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    - help hi ok i am trying to check my hotmail inbox when i do the page freezes every thing is running good except i cant check my hotmail inbox. i am using windows xp and running msn messenger 6.2 any suggestions? Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52547
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    - help OMG could somebody please help me? I can not get into my messenger..I have windows SE . I thought I fixed the problem lastnight just to find out it is not working again. I have done everything you have recommended and nothing has worked. This is a sample of what comes up when I try to sign in. A box pops up and says Messenger has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Then it says Please tell Microsoft about this problem we have created an error report that you can send to help us improve messenger. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous. Then there are two options Click on either send error report or don't send. When you go to send error report it tells u it has been sent and then another box pops up and says you have preformed an illegal action and windows will now close down. Then I lose everything and start all over...Could somebody please help me before i go insane..Thanks Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52544
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    - Audio and Video in Messenger 6.2 I can't use either of the above mentioned in messenger. It seems that I was able to in the last Version (6.1) I use a router with my DSL connection. Is this a problem with the new version of Messenger or is it something else. Thanks in advance Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52540
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    - Camera problems Please help, I have been having great video and audio conversations with one of my relatives in the USA using messenger. (I am in the UK). I have added another relative to my list and when we try to start a video conversation they can see me but I can not see them. We can both hear each other. I have a picture of a camera with a red cross at the top the screen. I asked them to try audia tuning wizard. They got a message saying the camera is not connected in or in use by another program. I asked them to go to task manager and the only programs running were messenger and the connection we had. They went to control panel and checked the camera was working Ok. It was. The connection to my other relative still works without a problem. I have used Yahoo messenger to speak to the relatives I am having a problem with and we both could see and hear each other. It is just of inferior quality to messenger. I have got them to remove yahoo messenger using add/remove programs thinking it was a camera sharing issue. This still did not work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Craig Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52538
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    - MSN Messenger Sounds I hope I can explain this properly.. I set up MSN Messenger to use certain sound wavs for when someone signs on or new email arrives, however everytime I restart computer and reload MSN Messenger the sounds default to original sounds that are default to the program? Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52537
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    - 6.2.0137 Login already Offline Try MultiMsn (you may have to google for it) Install this program in your msn directory & you can eliminate the adverts, run multiple versions at the same time - AND - Login in the 'Appear Offline' mode. Brilliant patch & works for me under Win98se & 6.2.0137. dave Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52535
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    - installation problem I was having problems signing into MSN the other day. After logging in messenger would get stuck and shut itself off. After this had been going on for awhile I decided to uninstall MSN and redownload it. When I went to the MSN site to redownload the software the 6.58 MB file would download only a few kb and then stop. The file fully downloads now but when I try to install it I get this message. "The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2894." then I get a message that says. "MSN messenger setup has failed with error code: '1603'. Please go to the MSN messenger website and download the software from there." I am downloading it from the MSN website so why am I getting this message? I am using Windows 98 SE. Thanks, Jenny Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52531
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    - msn messgener What's the difference between MSN messenger and Windows messenger? Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52530
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    - Messenge administration........ I'm looking for a solution for our site that will enable windows/mac bi-platform instant messenging/file transfer and incorporate administrative control over it. I was checking out communications server 2003 but I don't think it will work for our macs since it looks like it uses windows messenger instead of msn messenger. Does anyone know of any solutions? Thanks in advance! Joe Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52523
  - 10
    - Remove User in MSN Messenger ???? i run a WIN XP and MSN 6.2 The thing i HATE is that MSN Messenger shovs avery user who has logged in on The Messenger.. i DONT want som of my MSN users to be listed in the feild where i type in the mailadress.. How Do i remove this !? I have tried the line. RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir% \inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove But that didnt help Please help med .. Because The Microsoft supprt dont know how, or want help me.. Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52522
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    - Lost contacts on Messwnger My wife signed onto her MSN Messenger last night, and all her contacts have disappeared. I know it isn't a problem with our hookup because we are on the same cable hookup and I have all of mine. Can you please advise me on how to recover her contacts. Thank you Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52520
