I've seen other posts related to this, but I haven't seen any with a solution. I just bought a new Dell 64-bit Windows 7 Professional computer. So Windows Live Messenger (WLM) is a default install on Windows 7.
The first time I booted up, WLM crashed. And now, most of the time I start up the computer Windows Live Messenger crashes. Any ideas how to fix this?
Try taking WLM out of the Startup list (type "msconfig" in the Start menu search bar), rebooting, then starting the program manually. What happens then?
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dm3 (netbook) *** 27" iMac (Dual-Boot) OS Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6 CPU AMD Athlon Neo X2 1.6GHz *** Intel Core i7 Quad Core 2.8GHz Memory 4.00 GB *** 4.00 GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 3200, 384MB *** ATI Radeon HD 4850, 1GB Sound Card ATI High Definition Audio *** ATI High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron W2053TX Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 (monitor), 1266 x 768 (laptop) *** 2560 x 1440
Mouse Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks Hard Drives 300 GB SATA (internal), 500 GB HP SimpleSave (external) *** 1 TB SATA (internal), 160 GB LaCie (external) Internet Speed Broadband
Try taking WLM out of the Startup list (type "msconfig" in the Start menu search bar), rebooting, then starting the program manually. What happens then?
Cheers,
Walker
Windows Outreach Team
Sometimes is works manually, sometimes it doesn't . . . but I don't want to manually start WLM on my BRAND NEW computer! That's a downgrade.
Yeah I hear ya, you shouldn't need to manually do it. Try this: completely uninstall Windows Live Messenger from your PC and redownload it here: Essentials - Windows Live (you can selectively install elements of the Essentials package from the Installer)
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion dm3 (netbook) *** 27" iMac (Dual-Boot) OS Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) *** Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), OSX 10.6 CPU AMD Athlon Neo X2 1.6GHz *** Intel Core i7 Quad Core 2.8GHz Memory 4.00 GB *** 4.00 GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 3200, 384MB *** ATI Radeon HD 4850, 1GB Sound Card ATI High Definition Audio *** ATI High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron W2053TX Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 (monitor), 1266 x 768 (laptop) *** 2560 x 1440
Mouse Logitech Cordless Optical Mouse for Notebooks Hard Drives 300 GB SATA (internal), 500 GB HP SimpleSave (external) *** 1 TB SATA (internal), 160 GB LaCie (external) Internet Speed Broadband
Windows Live Messenger Crashes at Startup problems?