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I have had Windows Live Messenger 8.5 installed since last summer. It worked
great! In the fall I installed Skype so that I could talk to my daughter who
moved to Japan. I found out the hard way that the two programs cannot be run
at the same time. WLM disappeared. I could see it running in Processes in
the Task Manager, but not on my screen. In fact, if I tried to open it more
than one time, the process showed it opening again and again. I fiddled
around with settings and uninstalling and reinstalling and finally got it to
work again.

Last weekend I ran CCleaner on my computer because it has been running
sluggish. WLM has disappeared again. I have tried to uninstall and
reinstall again to see if it would help, but it has not. I am so frustrated!
Someone please help me!

BTW, I am running Windows XP Home, SP2.

I fixed it by removing Skype. I would use Messenger to video chat, but I
can't seem to make it work properly.

"**Mom Anderson**" wrote:

> I have had Windows Live Messenger 8.5 installed since last summer. It worked
> great! In the fall I installed Skype so that I could talk to my daughter who
> moved to Japan. I found out the hard way that the two programs cannot be run
> at the same time. WLM disappeared. I could see it running in Processes in
> the Task Manager, but not on my screen. In fact, if I tried to open it more
> than one time, the process showed it opening again and again. I fiddled
> around with settings and uninstalling and reinstalling and finally got it to
> work again.
>
> Last weekend I ran CCleaner on my computer because it has been running
> sluggish. WLM has disappeared again. I have tried to uninstall and
> reinstall again to see if it would help, but it has not. I am so frustrated!
> Someone please help me!

Greetings,

I use Skype and Messenger at the same time without any problem. They really shouldn't
conflict.

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"**Mom Anderson**" <> wrote in message
news:E3B52E15-0761-4436-ADBD-...
> I fixed it by removing Skype. I would use Messenger to video chat, but I
> can't seem to make it work properly.
>
> "**Mom Anderson**" wrote:
>
>> I have had Windows Live Messenger 8.5 installed since last summer. It worked
>> great! In the fall I installed Skype so that I could talk to my daughter who
>> moved to Japan. I found out the hard way that the two programs cannot be run
>> at the same time. WLM disappeared. I could see it running in Processes in
>> the Task Manager, but not on my screen. In fact, if I tried to open it more
>> than one time, the process showed it opening again and again. I fiddled
>> around with settings and uninstalling and reinstalling and finally got it to
>> work again.
>>
>> Last weekend I ran CCleaner on my computer because it has been running
>> sluggish. WLM has disappeared again. I have tried to uninstall and
>> reinstall again to see if it would help, but it has not. I am so frustrated!
>> Someone please help me!

Mom Anderson:

Try getting everyone you know to use Windows Live Messenger instead of
Skype, etc.

Or, try using web messengers:

MSN Web Messenger (some features of WLM disappear) -
http://webmessenger.msn.com/ (If that does not work, search this on Live:
'MSN Web Messenger')

I Love IM Web Messenger - http://iloveim.com/

"**Mom Anderson**" <**Mom Anderson**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news0DFC041-5136-4ACD-998A-...
> I have had Windows Live Messenger 8.5 installed since last summer. It
> worked
> great! In the fall I installed Skype so that I could talk to my daughter
> who
> moved to Japan. I found out the hard way that the two programs cannot be
> run
> at the same time. WLM disappeared. I could see it running in Processes
> in
> the Task Manager, but not on my screen. In fact, if I tried to open it
> more
> than one time, the process showed it opening again and again. I fiddled
> around with settings and uninstalling and reinstalling and finally got it
> to
> work again.
>
> Last weekend I ran CCleaner on my computer because it has been running
> sluggish. WLM has disappeared again. I have tried to uninstall and
> reinstall again to see if it would help, but it has not. I am so
> frustrated!
> Someone please help me!

Thanks Victor, I am planning to try and make Messenger work. I had bad luck
the last time I tried. That is how I ended up with Skype.


"Victor Bowman" wrote:

> Mom Anderson:
>
> Try getting everyone you know to use Windows Live Messenger instead of
> Skype, etc.
>
> Or, try using web messengers:
>
> MSN Web Messenger (some features of WLM disappear) -
> http://webmessenger.msn.com/ (If that does not work, search this on Live:
> 'MSN Web Messenger')
>
> I Love IM Web Messenger - http://iloveim.com/
>
> "**Mom Anderson**" <**Mom Anderson**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news0DFC041-5136-4ACD-998A-...
> > I have had Windows Live Messenger 8.5 installed since last summer. It
> > worked
> > great! In the fall I installed Skype so that I could talk to my daughter
> > who
> > moved to Japan. I found out the hard way that the two programs cannot be
> > run
> > at the same time. WLM disappeared. I could see it running in Processes
> > in
> > the Task Manager, but not on my screen. In fact, if I tried to open it
> > more
> > than one time, the process showed it opening again and again. I fiddled
> > around with settings and uninstalling and reinstalling and finally got it
> > to
> > work again.
> >
> > Last weekend I ran CCleaner on my computer because it has been running
> > sluggish. WLM has disappeared again. I have tried to uninstall and
> > reinstall again to see if it would help, but it has not. I am so
> > frustrated!
> > Someone please help me!
>