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    - Could not see emoticons... Hi, I have been using Msn Messenger for a long time. There is no problmes till recently. I was using version 6.1 when the problems arise. When I upgraded to 6.2, I thought the problems will be cleared, but till now, they are still there. When I was talking to my friends on the individual window using msn, I could not see the emoticons that my friends have added in. Example: Able to see a flower, but all I see is this. (F) Only the short cut shown. I hope to resolve this asap. I hope there are some kind souls out there to help me. Do reply me back to my email add.. If possible.. Thank you... Iceycold Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52519
  - 13
    - Can't sign-In I can't seem to sign-in to MSN Messenger 6.2 in about four days now. I can sign into hotmail and send/recieve emails so there is no problem with my username/password. But today I found out something real strange. I have another hotmail account which I use seldomly, and when I used this account, I could connect without any problems. Also I tried signing in with my normal account with Windows Messenger and it worked fine. The weirdest thing is that when I went to one of my friends homes and connected from my account using MSN Messenger 6.2 on his PC, it worked! I've tried everything I can think of like uninstalling and reinstalling, repairing using the setup, system restore but nothing seems to work. I've run out of options other than reformatting windows (which I rather not do) Anybody got any advise?? Thanks you very much. Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52518
  - 14
    - MSN sign in When trying to sign into MSN I am asked if I want to connect to the internet using my existing service provider. Then I get the message 'connecting to MSN please wait'. The I get the messgae 'We're sorry we cannot reach the MSN service to sign you up for MSN*"...then it says 'check to see if connected to internet' or 'check if disconnected or there is a problem with MSN service'. Obviously I am connected to the internet and I can't believe there is a problem with MSN. Can anyone advise what I can do to sign into MSN? Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52517
  - 15
    - error when I start and audio conversation or I press the webcam button in messenger I suddenly get errors and the messenger terminates, at it give me an error so its imposible for me to use either video or audio conversations. The error I get is this Error 0x62182477 Memory reference 0x00000028 the memory cant be written. Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52516
  - 16
    - repeating select a contact dialog box System XP Home Messenger 6.2 5 users Problem: Repeat dialog box of Select a contact that is never ending When Messenger is activated, either on line, off line, by any of the users, the sign-in screen appears and then the 1st Select a contact box stating to add a contact. This dialog box repeats many times and clutters up the task bar. I have seen it up to 50 repeats. It also stops any processing of other dialog boxes. I have uninstalled rebooted and reinstalled and the same thing happens. As a side note a program, called HI!.exe is running and must be "end task" before the shut down occurs. This is driving me to distraction.any help is appreciated. Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52515
  - 17
    - Wierd Mobility Hi... I posted a short while ago to ask about the Mobile group. Jonathan answered saying it was a new "feature" of MSN Messenger. Today I saw 2 Mobile groups!! I went to Contacts/Sort Contacts by. Group Mobile contacts together was checked and I unchecked it. Now I have *no* Mobile group at all! Can someone please explain this? Mike Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52514
  - 18
    - Hello I have a problem and I hope you can help me with it. I have MSN Messenger5.0, and windows 98. Before you'll suggest me I'll say that I can't upgrade my Messenger because the new versions are disconnecting me from the internet while I use them, because of the Router I suppose. Anyway, not long ago my computer was sent to a technician (before that the messenger had been working fine), and because of viruses and other problems he had to format drive C:\. I got back my computer, and in the same time we connected to 1.5 Mb speed ADSL. I installed messenger 5.0 again and it was workinf OK. Because I thought our router's definition were changed I tried to install Messenger 6.2 but it still did problems. I had rmoved it, and installed messenger 5.0 again. I don't remember if it worked OK for one time but since then it didn't connect. The messenger says there is a problem in the sing-up name, or the password, or the service, but all are correct and working. I ried couple of sing-up names... I don't have a firewall (but I do have an AVG anti-virus), and in the other copmuters in my home net the messenger is working fine (messenger 5.0 of course). What should I do???? Thank you very much, Shaked. Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52513
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    - task manager msmsgs.exe I do not use the MSN messenger product and would like to stop it running. I have gone into the preferences and told it not to run in the background but when I look at the task manager list the msmsgs.exe is still running. Are I correct that this is the MSN messenger product? If so, how do I disable it or should I just uninstall the option from Windows? Thank You, Old Bob Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52512
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    - Code base error When I use MSN Messenger I get a code base error. This is the error report that I get: Code Base Error Error #-220 Error #83805 File is not a data file database corruption detected C:\windows\system32\ncdlf\sions.dbf This comes up evertime you try to chat on MSN. I need help to try and fix this. I would appreciate any help I cane get. Thank you Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52504
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    - msn problem when im in an conversation with someone the messages that i get from them have a lag of around 11 seconds, but the messages i send to them dont lag at all. ive completely reinstalled msn messenger a couple of times but it still does it. does anyone know what to do? no other IM'ers have this lag, only msn. (i checked how long the lag is with the msn plus /ping command) can anyone help me? Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52500
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    - new msn jonathan has a new version of msn messenger 6.2 just been released today? is it to fix the block thing? I am the person who posted the link for the screenshot yesterday and i gave u my email address. how are you doing on fixing this issue? Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52498
