Windows Messenger In Windows Vista
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For those of you who faithfully use Windows Messenger to communicate with family, friends and co-workers, you are in for disappointment when you initially install Windows Vista. Windows Messenger was installed in Windows XP. However, it is not in Windows Vista. What you will find instead is a link on the Start Menu to the Windows Live Messenger download page. Some people may see this as a positive change, especially if you are a network administrator. If Windows Messenger is not installed, users cannot chat online.
It is also a positive change for all other users. If Windows Messenger installed with the operating system, it would likely be out of date and you would have to update it from the download page anyways. With this change, out of date Windows Messenger software is not running on your computer.
7 Comments
peter
November 12th, 2007
at 4:50am
So, is there no Windows Messenger for Vista? Why does Mircosoft installs in the main menu for new Visa computer???
Peter
Guy
January 23rd, 2008
at 3:19am
I just got windows on a new computor and it is hell trying to install. I spent 30 minutes waiting for it to search my computor for windows live programs and then attempting to install which eventually failed. I’m hopping this is just an issue with my computor and not with vista because why would i pay money for an operating system that takes 10 times the amount of time to install a certain program compared to it predecessor.
Abhishek Bagaria
March 20th, 2008
at 4:22pm
Of what i have researched on the internet Windows Messenger won’t install in Vista and the only work aroud for this is to install MS Office Communicator 2005 /2007 to chat with your office co-workers, provided that your Live communication server installed at your work space is compatible with above mentioned software.
If anyone knows any other workaround please let us know.
michael nguyen
April 19th, 2008
at 1:49pm
Okk, i have a windows vista computer. I downloaded windows live messenger onto my computer and it wont work. When ever i start it up it says ” Windows live messenger has stopped working” Every time i do it, so can anyone help ?
Stacey
April 27th, 2008
at 2:33am
Hey Guy, i encountered the same problem as you. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?
nigel
May 12th, 2008
at 3:30pm
the same thing is happening to me and i cant figure it out
Greenville Computer Support
July 11th, 2008
at 2:15am
The following statement was made in the first post:
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It is also a positive change for all other users. If Windows Messenger installed with the operating system, it would likely be out of date and you would have to update it from the download page anyways. With this change, out of date Windows Messenger software is not running on your computer.
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That has to be as lame as anything I’ve ever heard. What part of Windows doesn’t need updates. If not needing updates was an important criteria then windows should not be installed at all. (I personally think updates are a good thing.)