MSN Instant Messenger Issue

[Thalzon]

Earlier today I was finally told by MSN that I HAD to upgrade it if I wanted to continue using it. I had tried in the past, but errors always popped up so I didn't bother.

Well, today, I get a rather frustrating, vague error. "An unknown error occurred." That's basically it. The installer doesn't even boot up before it forces me to close it down. I've tried restarting, deleting the old files, cleaning my registry, and all sorts of other things, but to no avail. I've got Vista Home Premium, an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, 2 gigs of ram, and an Intel GeForce 8600 GT. Not sure how useful that info is, but I'll post it just in case.

Has anyone else run into this problem? I can't use Messenger until this gets resolved. Thanks.

[phill]

Haven't had this issue since Live Messenger was still being called MSN Messenger and to fix it I uninstalled, delete the install folder(C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger), reboot, and downloaded the installer from the messenger website.

[Schwaltzvald]

Have you considered using pidgin temporarily until you get "live" Messenger working..?

[Thalzon]

Well, thanks for the advice, but after searching for the error number online, I found a way to install it in seperate components, and got MSN back up and running. Thanks for the help regardless.