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    - alerts I used to get alerts when I had new email, I no longer do. I have the box checked under options to recieve alerts for it, but it no longer works. I have uninstalled and reinstalled messenger and it still won't wrk?? any suggestions? Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52495
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    - Unicows.dll I'm having trouble with msn, because of unicows.dll . I hava windows me. what can i do? Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52494
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    - Unicows.dll I=B4m having troubles with msn, because of unicows.dll .=20 Could someone solve my problem? Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52493
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    - voice chat when i try to connect to voice chat my messenger tells me my network or isp does not support voice confrence. please help as i can no longer talk to any one with my mic on msn messenger Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52492
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    - Whiteboard in msn messenger 6.2? Hi Can anybody tell me how to / and from where I can install whiteboard to MSN Messenger 6.2 (6.2.0137) Thanks Jan B / Denmark Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52476
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    - 1603!!!!!!!!!!! Can't seem to find solution for 1603 error. Have checked many sites and none of the "solutions" work. Can you help. Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52475
  - 4
    - an error message can someone help me When I try to install MSN messenger 6.2 it installs when I click the desk top icon to open the program there is an error message that reads ... The application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix the problem. Well I tried to re install it but I got the same thing. I can not locate anything on this error message. If you can help please do so. Email kristi_altizer@hotmail.com Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52473
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    - MSN Have a Problem Hey Jonathan and the rest, I came home today to see my MSN in a sorry state, missing contacts, extra contacts I've never seen before and no one online! This is not just me reporting this, friends have phoned me and said there accounts have been deleted or there contact lists are empty. Can we have an update of what is going on? Alex Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52470
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    - messenger 6.1 error when i start audio when I start and audio conversation or I press the webcam button in messenger I suddenly get errors and the messenger terminates, at it give me an error so its imposible for me to use either video or audio conversations. The error I get is this Error 0x62182477 Memory reference 0x00000028 the memory cant be written. Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52469
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    - error 0x81000306 to msn messenger I have a problem i cannot connect to msn messenger . I got an error 0x81000306 . I have windows XP . what can i do???? Please sent me a reply to my problem soon!!! Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52464
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    - Error code: 0x81000370 hi , am getting Error code: 0x81000370. Jonathan, i saw all ur previous messages, and nothings worked. nay other suggestions? r. Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52463
  - 9
    - Messenger contact list problem (missing contacts) Hi! I'm running 6.2 at work and for some strange reason only about one fourth of my contacts show up (at home on version 6.1 all of them are there). I've expanded all groups (including offline) and I am 100% sure that they are not there. In addition, when one of the missing contacts send me a message a get the following a warning in the conversation and I'm not able to reply. Any clues? What do I do? (I've already tried a reinstall.) Regards, Kjetil Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52455
  - 10
    - cam wont transmit in MSN Whats the difference between 6.2 and 6.1 please? I cant see any so far after I d/l it last night. One thing I noticed is I still cant transmit my cam but I CAN see others. Im using WIN XP. No one on here has been able to help me solve this. Does anyone else have this problem? I have zone alarm installed but even turning this off doesnt have any effect Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52449
  - 11
    - Screen delays Running MSN Messenger 6.2 on XP machine. After typing every message into Messenger and pressing enter, the message gets sent immediately to the other person BUT there is a significant delay before the message moves to the "history dialogue" part of the screen - it seems to hang in the box where it was typed. Appreciate any help anyone can give. Richard Tate Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52448
  - 12
    - Logging in automatically in the middle of a session My MSN continuously logs in all by itself at regular intervals, without me doing anything. Does anyone know why that is and how I could stop it? Thank you! Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52447
  - 13
    - suggestions I have a suggestion. Can the contact list size be increased to 250 contacts instead of 150 contacts. How hard is it to increase the amount of contacts. I mean 250 contacts can't take more than 5MB of server space can they? It would be great if msn messenger supported a wider range of webcam's. what about the ability to launch other popular online games from the FUN AND GAMES MENU. like if u have say Counter strike, madden, ETC installed it will appear inthe FUN AND GAMES MENU and u can launch the game straight from there. Also speaking of the fun and games menu. What about having say a button to click on for MORE games. like if u click on more games a popup comes up and u can select from the 100's of games that zone.msn.com right there in the pop up and add to it to fun and games list. Say there are 5 default games. And u can have 5 custom games(which u can add/delete at any time. Kind of like how custom emotions work) Also what about being able to have a WHITEBOARD like u have on windows messenger where people can have a paint brush and just being able to draw things. Also what about a 3 way video conferencing feature. Where u can talk to 3 people at a time uing webcams and there are 3 little windows so u can view ppl's webcams(like 3 way calling on a telephone) Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52445
