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Help: Messenger Update Fails with Registry Error

 
 
Peter de B. Harrington
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      02-07-2007
HI:

I am trying to install the latest automatic update of live messenger. Each
time it fails with the non-descript error that it cannot write value to the
categorycount key. If I ignore this error,every other subsequent registry
update fails. I am using windows xp pro sp2 and version 8.0 of messenger
live. I never had a problem in the past. I tried cleaning the registry
with regmechanic, but it was to no avail. I have full administrative
priviledges on my account.

Any tips would be much appreciated.

TIA,

Pete


 
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XxRebelSeanxX
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      02-09-2007
Have you tried to completely uninstalling Windows Live Messenger and
deleteing the registry manually, then download the installer manually via
get.live.com/messenger/overview.asp?






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Peter de B. Harrington
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      02-09-2007
"XxRebelSeanxX" <> wrote in message
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> Have you tried to completely uninstalling Windows Live Messenger and
> deleteing the registry manually, then download the installer manually via
> get.live.com/messenger/overview.asp?
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> Sean Bradford - Windows Live Expert
> MSN Messenger & Windows Live Messenger Extraordinaire
> Website: http://www.rebelsean.info & http://www.gonelive.info
> Blog: http://spaces.msn.com/xxrebelseanxx
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I tried your recommendation and it worked, but it required completely
uninstalling.

Thanks,

Pete


 
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