Re: Windows Messenger Auto-Logon Failures
From: JWPlatt (JWPlatt_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/30/04
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 10:59:12 -0800
Jonathan,
Yes, 27th time's a charm! Deleting the MessengerServices key fixed it.
Thanks!
You had given us in another message the uninstall product code for 5.1. I
was also asking for prior version uninstall codes, including 4.7.
A note on XP SP2 and Messenger:
The first note on this page:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger/download.asp
says, "The latest version of Windows Messenger is available for Windows XP
in Windows XP Service Pack 2." The latest version of Windows Messenger is
5.1 which would imply it, or 5.0, is the one included with SP2. On other
pages, however, Microsoft states the "latest" version is 4.7.
The fact is that installation of SP2 broke Messenger auto-logon. When SP2
installation was complete, the 5.0 installations I had done were back to 4.7.
At the very least, the notes saying Messenger is "included" with SP2 are
misleading both in terms that SP2 includes Messenger and that the "latest" is
4.7 instead of 5.0 or 5.1. At worst, SP2 installed an older version of
Messenger over a newer one and broke it.
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