Jonathan Kay (disregard post of 9/7 @ 10:40pm)

[Bob]

Hello Jonathan,
Well I have 2 questions for you tonight, well maybe 3.
#1 Why is your site so busy I have tried for two days to log on to it
with no luck?? I used the address
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
If I remember right you have re-install instructions for windows messenger.
#2 Will you share them with me tonight without having to go to your site?
#3 Also will removing windows messenger have any effect on AOL or AOL IM or
MSN Messenger???
I wanted to know because this lady I know is married to a big cop and he
carries a really BIG GUN,
so I don't want to mess up MSN Messenger or AOL, understand???? ROFL
Thank you again in advance
Bob

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Bob,

Too late, so I'll just repost my reply:
1. At present the site only allows 40 connections at once -- this limit should be
practically unlimited by the end of the week (switching database solutions). If you keep
trying, you can usually get in within 10-20 tries.
2. Of course, to fully remove Windows Messenger 4.x, close down Messenger if it's running
(right click the messenger icon in the notification area/system tray and click close). Then
click the start button, then click Run and type in (copy-paste if you like):

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK. Messenger will then be uninstalled.

3. Three features in MSN Messenger will no longer work with Windows Messenger uninstalled --
Remote Assistance, Whiteboard, and Application Sharing. If you can live without these,
everything else in MSN Messenger should work fine.
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Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com