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MymaTheKiller
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      11-16-2008
Hi Run windows Xp Home Edition Had The Beta For A Week Now And It StillHas
Bugs .

Everytime I Try To set It Back To Normal Messeger It Comes Up With An Error
Message...

"There was a problemwith this installation. Windows Live Suite was not
installed.

System error details
Code: 0x8000ffff
Description: Catastrophic failure"

How Do I Get The Original Window Messenger Back???
 
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Jason Tsang
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      11-16-2008
I'd recommend re-installing Messenger, and then immediately try uninstalling
it.

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"MymaTheKiller" <> wrote in message
news:623DACF0-C66B-428B-AE4F-...
> Hi Run windows Xp Home Edition Had The Beta For A Week Now And It StillHas
> Bugs .
>
> Everytime I Try To set It Back To Normal Messeger It Comes Up With An
> Error
> Message...
>
> "There was a problemwith this installation. Windows Live Suite was not
> installed.
>
> System error details
> Code: 0x8000ffff
> Description: Catastrophic failure"
>
> How Do I Get The Original Window Messenger Back???



 
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Peter Foldes
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      11-16-2008
If what Jason said does not work for you then try the following
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301


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"MymaTheKiller" <> wrote in message news:623DACF0-C66B-428B-AE4F-...
> Hi Run windows Xp Home Edition Had The Beta For A Week Now And It StillHas
> Bugs .
>
> Everytime I Try To set It Back To Normal Messeger It Comes Up With An Error
> Message...
>
> "There was a problemwith this installation. Windows Live Suite was not
> installed.
>
> System error details
> Code: 0x8000ffff
> Description: Catastrophic failure"
>
> How Do I Get The Original Window Messenger Back???

 
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Jonathan Kay [MVP]
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      11-17-2008
Greetings,

For now, you'll need to just install Live Messenger 8.5 direct from the MSI:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/redir/wlm85.asp

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"MymaTheKiller" <> wrote in message
news:623DACF0-C66B-428B-AE4F-...
> Hi Run windows Xp Home Edition Had The Beta For A Week Now And It StillHas
> Bugs .
>
> Everytime I Try To set It Back To Normal Messeger It Comes Up With An Error
> Message...
>
> "There was a problemwith this installation. Windows Live Suite was not
> installed.
>
> System error details
> Code: 0x8000ffff
> Description: Catastrophic failure"
>
> How Do I Get The Original Window Messenger Back???



 
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Jonno4u22
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      11-26-2008


"MymaTheKiller" wrote:

> Hi Run windows Xp Home Edition Had The Beta For A Week Now And It StillHas
> Bugs .
>
> Everytime I Try To set It Back To Normal Messeger It Comes Up With An Error
> Message...
>
> "There was a problemwith this installation. Windows Live Suite was not
> installed.
>
> System error details
> Code: 0x8000ffff
> Description: Catastrophic failure"
>
> How Do I Get The Original Window Messenger Back???

 
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