ok so i installed vista and for some reason windows live mesenger does not open up, it shows it has in task manager processes but no where else, its starting to get on my nerves cause i cannot contact my friend if shes meeting me centre-ville, no i will not use a phone its 1AM no i will not change to another IM service cause everyone in canada uses MSN mostly so please just help me with live messenger :) PC: CPU: Athlon 64 3200+ RAM: 1GB DDR 400 HDD: 20GB ex wont give me back my 250 :S GPU: Geforce 6150 Laptop: CPU: Turion 64 x2 Tl-50 RAM: 2GB DDR2 HDD: 160GB GPU: Mo x1600

Without checking back into Vista Upgrade Advisor, I wouldn't bet a lot of money BUT I believe that MSN was one of the programs that was flagged as not working with full functionality under Vista. You might want to check but I'm pretty certain I'm right.

use Miranda IM or GAIM, both free and working like a charme in Vista. Not Only do they cover MSN but also AIM, ICQ, Yahoo! and Jabber/Google Talk and IRC. http://www.miranda-im.org/ http://gaim.sourceforge.net/win32/i... so you'll have support for 6 Instant Messaging protocols in one single client. Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'

and Trillian does the same: http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/ Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'

... to Hornman02 i am trying to get windows live to work just the topic did not let me write windows live cause it was too long, live should work cause well they give u a link in the start menu to download it xD, and well i gave up and installed 7.5 and it works itjust looks ugly i miss live :( also i dont wanna use another IM client i already said that, but by the sounds of it it seems like if i use one of the ones your mentioning it will transfer my contacts over too? and how about my groups cause well i need my groups cause thats the only way i know whos who cause blasted people like to changed there display name and not leave there real name in front... xD PC: CPU: Athlon 64 3200+ RAM: 1GB DDR 400 HDD: 20GB ex wont give me back my 250 :S GPU: Geforce 6150 Laptop: CPU: Turion 64 x2 Tl-50 RAM: 2GB DDR2 HDD: 160GB GPU: Mo x1600

yes, all your contacts will be imported from the MSN server. your contacts are not stored locally on your computer! Miranda IM doesn't even require an installation (if you download the ZIP archive). run the executive, cancel the several first time login questions for those prtotcols you don't want to use, then go to Preferences > Plugins and disable the unwanted protocols. ... you can always go back to MSN if you so wish (and MS has solved the issues)/ Today's subliminal thought is: 'Calm down ... it's only ones and zeros.'