MVPs...check this out....WinMessenger 4.7 problem with MSN messenger 6.0

> hello...this is long but important.please read carefully...
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> I have windows xp home edition. I have installed sp1. the following were
> preinstalled...
> 1. MSN explorer 6.
> 2. Windows messenger 4.7
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> Every time i re-install windows i see to it that i download the update for
> windows messenger which it notifies me when i sign in. But then i heard of
> msn messenger 6. thinking that it will replace windows messenger on
> installition, i downloaded it. I signed out from windows messenger and
> exited it from the system tray. after installition i restarted my machine.
> but icons for both messengers appeared in the system tray!
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> moreover when i would use msn explorer it would sign-in in win messenger

> not msn6 and it would also not let me sign in using msn6. so from add and
> remove programs i deselected windows messenger. that simply removoed

> to it. in its directory it was still present.
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> From www.dougknox.com i came accross a tip . it asked me to type a

> in 'RUN'. that thing deleted all files of windows messenger. MSN messenger
> remained as ususal. But when i signed in in MSN explorer it asked me to
> re-install windows messenger again. I tried to repair msn explorer by
> reinstalling it from 'add and remove windows components' from 'add and
> remove programs'. but it said a file msgsc.dll was missing from the
> messenger directory. i found a similar file in the MSN messenger 6.0

> and copy pasted it to the old windows mesenger folder and it worked! now i
> was able to use MSN explorer and MSN messenger 6.0 both, but the
> 'intregrating factor' was lost. now i could not make msn explorer or
> outlookexpress automatically sign in to the messenger like before. the sad
> part is that www.dougknox.com doesn't say anything about re-installing
> windows messenger.
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> So i want MSN messenger to 'take over' Windows messenger. The MSN

> 6 website does not mention anything about its compatability with xp even
> after choosing the operating system properly before downloading.
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> Is there a propr explaination for the confusion? will the update to

> messnegr 4.7 get me all (like associating a picture with my account) that
> msn6.0 has? is there any way to re-install windows messenger? system

> has been kept off :-(
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> Please email me a copy of the reply u give to the thread at
> neeravkothari@hotmail.com . locating a reply over a dialup is a mess!
> thank you very much for your time.
> Neerav
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