Vista - 0x8000ffff <-- When i Try installing Windows Live messenger..?

When i Try And Install Windows Live 8.1 For My Windows Vista PC It Says..

There Was A Problem with this Installation.Windows Live Suite Was Not
Installed.
System Error Details :
Code : 0x8000ffff
Description : Catastrophic Error

Tom

Office XP SP3 installed or did you try to install at one time.

This error suggests a Office XP SP3 issue

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"Tom beck" <Tom beck@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A651B031-49C8-4955-BA6E-74104ED0EC06@xxxxxx

posted to the live messenger group via crosspost
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"Tom beck" <Tom beck@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:A651B031-49C8-4955-BA6E-74104ED0EC06@xxxxxx

Greetings,

Basically it's trying to load a component that isn't there. I reproduced something similar
recently and didn't have any luck actually debugging what it was looking for using standard
tools (procmon, etc.) although I did end up figuring it out. Unfortunately it won't relate
to this Live Installer problem.

The quickest way to install Messenger would be to just download and install Messenger
directly from its MSI:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/redir/wlm85.asp

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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) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"Peter Foldes" <okf22@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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jonathan, when i try to do what you suggest everything is ok until a message shows up which just says " your computer has a newer version of windows live messenger than the one you are trying to istall. to install an older version, first remove the current version (click start, settings, control panel, add or remove, windows live messenger), and then run this set up again"
the real problem is that i don't have any kind of messenger in my pc! what's going on? i have downloaded beta the newest one but i removed it... when i try to install it again from msn.com i get the 0x8000ffff message and then the thing i just discribed you! christ, that means that i won't be able to have messenger or the entire windows live suite in my pc ever again?? that's terrible! pleaaaaaaaaase help me if you can

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
Having just failed miserably to get beta 2009 to run on a Vista machine, I
couldn't revert back to an older version - I kept getting error 0x8000ffff

Following your link and installing the MSI has worked - at least I can now
access messenger even if it's not the latest Beta!

Many thanks

Hi,

Glad to hear it

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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) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"Confucious" <Confucious@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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hey jonathan please help me too if you know a kind of solution to my problem

I'm getting the same error

System Error Details :
Code : 0x8000ffff
Description : Catastrophic Error

When I attempt to install WindowsLive on my Vista 64 machine. No issues with
the WinXP dual boot side.

You should post that issue in the Windows Live Messenger newsgroup:

http://www.microsoft.com/communities...live.messenger


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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


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