One of the focal points for Windows Live Messenger 8.1 is compatibility with Windows Vista, as there were many reported issues with running Windows Live Messenger 8.0 on Vista.
Having signed into Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0812 on Windows Vista just before, I was prompted with an optional update. Not expecting an update from 8.0 to 8.1 beta, I did some testing, and have come to the conclusion that the Windows Live Messenger team is confident version 8.1.0168 brings enough fixes to warrant an automatic update.
As a side note, the recent update to the Windows Live Messenger 8.1 beta has been made mandatory for those using the previous 106 build by the auto updater.
I have put up a small script in the sandbox which shows two alternate CVR commands sent to the messenger server, the only difference being the version of Windows (5.1 being XP, and 6.0 being Vista).
I have Wind Vista and WLM
Why cant windows vista users see me on webcam
help i cant download it i have vista and it wont let me go onto the web site and wen i get there it says it will have to try again later
you are brilliant. I have been trying to fix my messenger problem for months and I come across you website, it worked in seconds. Absolutely amazing. Thank you very much.
Daniel Winter
Feb 8th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Kylie, try this:
In Windows Explorer, go to C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\.
Right click msnmsgr.exe, go to Properties.
On the Compatibility tab, tick the Run this program as an administrator check box and click OK.
Hi Daniel,
thanks for this help. I was having problem with MSN in my vista home basic. I came across this info through google and it fixed my problem.
Thanks again for the help!
why my yahoo messenger can’t detect my speaker or even my headset
I agree with all the vista problems.. we pay good money for a lap top with built in cam so we dont have to deal with BS but what does vista and a laptop equal? nothing working right!! will continue to hunt for a fix to get cam to work on msn messenger, we too get the error that they are looking for a fix and will notify us when they FIND one Pfffttt what ever. just another crappy mircosoft product destined for the garbage and got rushed being made without putting in too much thought, kinda like the xbox 360!!! lol have gone thru 8 thats right 8 of those suckers sending them back to be fixed. Maybe we should go for a mac?
help me…..my prob is simple but very annoying…. no sound.
sound is enabled, i get sound from everything else…but not wlm.
any ideas?
oh yea …its a toshiba qosmio on vista ultimate
i reinstalled wlm 2wice!
im having a problem im running vista home premium i have a acer with a built in cam and mic when i video call i can see them fine they can see me they can here but when i talk my speaker volume goes down and when im silent for a few seconds it goes back up until i speak or make a noise and it goes down again any suggestions to why this is happening?
i am having trouble with my webcam.
i cant use the webcam in yahoo but i can use it in hotmail. i want to know why this is so? i tried so many things but it didnt help.
i will be happy if anyone helps me
and my webcam is windows life webcam
i dont know wht to do. cos i cant sign in to my new instaled messenger cos the service is ‘temporarily unavailable’
is tthat a thing that i have a vista and i instaled wrong version of msn ?
Hi, can somebody help me with my msn. I’m currently using Windows Vista business and windows live messenger 8.1. Everytime i used video call it my msn will hang. I dont know what happen but previously it work fine in my lappy. I’m using build in camera from SOny.
For past 3 week every two days i got to reinstall and uninstall again the msn. Sometimes it will work and sometimes it doesnt work. Please help me with this problem. Kinda sick with msn now.
i’ve had most of those problems in the past, i have Vista and couldn’t use the live messenger so what i used to fix it then was to download an older version and it worked fine until yesterday. now i have a new problem, it has to be upgraded so when i clicked to upgrade it sayes that it cant for some reason, so i tryed to download it and it got to 99% and then stopped, i have tryed several times now and it is extreamly frustrating because i have dial-up so all of that took a long time (my comp is only downloading at 2.28 KB/s) so if anyone has a solution for me it would be grately appreciated.
I follow the steps of daniel but still don’t work.Also windows sidebar and windows vista don’t work
I am having the same problem with vista basic, getting a WLM error of service temporarily unavailable….even though it really is when i use my friend’s computer.
BUT when i first installed it, it was fine. Then i was having other troubles, so i did something i guess i shouldnt have and a few programmes had problems, i successfully fixed all the others, but no many how many times i get rid of everything WLM, and reinstall, it always comes up with the same problem. Any ideas?
my OS is japanese, i am not…so there are half my problems for finding a fix on my own…
my webcam does not work i am using windows live msn version 8.1 each time when i want to see my or my contact’s webcam as well as when I start a video call appears “WE ARE UNABLE TO RUN AUDIO AND VIDEO SETUP”!
Please help me to fix this problem
kika, you can’t run “audio and video setup” while you’re on a call if that’s what you’re trying to do, I believe you have to be signed out.
HP M9340F running Vista, I can see people, they can see me, they can hear me but I can’t hear them and volume controls do weird things. They can hear me on phone calls but I can’t hear them. Any fixes yet?
hi.. ive been reading and you obviously know about this.. i need your hel i have an a new hp, i have Vista and WLM.. it works fine, my webcam and the mic but after the first couple of time sit has started giving me problems, and everyt time i attempt to make a video call it just becomes non resposive and stays like that until i turn off the comp. regardlesss of me trying to end the task. Please help cuz im going crazy!…thanxs
OK, my problem is that everything seems to be working fine. I can chat and email, but when I go to start a video call, it says it’s loading, but then hangs up. Both parties experience the same thing.
Hello:
I have a a new computer with vista home premimum and it will not let me download yahoo messenger can you help me with this please.
I appreciate all that you can do to help me.
Thanks
Hi, i recently got a new laptop with vista. I have problems getting onto anything related to microsoft. For example hotmail.com. I can get onto the home page of xbox.com but if i try to sign in the page does not load. When trying to sign into msn i get an error with the key ports.Can you please help me? I think it may have something to do with me and the .NET messenger service as i can not connect no matter what i try. Thanks.
