Vista - Windows Live only runs in background

Windows Live messenger 8.5 seems diesn't run properly on my PC (running XP).
It seems to run in the background, but the program window is nowhere to be
seen. I've uninstalled/re-installed the program a few times with the same
result. I have also reinstalled windows.

I can run the program as Administrator but this doesn't seem like a
solution, as there are several users on my PC. Most have admin rights, but I
don't want to give them the password to the Administrator user.

Any suggestions? Thanks.
Jean-Claude Saulnier

I had the same problem .. this is how I fixed mine from searching the
problem on the web.

Go to Services under Administrative Tools. Look for SSDP Discovery and
disable it. It worked for me.

"jc_saulnier" <jc_saulnier@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:EF947905-C939-4C30-A490-8C3D5B5D46F1@xxxxxx

Thanks for the tip. However; this hasn't worked on my system and it is
becoming very tiresome.

I can run a system recovery back to before Windows Vista downloaded the
update for Windows Live and Windows Live Sign-In Assistant. Unfortunately
though, it obviously attempts to reinstall these updates and continues to go
in a loop like this.

I have found in the past that I have had to either download another
application to use MSN directly or use a web client, which is obviously not
the point of having Windows Live in the first place.

Any assistance from someone with the knowledge as to why this is occurring
would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Wayne F

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