Instant Messages Won't Open

Hi, whenever I sign in to Windows Live and try to open an IM to someone else,
or receive one from someone else, the IM instantly minimizes, and will never
pull back up. It looks like it's going off to the side of my screen.

I've tried restarting my computer, reinstalling, repairing, and it seems the
only MSN I can use the the MSN that comes with Windows XP. This problem
didn't start happening until a couple of days in to having Windows Plus!, and
I just can't figure out what to do.

Greetings Aurora,

It's probably doing exactly what you suggested -- being displayed to the side of your screen.
This typically can happen if you've been using Remote Desktop with different screen
resolutions.

Regardless, to bring it back, when a conversation window "opens", right-click its taskbar
button in the taskbar, and if the 'Restore' option *isn't* grayed out, click it. Then press
alt-space on the keyboard and choose Move. Now just use the arrow keys to move the window
back into focus of your screen.

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"Aurora" <> wrote in message
news:39C767B2-E0CA-4A5E-AD20-...
> Hi, whenever I sign in to Windows Live and try to open an IM to someone else,
> or receive one from someone else, the IM instantly minimizes, and will never
> pull back up. It looks like it's going off to the side of my screen.
>
> I've tried restarting my computer, reinstalling, repairing, and it seems the
> only MSN I can use the the MSN that comes with Windows XP. This problem
> didn't start happening until a couple of days in to having Windows Plus!, and
> I just can't figure out what to do.