Re: After SP2 Messenger invokes wrong email client

From: Joel Estes (joel_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 18:46:54 -0500

You do not have to subscribe to MSN, you can download and install MSN
Messenger and then use that by configuring Windows Messenger to not start
and MSN Messenger to start when you turn your computer on. MSN Messenger
has better video and is used by many. Just go to http://messenger.msn.com/
download and install.

However, just leave Windows Messenger installed, but configure not to
startup when you turn your computer on.

Joel

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:020b01c48d57$298d6520$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Thank you for the information.
> I for one am confused on the differences between
> XP windows messenger and MSN messenger.
> I do not want to subscribe to MSN, I already have
> broadband and have no need for another ISP unless I
> misunderstand what MSN is all about. I do not want MSN
> home page etc. The only feature of the previous windows
> messenger I used was the hotmail interface.
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Greetings Ed,
>>
>>The Windows Messenger version within SP2 does not have
> support for Add-ins which is required
>>for Hotmail support within Windows Messenger. As such,
> in order to get this functionality
>>back, you'll either need to downgrade to the previous
> version of Windows Messenger
>>
> (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger/download.asp)
> or use MSN Messenger instead
>>(http://messenger.msn.com/Download).
>>____________________________________________
>>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.

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