Windows Live Messenger and Vista

Sometimes when I'm talking to people, i suddently get the error message

"windows live messenger has stopped working
windows will search for a solution..." etc etc

Why is this happening, and why is it with only certain contacts that I talk
to? That is to say there are certain ppl on my contact list that cause
messenger to shut down.

Its only been happening since I upgraded to Home Premium from XP Media Centre.

More importantly: What can I do to fix it?! Its rather annoying

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

I'm glad to know I am not the only one experiencing issues with WLM8.5 on
Vista. I am starting to think that the issue could be related to some server
issues that are being reported on the Windows Live Support site.

"dogsbody42" wrote:

> Sometimes when I'm talking to people, i suddently get the error message
>
> "windows live messenger has stopped working
> windows will search for a solution..." etc etc
>
> Why is this happening, and why is it with only certain contacts that I talk
> to? That is to say there are certain ppl on my contact list that cause
> messenger to shut down.
>
> Its only been happening since I upgraded to Home Premium from XP Media Centre.
>
> More importantly: What can I do to fix it?! Its rather annoying
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!