Re: win messenger 4.7 runs fine on dell not on ibm

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From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] (msnewsreplies_at_jonathankay.com)
Date: 05/19/04 

Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 16:00:25 -0400

Greetings Marc,

When you say they're not all displayed and "messed up" can you be more specific about what
exactly you're seeing?
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"marc" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:f55201c43dc1$42aa5c60$a001280a@phx.gbl...
>i bought a new ibm last week, did the windows messenger
> upgrade and my contacts do not appear correctly...deleted
> contacts have returned to my list with the properties of
> current contacts and not all of my contacts are displayed
> although when they log in they can im me...
>
> i also upgraded my desktop dell to win messenger 4.7 and
> the contacts are managed correctly...all of the right
> ones appear and there are no 'ghost contacts'...
>
> i tried reinstalling the upgrade and rebuilding the
> machine and although the contacts appear fine after the
> initial upgrade, upon restarting they revert to the
> messed up list...
>
> i called ibm and they won't touch it...

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