Re: Latest Messenger broken ??

Which Messenger are you trying to get?

Latest version of MSN Messenger can be found here
http://messenger.msn.com

Latest version of Windows Messenger can be found here
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a8d9eb73-5f8c-4b9a-940f-9157a3b3d774&DisplayLang=en

When the firewall prompt comes up, you should hit the Unblock button to
allow an exception to be created for either one of the Messenger clients

--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp


"Stephen Howe" <stephenPOINThoweATtns-globalPOINTcom> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I am competent programmer
> Have a situation where the teenage daughter of a friend is desperate.
> Seems that her whole life revolves around Messenger.
>
> They have Windows XP Home edition (I think all SP'ed up), she downloaded
> the
> latest Messenger, installed it and it seems it is broken. She then
> attempted
> to reinstall the last version of Messenger and that does not work either.
> I
> have yet to go round and look at the PC, so I cannot tell you about
> versions, nor whether it was installed correctly (or uninstalled correctly
> or not).
>
> <later>
>
> Having talked by phone and this 2nd hand info, I think it is version 7.5
> and
> it sounds to me that the XP Firewall is blocking Messenger. That is
> interesting. I would have thought the Messenger installer would know about
> this and got things right. Sounds to me like configuring the Firewall for
> the right port for Messenger is what I should be doing.
>
> Does this ring any bells?
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
>


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