issues with the new messenger

penguin_king · Post by **penguin_king** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:53 am

when i try to run the install program for the new messenger (windows live) i get an error message saying something to the effect of "this program is corrupt or incomplete. please contact your vendor for support" i can't see any way to find a solution on the msn website... so i thought if anyone can help it would be you guys with all your wisdom.

Siberys · Post by **Siberys** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:29 pm

Soloution- Delete all MSN things on your PC, and go download "Trillian."

penguin_king · Post by **penguin_king** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:33 pm

will i be able to use my msn account on trillian?

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:45 pm

You should be able to....but Trillian can be horrendously bugged.
Whenever anyone tried to add me to their MSN contact list, I'd only get the message if I happened to be online at the time. It also gave me connection issues.
I still use Trillian for AIM/YIM and have few issues with it, but for MSN I gave up with it for a while.

If you do decide to use Trillian, I wouldn't recommend deleting MSN, you can just use Trillian instead of it, leaving MSN installed in case you do require it again. Trillian is supposed to override the IM programs, it doesn't need them deleted entirely.

You could go for an older version of MSN Messenger and see if it works alright. I'm stuck with MSN 7, since I have Windows 2000 and it works fine.

penguin_king · Post by **penguin_king** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:06 am

where would i download older versions of msn? it got deleted when i took my PC to be fixed and now i can't find it anywhere

Xandax · Post by **Xandax** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:12 am

Wouldn't it be possible to find Messenger on your Windows CD? (Add/remove programs -> add/remove windows components)?

Personally I use Trillian for my ICQ/MSN needs, but then again - I don't IM much outside work (I hate IM programs

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Denethorn · Post by **Denethorn** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:10 am

penguin_king wrote:where would i download older versions of msn? it got deleted when i took my PC to be fixed and now i can't find it anywhere

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Go the download>clients section

Ravager · Post by **Ravager** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 6:29 am

Xandax wrote:Wouldn't it be possible to find Messenger on your Windows CD? (Add/remove programs -> add/remove windows components)?

It is possible to get the Windows Messenger from the Windows CD, but the functionailty is far reduced....I suppose it depends how much you like extra features.

dj_venom · Post by **dj_venom** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:01 pm

Ravager wrote:It is possible to get the Windows Messenger from the Windows CD, but the functionailty is far reduced....I suppose it depends how much you like extra features.

Like having a picture.

And if you can't get it working, I still have the install for MSN 7, as I refuse to get the latest version. Why? Because I don't like the idea of those sounds, as they'd cut through music and annoy me.