Live Messenger on XP x64/32

Hey All,

I never post, but I'm just hoping my Results help others having this issue.

I'm running AMD Athlon 64x2dual 4200+ on
Windows XP Professional ver 2002, w Service Pack 2.

I wound up personally doing a full retreat back from Windows Live Messenger
8 and going back to MSN 7.

My Windows Live Messenger 7.5 was working fine for months, but I started
getting similar errors for 8000378 & 81000378, cannot read contact list, not
sure if a virus/link caused it, but I removed WLM 7.5 and Installed 8.0.

After that WML 8.0 would not load, kept crashing about 15 seconds in,
showing the contact list & x# of emails I had, then it failed and immediately
closed.

I followed most of the developer suggestions.
Most of them did not work because they were for Vista and not XP.

Using Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel,
I UNINSTALLED All Windows Live components (Installer/Live Messenger 8, etc),
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX, any Java,
and also Messenger Plus! which was something I use and thought might be an
issue, but wound up not mattering: Messenger Plus! Live & Sponsor (CiD)
(I kept my users and script though)


So from that post by Anand I reinstalled everything : MSN Messenger 7.0.0820
now available for Windows XP posted by Anand

You may be interested in this post from the Windows Live Messenger team:
http://messengersays.spaces.live.com...9E!29966.entry


REINSTALLED

MSN Messenger 7.0.0820
from:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...4-9505f47bed45

Adobe Flash Version 9,0,115,0 & Active X controllers
from:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/downl...ShockwaveFlash

Java
Java installed (Version 6 Update 3)
from: http://java.com/en/download/windows_...&host=java.com

And Messenger Plus!
NOT EVERYONE USES THIS TOOL: Messenger Plus! 3.63.148
from: http://www.msgpluslive.net/download/old/

I hope this helps out a few others, its dissapointed I had to retreat from
Windows Live Messenger when my 7.5 was working just fine up until all those
erros kicked in.

I have no plans to watch for a patch to XP for 8.0 at all, I will avoid
installing it for a very long time I would say.

Best of luck to everyone on Vista and different OS',
but this retreat may be your remedy.

cheers
+laine+
lyinghere.com