XP SP2 has changed Messenger

[Waldy]

Hi there,
I installed XP SP2 yesterday. This morning I noticed that MSN
Messenger was not running as usual. So I started it and clicked on "My
E-Mail Inbox", but instead of going to my Hotmail account, it just runs
Outlook. Why has the behaviour changed and how do I get it back to how it
was?

 

[Waldy]

The answer was on this group already:

This functionality was removed in SP2.

You'll need to either
install the previous version of Windows Messenger (see below) or install MSN
Messenger
(http://messenger.msn.com/Download):

To downgrade back to Windows Messenger 4.7.2009:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b475d2d1-6266-4d82-bf78-14597545a6b4
and use the Add-In here:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=738f90c1-755e-433a-bcd3-0f9d0a705f55

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Glad to be of assistance.
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