Vista - Windows Live Messenger has stopped working.

I keep getting the above error in Vista Home Premium. It also says "A problem
has caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the
program and notify you if a solution is availible."

The only other programs I have installed are iTunes, Firefox and Rocket Dock.

Initialy the error said I was missing msvcr71.dll, so I had a friend email
it to me, then I put it in System32. He is also running Home Premium.

I'm getting the 'stopped working' message for Internet Explorer as well as
for Live Messenger. It could be that the two apps use some code in common
so if one won't work both won't work.

I have a workaround for Explorer. Mozilla Firefox works fine. The event log
data is not helpful. I'm not even sure the failure information is getting to
Microsift.


"Anthraxx" <Anthraxx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B2837B3B-153A-48A2-A39F-096F585DD163@microsoft.com...
>I keep getting the above error in Vista Home Premium. It also says "A
>problem
> has caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the
> program and notify you if a solution is availible."
>
> The only other programs I have installed are iTunes, Firefox and Rocket
> Dock.
>
> Initialy the error said I was missing msvcr71.dll, so I had a friend email
> it to me, then I put it in System32. He is also running Home Premium.

Today I got the same error from Windows Calendar.

"Eyespy1 Carland" wrote:

> I'm getting the 'stopped working' message for Internet Explorer as well as
> for Live Messenger. It could be that the two apps use some code in common
> so if one won't work both won't work.
>
> I have a workaround for Explorer. Mozilla Firefox works fine. The event log
> data is not helpful. I'm not even sure the failure information is getting to
> Microsift.
>
>
> "Anthraxx" <Anthraxx@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B2837B3B-153A-48A2-A39F-096F585DD163@microsoft.com...
> >I keep getting the above error in Vista Home Premium. It also says "A
> >problem
> > has caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the
> > program and notify you if a solution is availible."
> >
> > The only other programs I have installed are iTunes, Firefox and Rocket
> > Dock.
> >
> > Initialy the error said I was missing msvcr71.dll, so I had a friend email
> > it to me, then I put it in System32. He is also running Home Premium.
>
>

Today I got the same error in Windows Calendar.

"Anthraxx" wrote:

> I keep getting the above error in Vista Home Premium. It also says "A problem
> has caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the
> program and notify you if a solution is availible."
>
> The only other programs I have installed are iTunes, Firefox and Rocket Dock.
>
> Initialy the error said I was missing msvcr71.dll, so I had a friend email
> it to me, then I put it in System32. He is also running Home Premium.

You can avoid the messenger problem a few ways:
You can right click on the icon, and click "run as administrator," or, right click on the icon, and there should be a "run as administrator" checkbox somewhere. Worked for me.

Godspeed.

GRRR, new vista PC......

A not-responding message in the first hour?



Well, atleast i have messenger working now, thanks for the 'run as
administrator' fix




Lilblondedude


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All Acer users, please look at this website for a patch for the MSN
Messenger problem. See the following info…

Product
Notebook
Related Products
Desktop
Issue
MSN Live Messenger v8.1 has a problem starting in Windows Vista
Download
eDataSecurity_2.5.3032.zip
File Size: 37872.584 KB
Solution

This article applies to Windows Vista systems ONLY.

http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/for...ords=&areaid=7


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okay...
WLM has been working fine for the wk or so i have had my HP laptop,
although now it is consistently coming up with the "windows live
messenger is not working" error message, followed by "windows needs to
close the program and will notify you of a solution"
However, it will log me in and then log me straight out with this error
message.
i have been through multiple forums to find solutions, and so far
NOTHING has worked. One solution given was reported to have worked for
everyone, not for me! I have uninstalled and reinstalled WLM many
times, and its still not working. I am becoming increasingly frustrated
with it. I logged in using a different email address and it worked for a
total of 5 minutes before displaying the same error.
If anyone has any solutions it'll be very helpful!
xx


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ok here ya if you have norton then that is your problem well it was mine
run as adinminastrator and go to norton and shut of instant messenger
scanning
and mine has been on over a hour now with web cam and all ok so give it
a go and i hope this help u ...need any more help ask at sherifdude
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:58:25 +0530, sheriffdude
<sheriffdude.3ceera@xxxxxx> wrote:
Smooth move "sheriffdude":

The person you replied to posted the problem on FEBRUARY 2 OF LAST
YEAR.