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    - screenshot person again hey, Could u please post a message in this newsgroup as to when u'll have fix my unable to block contacts problem. i'll be checking this newsgroup tomorrow to see if its fixed Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52444
  - 15
    - jonathan why do ppl's contacts keep disappearing in sign in. is it a server issue. sum said to do this: WINDOWS 2000, XP 1) Click Start > Run 2) Type: %appdata%\Microsoft and press enter. 3) Right-click the MSN Messenger folder and delete it. Now restart MSN Messenger and try to sign in again... WINDOWS 98,ME 1) Click Start > Run 2) Type: %windir% and press enter. 3) Open Application Data and then the Microsoft folder. 4) Right-click the MSN Messenger folder and delete it. why cant msn messenger 6.2 keep the contacts on the contact list? email address that this happens with is: frisk_@hotmail.com Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52440
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    - unblocking problem screenshot continued I am the person who has the unblocking problem. it's my screenshot. THis is my email address: kristinaa90@hotmail.com please fix it Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52433
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    - jonathan very important. screenshot of CAn't unblock contacts prob. http://img67.photobucket.com/albums/v204/sXeTina/Image1.gif here is the unblocking problem. Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52432
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    - can't send messages if u can't send message or can't start conversations with people try this: http://tntmax.com/Download/Software/WinsockXPFix.exe (Make sure when you run the program that you CHECK the box that says "verify/fix LSP") Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52431
  - 19
    - MSN 6.2 no sound my MSN Messenger 6.20137 has no sound, both in and out. I ran the tuning wizard and mic and speakers are fine. The webcam sends and receives fine, just no sound Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52426
  - 20
    - windows msngr 4.2 running and I can't make it stop! All of a sudden Windows Msngr 4.2 has started running whenever I turn my computer on. I typically use MSN Msngr 6.2 and it keeps telling me I am logged in somewhere else. I simply want to run 6.2 and have to sign in every day. It is very aggravating. It keeps signing me in, even though I have the check box marked off. Please help. Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52423
  - 21
    - Cannot block any more contacts Hello, I have a serious problem: I can't block any more contacts in MSN Messenger. Whenever I try to block a contact I get the error: <CONTACT> cannot be blocked. Please try again later. And that's it. I've been having this problem for a couple of weeks now and it's really anoying to be closing the same windows of requests everytime I log on (I don't really know why my account is so popular but everyday I receive about 10 requests from unknown people to be added to their contacts, so you see my problem). I read in this forum that by deleting some of the contacts on my "blocked" list I would be able to block some more people but this really didn't work. Can somebody help me? Is there a fix scheduled for this problem? Best Regards, --oswaldo. Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52420
  - 22
    - Auto login Check BOx is missing Hi I have upgraded the OS to XP at my work and now i have lost the Check box in the Messenger where i can save my userid and password. How do i auto save the useriD and Passoword. Thanks Rupinder Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52417
  - 23
    - No Audio???????? Please help as I'm at my wits end. I have downloaded and installed the latest MSN Messenger (ver 6.2.0137) and Windows Messenger (ver 5.0.0482) but I can't establish a video conference with any of my friends. My pc is running Windows XP SP1 with no firewall and is connected to the Internet via a Netgear WGT624v2 router with its UPnP setting enabled. MSN Messenger states that "You are connected to the Internet through a UPnP symmetric NAT. (Administrator)" and Windows Messenger states "You are currently connected to .NET Messenger Service using a direct connection (no firewall)" My motherboard has an Intel network card built in which I have disabled the QoS setting. With regard to the router I have insured that the UPnP is enabled and can observe the ports dynamically opening, the SPI firewall has been disabled and the firmware is up to date. I personally believe that the problem is with the router as I have had nothing but trouble with it so far (rebooting). However, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt and ask whether or not someone knows how to overcome this problem. Kind regards, Steve Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52416
  - 24
    - can't send images with messenger. hi I have a server FreeBSD with a speedstream 5200 router. My clientes report me than can't send images with your webcams, but they can recieve video. the Files transfer work fine, only video fail. I don't have DMZ on my speedstream and I configure port forwarding 5004 to my server, but nothing. for security reasons I don't open ports range from 5004 to 65535, only 5004 but nothing My O.S. is WinXP and have disabled local firewall to test. any idea ? thanks Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52398
  - 25
    - After logon MSN Messenger 6.2, MSN Messenger freeze I am using Windows XP Professional and just upgrade MSN Messenger to 6.2. After I logon the Messenger, the Messenger just freeze can not doing anything. I tried to reinstall Messenger and no use. Tried use another hotmail account same thing. Can anyone give me some solutions? Tag: contacts disappearing Tag: 52396

why is it alot of ppl's contacts are disappearing when
they log into msn messenger????

reboot the pc and signing in again doesn't bring them back.

is this a server issue?

if so is microsoft looking into this?

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Re: contacts disappearing by Jonathan

Jonathan
Sat Jul 03 03:10:12 CDT 2004

Greetings,

Microsoft is aware of the problem and is working on fixing this issue.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> why is it alot of ppl's contacts are disappearing when
> they log into msn messenger????
>
> reboot the pc and signing in again doesn't bring them back.
>
>
> is this a server issue?
>
> if so is microsoft looking into this?

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