Vista - More Problems with Live messanger

Further to my request for help on 10/28/08 (I see Dominique has the same
problem) I now find that when I get a response in Windows Mail (either in XP
or Vista), when I click on the link to open it, nothing happens. I have to
get in using a link I have saved in "Favourites. Desperate to find a solution
to both problems.

Also, it's been suggested that I use Windows News groups, but I seem to have
the same problem and don't understand the difference between that and Live
Messanger and windows Communities and Forums. It used to be quite simple, and
I have always been grateful for the quick respons to my pleas for help in the
past using, I think, Windows Comminities or Forums. There now seems to be so
many "Help" sites, I'm no longer sure where to look.

Most grateful for some clear and simple advice.

AllenH