Messenger Not Working In Vista

[xjjohnn0]

The problem is with the Windows live Today page loading,it's what's crashing
Live Messenger on loading.
A fix is temporarily removing Java,load and log in to Messenger Live,go to
tool/option/General and stop the Windows live page from loading .Then you
can happily reinstall Java.
Seeing as I was getting the same error message and now not getting it I can
readily assume it's that webpage causing the problem on loading Messenger.

 

[Guest]

i am having the exact same problem when i sign in, it loads my contact list
then this message appears
"The application has failed to start because MSVCR71.dll was not found.
Reinstalling this application may fix this problem" anyone no a way around
it??


adam

 

[Guest]

i am having the exact same problem when i sign in, it loads my contact list
then this message appears
"The application has failed to start because MSVCR71.dll was not found.
Reinstalling this application may fix this problem" anyone no a way around
it??


adam

 

[Guest]

I too have just about given up. I have installed, uninstalled, Windows Live
Messenger five times. It loads my contact list, and I think yeeha, am in
business. No such b....y luck. I just get a message "Windows live Messenger
has stopped working. A problem caused the programme to stop working
correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is
available". Now I think because I have installed and uninstalled so often,
probably all sorts of bits and pieces left. In Windows XP2 one could go to
Windows Explorer and find out what was there after uninstalling and delete.
I can't see how to do this in Vista. Running Windows Vista Home Premium.
(wish I wasn't). New computer. I did have an MSN Messenger address prior to
this but Windows live would not accept this, and I had to create a new one.
Does this have anything to do with it? Tearing my hair out.

 

[xjjohnn0]

It's the Java scrtipting on that Windows live page that loads on logging in
that is causing the problem,either disable axtivx and then get into Live
Messenger options to prevent the page from loading or uninstall java,disable
that page from loading and reinstall Java.It has nothing to do with Flash
and everything to do with a poorly scripted web page.

 

[Guest]

Gothmog your solution work ver good for me... my messenger started working,
but when i reboot my computer the problem come back again, isn't any way of
saving the command that you did forever or something like that???

 

[Guest]

this worked for me:
1. start menu
2. computer
3. double click C drive (or drive you installed vista
4. double click program files
5. double click MSN messenger
6. right click msnmsgr
7. properties
8. compatibility- change TO: run this program as an administrator
hope this helps

 

[Guest]

That worked perfectly for me - many thanks.

One small point - I had to change the user permissions for CMD.exe for all
users before it would work, not just my logged-in user account.

Fek.

 

[freddynumber1]

I am having the exact same problem

 

[freddynumber1]

If microsoft was doing there job we would not be having this problem. We all
need to write microsoft and ask them to do there job and come up with a
update to fix it. I am having same problem with vista home premium and
window's live messenger. Microsoft has wrong answers for everything.It look's
like microsoft has your money and didn't care. microsoft to get Bill Gates
back so he can clean house then get people who cares.

 

[freddynumber1]

the samething I have wrong Acer. Microsoft didn't care if you can't use
window's live messenger. Acer pass's the buck.I did evrything Microsoft said
to do and stall didn't work.SO WHO CARE MICROSOFT AND ACER DIDN'T CARE THAT
IS WHY WE GET A RUN AROUND

 

[Jes$ika]

Download trillian, you have msn and it acctually works.

http://www.trillian-messenger.net/

 

[eilonwe]

thank you sooooo much the acer patch worked. though I had to go here to find
it.

http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/desktop/0000/Acer/AspireE360/AspireE360faq56.shtml

that's the page where the link for the patch is for ACER computers. I DL'd
it and ran it and now MSN workes
without getting that crash report. btw I also deleted Adobe flash, and I'm
DL the newest version, so lets hope
it will still work with Adobe flash and Adobe player running .

 

[Shenan Stanley]

thank you sooooo much the acer patch worked. though I had to go
here to find it.

http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/desktop/0000/Acer/AspireE360/AspireE360faq56.shtml

that's the page where the link for the patch is for ACER computers.
I DL'd it and ran it and now MSN workes
without getting that crash report. btw I also deleted Adobe flash,
and I'm DL the newest version, so lets hope
it will still work with Adobe flash and Adobe player running .

Wow. Really old, cross-posted.

Entire conversation, archived:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...messenger/browse_frm/thread/2139b2426bb667d8/

Since you quoted *nothing* of the original posting - many people will just
see what you posted above. Not much in the way of useful information
without the background - so I have tacked on the entire 2007 (with a few
2008 posts scattered in) conversation with the link above.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Thanks for posting that - I had wondered where they had ended up putting it.

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