Re: Can't install Live Messenger in Windows 2000 Pro?

Greetings,

It won't work. WLM requires Windows XP. There have been attempts to patch out the
non-existent function calls in 2k to make it work, but it just ends up being an unusable
mess.

You'll have to use MSN Messenger 7.0. 7.5 will work on Windows 2000 if you force it to, but
it can be crashed quite easily and isn't recommended either.

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Associate Expert
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"Glen C." <> wrote in message news:...
> Hi All,
>
> I've installed Windows 2000 Pro (Not server), applied SP 4 and done the
> usual updates via Microsoft Update.
>
> I have downloaded the latest version of Live Messenger this evening from
> SN - but when I try to install the applications I get this:
>
> bootstrap exe has generated errors and will be close by windows
> ordinal 730 could not be located in the dynamic link library SHELL.32.dll
>
> I just cannot get it to install. The install utilty start to UNPACK the
> files but when it gets to the end of UNPACKING, I just keep getting this
> message..
>
> HELP! :-(
>
> Glen.
>
>
>

It would be useful to warn users that it won't work with 2k before they
download WLM....

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> It won't work. WLM requires Windows XP. There have been attempts to patch out the
> non-existent function calls in 2k to make it work, but it just ends up being an unusable
> mess.
>
> You'll have to use MSN Messenger 7.0. 7.5 will work on Windows 2000 if you force it to, but
> it can be crashed quite easily and isn't recommended either.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "Glen C." <> wrote in message news:...
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I've installed Windows 2000 Pro (Not server), applied SP 4 and done the
> > usual updates via Microsoft Update.
> >
> > I have downloaded the latest version of Live Messenger this evening from
> > SN - but when I try to install the applications I get this:
> >
> > bootstrap exe has generated errors and will be close by windows
> > ordinal 730 could not be located in the dynamic link library SHELL.32.dll
> >
> > I just cannot get it to install. The install utilty start to UNPACK the
> > files but when it gets to the end of UNPACKING, I just keep getting this
> > message..
> >
> > HELP! :-(
> >
> > Glen.
> >
> >
> >
>
>