Vista - No XP 64 bit support?

I went to install MSN Messenger on a Windows XP 64 bit machine, and it
failed. Browsing the website revealed this interesting bit of info:
"Operating system: Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (32-bit edition only)"

Am I missing something, or did Microsoft really drop XP64 support for
messenger?

Greetings,

Unfortunately, they haven't supported XP 64-bit beginning with Windows Live Messenger 8.5
(2008).

However, if you install Messenger manually from the Microsoft Installer files, as opposed to
the suite setup, it should work (I say should because I haven't tested the latest update for
Messenger 2009 on XP 64 and don't have it installed anywhere at the moment to try).

You can see which installers you need and download them at the following link:
http://messengergeek.spaces.live.com...DA1!1723.entry

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
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"Zootal" <usenet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks. I found a copy of MSN Messenger 8.1, and that installed and seems to
work fine. Looks like XP64 bit is starting to show it's age


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Greetings,

You could use that also, but there are a number of nice connectivity bug fixes in 8.5 and
above. It's fine to use 8.1, but if you have problems making file transfer connections and
so on, you may want to consider updating using the manual installers.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"Zootal" <usenet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I ran the messenger.msi from the link you posted. It appears to install it,
but it won't log in - it immediately gives "we can't sign you in to Windows
Live Messenger....service is temporarily unavailable...Error code 80040154".
Well, maybe it is, it seems to go up and down often enough. I'll try later
and see if I can get in.


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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PS - the error happens way to fast. I think something else is wrong, but not
sure what. It *immediately* tells me that the windows messenger service is
unavailable. There is no way it can go out to their servers, wherever they
are, and come back with an unavailable status that quickly.

I registered msxml3.dll sucesfully. I installed the XML parser. Still no
connection. So then I installed the comm platform. Surprise, surprise, now
it works . A little bit of RTFM can go a long way...


"Zootal" <usenet@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

Heh, yes you need the comm platform as it handles all the contact work (contact list), etc.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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