Well i just got an HP pavilion a week ago…im running vista ultimate 64bit. I’ve installed windowns messenger and my pc gives the blue screen every 10 or 20 min. When im running WLM stops responding and even if i try to end the process with task bar…it wont close, and when i try restarting it keeps the pc from logging off. Also when im running WLM and i try using my webcam…it does fine…ultill that blue screen appears!!!
Please help,
Luana
HI,
I have a a new Toshiba laptop with vista and it will not let me download yahoo messenger. it says “INSTALL UNSUCCESSFUL YAHOO MESSENGER FOR VISTA DID NOT INSTAL. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO OTHER OPEN APPLICATIONS OR INCOMPLETE INSTALLS. PLEASE TRY THE INSTAL AGAIN AFTER RESTARTING YOUR COMPUTER.” but there is no other yahoo installed and i restart my computer and try again and it still doesn’t work! can you help me with this please.
I appreciate all that you can do to help me. THANK YOU
I recently got a laptop with vista, I have been trying to use Windows Live Messenger from since the time I got it. I downloaded the latest version of Msn Messenger and for some reason when its being installed, it only reaches to 99%.I have tried downloading older versions as well…but I’m prompted to upate to the newest version cus the older versions will not work.
Has anyone else been having the same problem? and have you found a way to fix it? I would really appreciate any help I could get
Thank You
Hi
I’m wondering if anyone can help. I’m using MLM 8.5 with Messenger Plus.
I’m wondering how can I stop my chat Window from automatically opening when I click on other applications in the taskbar.
For instants I’m have a conversation and the Chat Window is minimize along with say word and or IE, but if I open Word or IE, then the Chat Window opens behind of that programme and when I minimize again it’s there.
I would not mind if I was not sharing a computer, so I step away and someone uses IE then closes or minimizes they can read my messages.
Thanks in advance
Icilma
my msn doesn’t work!! when i tray to sign in it’s showing the error 81000306 and in the troubleshoot it says something about key ports… HELP PLEASE!!
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Thank you.
hey Daniel , are the solutions for msn msngr and yahoo msngr the same ??
Ya I recently got windows vista and i have msn 8.1 and everything works except when i finish talking to someone and close the chat window msn locks up on me altogether and I have to terminate the program and open it again.
Just an added note, I’ve uninstalled it and reinstalled it completely and the problem still occurs.
I can not hear others through windows live messenger web cam. I am able to view the image, but can not hear anything. I do have a sound card that is active and working. How can I get to hear sound from the web cam?
HI I’m having a promblem with the voice clip as I Have brought a headset today as that is a Microsoft LiveChat LX-2000 as I’v upgraded to the newer version of window messenger life and I’m using XP Professional.. As that I can hear my mate on webcam.. and through my headset but she can not hear me?! Why is that and is there any way to fix it?! I really would like to get this back and working again! =[
T^T
Ummm… I’ve got vista~ and I had msn before and it was fine but I got the latest ver. of windows live messenger and it’s broke. I can log in and everything works but a message always comes up saying ‘Windows Live Communications Platform has stopped working’ and I cant get my old msn back now either hellppp if you can, pretty please TTOTT
evertime i try to sing in window live messenger i gotencounted problem telling me that window live messenger has stop working and it never open it
what should i do?
hey folks, ever since i was forced to down load the 8.1 i have been unable to use mt cam or my mic. It tells me my sound card is not detected and my cam may be in use in another program. arrrrrrgggg!!!! can anyone assit me. yes i have vista. btw, the dell people can not figure it out either. Thanx.
Hey everyone (;
I downloaded the new version 2009 windows live messenger, and ever since i have been using it, the audio and video setup wont work. But i need it to use my webcam, the webcam program is installed on my computer and is plugged in the USB cable and the icon is showing up in conversation windows but its not working, when i click on the webcam icon in the conversation it says; We couldn’t start your camera device. Please check that your camera is not currently in use by another program, and then try again.Eveything should be working but it will not let me into the audio and video setup which i need too get into for my webcam to work… Can anyone give me any suggestions on what to do please?? I have been searching for help for dayssss. Thanks
for users having erros regarding “DEP”
go to windows task manager and “processes tab”
close eData security loader
if it doesn’t work, let me know @ jkim0218@gmail.com
cheers
ok, i have a compaq laptop with windows vista. i have never used vista before there for i had no idea how much it sucks. how ever my problem is, when using the newest windows live messenger i have no issues at all untill i try using my webcam which is a philips spc1000nc. according to my computer everything is running correctly with the webcam however accourding to windows live, i either dont have a webcam or it takes me several attempts to make it work and then its very laggy and glitchy, also the sound is always breaking up when on a video call. the messenger works great no problems untill i try to do the video call. iv tried uninstalling both cam and messenger iv also tried changing all the settings iv done everything suggested above and suggested by the website but nothing seems to be working. if some one could please please help i would be very happy!
I have the newest msn messenger, when i log on it comes up with something like windws live communication platform has stopped working and forces me to close msn down, im really annoyed cause i have uninstalled it and installed it again but it hasn’t change. What do i do?
When I video chat with my bf, the vid tends to freeze shortly after. The connection is still active but the video no longer works. However, there are other times when he gets kicked off completely and has to sign back in to restart the call.
We’re not sure if it’s MSN or his internet connection. What should we do?
y wont this work i carnt get on any msn acoonts and i have tryed alsorts and it is irrotating what should i do ?x
These are all just questions. Do we get any answers at all??? My problem is similar to a few on top. I need the solution. Not just more and more questions by people