Hi, just had everything installed on new laptop - but I want to get rid of
Windows Messenger and use MSN Messenger instead. I understand the two
conflict if on the same pc??

Judy

Greetings Judy,

Actually you're required to have Windows Messenger installed if you want to use all the
functionality in MSN Messenger. They can in some circumstances conflict if you have your
Passport saved in Messenger.

Instead, you can simply disable Windows Messenger. To do so, open it up (click Start, then
Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK), click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this
Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on
version) as well as 'Allow this program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger
to run in the background' (depending on version).
____________________________________________
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.

"Judy L" <geniebug@internode.on.net> wrote in message
news:ejnHjJhBGHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Hi, just had everything installed on new laptop - but I want to get rid of Windows
> Messenger and use MSN Messenger instead. I understand the two conflict if on the same
> pc??
>
> Judy
>

Johnathan, when I do what you suggested to Judy I get the following error.

Runtime Error!

Program C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe

R6025
-pure virtual function call

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Judy,
>
> Actually you're required to have Windows Messenger installed if you want to use all the
> functionality in MSN Messenger. They can in some circumstances conflict if you have your
> Passport saved in Messenger.
>
> Instead, you can simply disable Windows Messenger. To do so, open it up (click Start, then
> Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK), click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this
> Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on
> version) as well as 'Allow this program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger
> to run in the background' (depending on version).
> ____________________________________________
> 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.
>
> "Judy L" <geniebug@internode.on.net> wrote in message
> news:ejnHjJhBGHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Hi, just had everything installed on new laptop - but I want to get rid of Windows
> > Messenger and use MSN Messenger instead. I understand the two conflict if on the same
> > pc??
> >
> > Judy
> >
>
>
>

Hi Chris,

As a quick fix to this, just download and install the latest Windows Messenger from here:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/detai...f-9157a3b3d774
____________________________________________
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.

"Chris" <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:53AFFDFE-2AE8-4962-A5D0-B1237F388B10@microsoft.com...
> Johnathan, when I do what you suggested to Judy I get the following error.
>
> Runtime Error!
>
> Program C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe
>
> R6025
> -pure virtual function call
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings Judy,
>>
>> Actually you're required to have Windows Messenger installed if you want to use all the
>> functionality in MSN Messenger. They can in some circumstances conflict if you have your
>> Passport saved in Messenger.
>>
>> Instead, you can simply disable Windows Messenger. To do so, open it up (click Start,
>> then
>> Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK), click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run
>> this
>> Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on
>> version) as well as 'Allow this program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows
>> Messenger
>> to run in the background' (depending on version).
>> ____________________________________________
>> 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.
>>
>> "Judy L" <geniebug@internode.on.net> wrote in message
>> news:ejnHjJhBGHA.636@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> > Hi, just had everything installed on new laptop - but I want to get rid of Windows
>> > Messenger and use MSN Messenger instead. I understand the two conflict if on the same
>> > pc??
>> >
>> > Judy
>> >
>>
>>
>>