Re: Two versions of Messenger ? Conflicting?
anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 06/21/04
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Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 06:23:46 -0700
Rants?!
Well I had fully disabled 4.7 exactly as you stated
already.
I do have NAV, and have unchecked MSN Messenger -
but....this is for 6.1 as 4.7 is called Windows
Messenger :-)
So why this should make 4.7 start up....
So not quite as obvious as you state. But from your post
would I be right in saying that 4.7 is all I need then
and no need in future to add MSN Messenger 6.2 even
though it has some nice extra features.
All my rant is about is some consistency and clear
product naming - and they are extremely similar down to
the menus etc and functionality. Even DLLs.
As i am wiping and reinstalling today would be nice to
know what you would recommend.
Regards
Mr Angry ;-)
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Raf,
>
>One is MSN Messenger (6.2), and the other is Windows
Messenger (4.7) -- they are *separate
>products*, they are not the same thing nor do they
upgrade one another.
>
>MSN Messenger is available for Windows 95 (an older
version), 98, 2000, ME and *XP* and
>Windows Messenger is available for Windows 2000 (a newer
version) and *XP*.
>
>Therefore, Windows XP can run both and as such, why you
have the two folders and the various
>other rants you have concluded in this post.
>
>You'll just need to disable Windows Messenger. To
disable Windows Messenger, 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). This won't remove
>Windows Messenger, so features like Remote Assistance,
Whiteboard and Application Sharing
>will continue to work, but it will let it stay out of
your way.
>
>Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent
versions of Norton Antivirus added a
>new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can
conflict with Messenger and cause it to
>also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus
(Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
>icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the
clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
>click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN
Instant Messenger and click OK.
>____________________________________________
>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) 2004
Jonathan Kay.
>You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
>"Raf" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:1ea5701c456ba$b0e59c00$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>>
>> I have installed Messenger 6.2 the latest version.
>>
>> However, I also can see Messenger 4.7.
>>
>> When I look on Microsoft website in one place they say
>> 6.2 is the latest version, in another 4.7 is the latest
>> version for XP Home.
>>
>> Now 6.2 is launched when I launch messenger itself. But
>> if I open Internet Explorer it forces me to open
4.7....
>>
>> If I click the menu Tools - > messenger in Explorer it
>> launches 4.7.
>>
>> I can't find how to rid myself of the plague of 4.7.
>>
>> Or how to tell the OS NOT to use 4.7.
>>
>> I keep on getting messages from 4.7 trying to get
through
>> my firewall.
>>
>> When I start my PC 4.7 is used....
>>
>> I have to manually launch 6.2 and then it tells
>>
>> "you have been logged out of another location...."
>>
>> (ie 4.7)
>>
>> then I can run 6.2
>>
>> 4.7 does not appear in add/remove.
>>
>> I can see it on my hardrive as it is in the folder
>>
>> H:\Program Files\Messenger
>>
>> whereas 6.2 is in the folder
>>
>> H:\Program Files\MSN Messenger
>>
>>
>> Is it too much to ask that microsoft can control their
>> own folder naming process and have only 1 version of a
>> software for 1 OS system?!
>>
>> Even only launching one version?
>>
>> Or putting everything in Add/remove?
>>
>> I am cheesed off and will prob have to remove 6.2 to
get
>> rid of this headache unless someone has some sort of
>> answer!
>
>
>.
>
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