RE: SP2 issue: here is a work-around

From: Sandeep108 (Sandeep108_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:11:01 -0800

What is the difference between 5.1 and 4.7.3001? I only do occasional chat.
Is 5.1 better and more efficient? Or is it mostly meant for corporates. Is
5.1 more of a resource hog? I uninstalled MSN Messenger 6.1 because it slowed
down my system.
TIA.

"Alain Stucki" wrote:

> Hi
>
> If you have Win XP with SP1 and Windows Messenger 4.7 installed and
> then you install SP2 you will have the problem that Windows Messenger
> does not log-in automatically anymore when you start Windows. In fact,
> in the Options dialogue you cannot activate the "automatic start when
> whindows starts" feature. This option is simply not there!
>
> The funny thing is that if you install Windows XP with integrated SP2
> the feature is there and works fine. So the problem only occurs when
> you install SP2 seperately.
>
> So if you don't want to Format C: and install XP with integrated SP2
> here is what to do: All you can do is install Windows Messenger 5 or
> 5.1. There you have this feature again. And it works fine. I also
> managed to install 4.7.2009 or so. There it also worked, but I head
> about security problems with that version (Service Pack 2 updates the
> 4.7 messenger to 4.7.3000 and the February 05 update to 4.7.3001. so I
> didnt' want to have 4.7.200x installed and therefore prefer the latest
> 5.1 version.
>
> Maybe Jonathan could add this information to his very valuable website.
> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/
>
>

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