I'm having trouble with my original Windows Messenger. For some reason it
stopped working when I had to format and reinstall on my Compaq. I have
Windows XP Pro version 2002, with Service Pack 1. If I put Service Pack 2 on
it will not let me delete the partition on the hard drive or format if
something goes wrong, so I have no idea of how to fix the messenger without
going to MSN Messenger 7.5 and I do not like it, because i have two
messengers on my system.

Can you help me please?

--
Larry

Greetings Larry,

Could you elaborate on a bit on what you mean by "stopped working"? Does it not appear, can
you just not sign in, or what?
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Larry" <Larry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9ED672C0-B7F7-4A6D-BDAC-C4219096C8CA@microsoft.com...
> I'm having trouble with my original Windows Messenger. For some reason it
> stopped working when I had to format and reinstall on my Compaq. I have
> Windows XP Pro version 2002, with Service Pack 1. If I put Service Pack 2 on
> it will not let me delete the partition on the hard drive or format if
> something goes wrong, so I have no idea of how to fix the messenger without
> going to MSN Messenger 7.5 and I do not like it, because i have two
> messengers on my system.
>
> Can you help me please?
>
> --
> Larry
>
>

I get an error message saying:

" Signing in to .Net Messenger Service failed because the service is not
compatible with this version of the program. "

I have two options, retry or cancel. When I retry I get the same error
message. I do not understand why it will not work as before, and let me
update the messenger. When I added MSN Messenger 7.5 now I have 2
messengers, and I would prefer to only have one, and hopefully just Windows
Messenger.

Can you help me on this?

--
Larry




"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Larry,
>
> Could you elaborate on a bit on what you mean by "stopped working"? Does it not appear, can
> you just not sign in, or what?
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
> "Larry" <Larry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9ED672C0-B7F7-4A6D-BDAC-C4219096C8CA@microsoft.com...
> > I'm having trouble with my original Windows Messenger. For some reason it
> > stopped working when I had to format and reinstall on my Compaq. I have
> > Windows XP Pro version 2002, with Service Pack 1. If I put Service Pack 2 on
> > it will not let me delete the partition on the hard drive or format if
> > something goes wrong, so I have no idea of how to fix the messenger without
> > going to MSN Messenger 7.5 and I do not like it, because i have two
> > messengers on my system.
> >
> > Can you help me please?
> >
> > --
> > Larry
> >
> >
>
>
>

The same thing happened to me. I used it all the time and one day it
just stopped working. It gave me a Messenger has encounted a problem
and needs to close. We are sorry for any inconvenience message. I
clicked on properties. under the compatibility mode tab, It had me as
running the combapatabilty mode on windows 95. I am on windows xp. I
changed it to Windows NT 4.0 service pack 5 and now it works again.
Hope that helps.

shelob

Hi Larry,

It sounds like you're using an old version of Windows Messenger. Update to the latest here:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/detai...f-9157a3b3d774

then you can just remove MSN Messenger from Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Larry" <Larry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F5976E8C-AC83-4FA7-83EB-DC3AC096FABE@microsoft.com...
>I get an error message saying:
>
> " Signing in to .Net Messenger Service failed because the service is not
> compatible with this version of the program. "
>
> I have two options, retry or cancel. When I retry I get the same error
> message. I do not understand why it will not work as before, and let me
> update the messenger. When I added MSN Messenger 7.5 now I have 2
> messengers, and I would prefer to only have one, and hopefully just Windows
> Messenger.
>
> Can you help me on this?
>
> --
> Larry
>
>
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings Larry,
>>
>> Could you elaborate on a bit on what you mean by "stopped working"? Does it not appear,
>> can
>> you just not sign in, or what?
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>
>> "Larry" <Larry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9ED672C0-B7F7-4A6D-BDAC-C4219096C8CA@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm having trouble with my original Windows Messenger. For some reason it
>> > stopped working when I had to format and reinstall on my Compaq. I have
>> > Windows XP Pro version 2002, with Service Pack 1. If I put Service Pack 2 on
>> > it will not let me delete the partition on the hard drive or format if
>> > something goes wrong, so I have no idea of how to fix the messenger without
>> > going to MSN Messenger 7.5 and I do not like it, because i have two
>> > messengers on my system.
>> >
>> > Can you help me please?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Larry
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

I've installed version 5.1 and it seemed to be working better, however now it
will not automatically start with Windows. I've gone into tools+options+
preferences and there is a check in "Run Windows Messenger when Windows
Starts".

If I take the check out and I put a shortcut to the messenger in my startup
folder, I'll have to close it every time I bootup. How can i get it to work
right, start with Windows and log on?

--
Larry




"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi Larry,
>
> It sounds like you're using an old version of Windows Messenger. Update to the latest here:
> http://microsoft.com/downloads/detai...f-9157a3b3d774
>
> then you can just remove MSN Messenger from Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
> "Larry" <Larry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F5976E8C-AC83-4FA7-83EB-DC3AC096FABE@microsoft.com...
> >I get an error message saying:
> >
> > " Signing in to .Net Messenger Service failed because the service is not
> > compatible with this version of the program. "
> >
> > I have two options, retry or cancel. When I retry I get the same error
> > message. I do not understand why it will not work as before, and let me
> > update the messenger. When I added MSN Messenger 7.5 now I have 2
> > messengers, and I would prefer to only have one, and hopefully just Windows
> > Messenger.
> >
> > Can you help me on this?
> >
> > --
> > Larry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings Larry,
> >>
> >> Could you elaborate on a bit on what you mean by "stopped working"? Does it not appear,
> >> can
> >> you just not sign in, or what?
> >> ____________________________________________
> >> Jonathan Kay
> >> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> >> Associate Expert
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
> >> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> >>
> >> "Larry" <Larry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:9ED672C0-B7F7-4A6D-BDAC-C4219096C8CA@microsoft.com...
> >> > I'm having trouble with my original Windows Messenger. For some reason it
> >> > stopped working when I had to format and reinstall on my Compaq. I have
> >> > Windows XP Pro version 2002, with Service Pack 1. If I put Service Pack 2 on
> >> > it will not let me delete the partition on the hard drive or format if
> >> > something goes wrong, so I have no idea of how to fix the messenger without
> >> > going to MSN Messenger 7.5 and I do not like it, because i have two
> >> > messengers on my system.
> >> >
> >> > Can you help me please?
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Larry
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

--
salam


"Larry" wrote:

> I'm having trouble with my original Windows Messenger. For some reason it
> stopped working when I had to format and reinstall on my Compaq. I have
> Windows XP Pro version 2002, with Service Pack 1. If I put Service Pack 2 on
> it will not let me delete the partition on the hard drive or format if
> something goes wrong, so I have no idea of how to fix the messenger without
> going to MSN Messenger 7.5 and I do not like it, because i have two
> messengers on my system.
>
> Can you help me please?
>
> --
> Larry
>
>