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jonathan Yaniv
>>>> Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Visit the ButterflySays Blog at
>>>> http://spaces.msn.com/ButterflySays/
>>>> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> P.S. It was all working fine before I closed down last night.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Peter
>>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
>>>>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>>>>> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>>>>
>>>>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%...
>>>>>> I'm in Vista now but I can hop back over there. I'd double-click my
>>>>>> shortcut and nothing would happen. I tried uninstalling and
>>>>>> reinstalling, still nothing. I mentioned the lifecam only because it
>>>>>> is linked with Live Messenger 8 and its control panel wouldn't
>>>>>> intialise either. Reinstalled that too.
>>>>>> I'll mosey on over to my XP partition right now and see what's what,
>>>>>> by which time this post should have appeared.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>>>>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>>>>>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>>>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>>>>>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>>>>>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:%...
>>>>>>> Greetings Peter,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What exactly is happening when you try?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Jonathan Kay
>>>>>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows
>>>>>>> Messenger
>>>>>>> Associate Expert
>>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>>>>>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>>>>>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>>>>>>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:%...
>>>>>>>> ...which I find rather strange. My VX6000 lifecam wont come up
>>>>>>>> either in XP.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>>>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>>>>>>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>>>>>>>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>>>>>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>>>>>>>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Hi,

Well of course that won't do anything because changing application policies are useless when
the application won't even start.

It sounds like its gotten deadlocked, kill both processes and then just try executing
Messenger once again.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--



"Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
news:%...
> Didn't make any difference. I see 2 X msnmsgr.exe running in Task manager, but using no
> CPU space. Strange.
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>
> "Jonathan Yaniv" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Please try the following file from Jonathan Kay's website.
>>
>> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...lmpolicies.reg
>>
>> Once downloaded, double click it, and select Yes, then restart Messenger.
>>
>> Tell me if that works for you.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Yaniv
>> Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly
>>
>>
>> Visit the ButterflySays Blog at
>> http://spaces.msn.com/ButterflySays/
>> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> What on Earth would I need that for...it's just another archiver?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Peter
>>> Toronto, Canada
>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
>>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>>> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>>
>>> "Jonathan Yaniv" <> wrote in message
>>> news:%...
>>>> Greetings,
>>>>
>>>> In that case, you will have to download WinRar to open the .rar attachment.
>>>>
>>>> RAR is the native format of WinRAR archiver. Like other archives, RAR files are data
>>>> containers, they store one or several files in the compressed form. After you downloaded
>>>> RAR file from Internet, you need to unpack its contents in order to use it.
>>>>
>>>> You can download WinRar from: http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
>>>>
>>>> Once downloaded, run the setup, and then, try to open the .rar file in the attachment.
>>>> The .rar file contains a .reg file which you need to double click on and select "Yes".
>>>> Once completed, restart Windows Live Messenger.
>>>>
>>>> Tell me if that helps at all.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jonathan Yaniv
>>>> Microsoft Windows Live Butterfly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Visit the ButterflySays Blog at
>>>> http://spaces.msn.com/ButterflySays/
>>>> "Peter" <ex-brit AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> P.S. It was all working fine before I closed down last night.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Peter
>>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista Beta
>>>>> P4 D865GBFL HT @ 3.0ghz 2.0gb DDR 700gb HD
>>>>> ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>>> Creative Soundblaster Audigy 4 Audio
>>>>>
>>>>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%...
>>>>>> I'm in Vista now but I can hop back over there. I'd double-click my shortcut and
>>>>>> nothing would happen. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, still nothing. I
>>>>>> mentioned the lifecam only because it is linked with Live Messenger 8 and its control
>>>>>> panel wouldn't intialise either. Reinstalled that too.
>>>>>> I'll mosey on over to my XP partition right now and see what's what, by which time
>>>>>> this post should have appeared.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>>>>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>>>>>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>>>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>>>>>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>>>>>> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:%...
>>>>>>> Greetings Peter,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What exactly is happening when you try?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Jonathan Kay
>>>>>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>>>>>>> Associate Expert
>>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>>>>>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>>>>>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>>>>>>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Peter" <> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:%...
>>>>>>>> ...which I find rather strange. My VX6000 lifecam wont come up either in XP.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Peter
>>>>>>>> Toronto, Canada
>>>>>>>> XP Pro SP2 x 2 + Vista RC2 5744
>>>>>>>> P4 HT @ 3.0ghz, 700gb HDD, 2.0gb DDR
>>>>>>>> Creative SB Audigy 4 Sound, ATI Radeon 9550 Graphics
>>>>>>>> TS H429A + H552U CD/DVD Combi-Drives
>>>>>>>> Sony DRU820A x 2 DVD-RAM Combi-Drives
>>>>>>>
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