Messenger chat windows do not close right away and sometimes will "not respond" which needs to be End Task???
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Not a solution for the exact problem but my help you from having to end task the process.\n\nPress Ctrl-R and type in regedit and enter\n\nGo to HKEY_Current_User ---> Control Panel --> Desktop and then look for WaitToKillAppTimeout in the right-hand pane.\n\nDouble click on that and enter in 5000 instead of 20000.\n\n1000 = 1 second; So it was at 20 seconds and now Windows will only wait 5 until it decides to automatically end task the program.\n\nWARNING: Be careful in the registry and don't edit anything you know nothing about or your computer might just not turn on the next time you need it to.
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Yahoo so sucks sometimes.  I can't help on the "why", but what works for me when this happens is to do one of 2 things.\n\n1.  Completely exit out of Messenger, then sign back in.  If that     doesn't work, then I\n\n2.  Reboot my pc.
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With the messenger program open, click on tools and go to Options. Go to preferences, and uncheck Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts. That should do it.
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Ok My friend, I think you have PC problems, so the first step is uninstall the messenger, after it, clean up your pc, try this online free service from Windows Live \n\nhttp://safety.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm?s_cid=ideas_wlsc\n\nand make a regular click on FULL SERVICE SCAN button, reboot your PC and try to install the last MSN MESSENGER Version 8\n\nhttp://ideas.live.com/programPage.aspx?versionId=ef051fb5-d20f-41fd-b0c6-06fa1b0445da\n\nHope it work for you.\n\nTake care my friend and good luck\n\nJC
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You might have another program using your sound card.\nwhat u may want to do is this.\nreboot computer and then open up the messenger program. \nthis usually works.
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That is associated with Microsoft Messenger. Since messenger is embedded in to your OS, courtesy of Microsoft you have to disable it from auto running. Here is what ya do:\n\nWhen the .net passport window pops up, hit cancel to bring you back to the main messenger window.\n\nIf hitting cancel does not open up messenger you will need to locate the program and do the following steps.. You can find messenger either in the bottom right corner of your task bar, or in the C:&#92;Program Files&#92;Messenger directory and double click on the msmsgs(.exe) icon.\n\nOnce you have the messenger program open go to Tools > Options. This will open up a dialogue box with all of your messenger options.\n\nProvided you do not want to use messenger, click on the “Preferences” tab at the top of the dialogue box and uncheck the following boxes:\n\n“Run Windows Messenger when Windows Starts”\n\n“Allow Messenger to run in the background”\n\nUn checking those two option will essentially “Turn off” messenger and it will not auto load each time you start your computer.\n\nClick the “ok” button\n\nClose the messenger window and that should do it. I would also check your start up to make sure it is not running in there as well. You can check that by doing the following:\n\nClick on the “Start” button from your task bar go to Programs > Start Up. If you see anything associated with the messenger program in there right click on it and choose delete.\n\nRestart your computer and viola, no more bothersome .net passport screen.
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This sounds like an issue very specific to Live Messenger and I'd recommend contacting Microsoft for help or visiting their online forums to see what other users of that software can come up with.  You should be able to find some direction in the Help menu of the program.
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Every once in a while that will happen to me but ussually ill just restart my computer and turn on yahoo messenger first. That will ussually work for me.
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reinstall messenger first if the problem persist ,, its probably spyware or adware problem it needs more details\ngo to www.cybertechhelp.com they will help u resolve this problem or contact me on b_khz@yahoo.com
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It sounds to me like your keyboard needs remapping! Sometimes if you restart Windows, it fixes itself - so try that first. If that's not sorting it out, download the latest version of Messenger (it's now called Windows Live Messenger) from http://messenger.msn.co.uk \n\nIf not, and you've got an old keyboard lying around: plug that in and see if that works. If so, use that for the meantime and get someone to look at your PC.\n\nAnd just one final tip: you might want to ask for McAfee Internet Security Suite for Xmas. Trend Micro's PC-Cillin is useless and if you bought it from PC World they charge rip-off prices on everything.\n\nGood luck!\n\nAyJay
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If you have a firewall make sure that the firewall is allowing the program to run , otherwise it might be blocking it. Sometimes the server of the messenger has crashes from time to time but this is very rare.  other than that it could be a virus or something . Do you get any Error messages ???  try to go to the troubleshooting.
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Check 'event viewer' to see what is happening when Yahoo Messenger is closed down. You can find it in Control Panel/administrative tools. If event viewer doesn't show what is happening when you get booted out, my advice to you is to reinstall your yahoo messenger software  and reboot your system. In addition, you might wish to double check that your antivirus/spyware detecting/firewall software isn't shutting it down, resetting the permissions if necessary. I had this problem with early releases of SP2 but everything has now been resolved.
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delete msn messenger and go back and down load msn messenger that should fix it.
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If I had to guess I would say that your copy of the program somehow has become corrupted.  I would suggest going to add remove programs, delete messenger.  Then go to Windows home site and download a new copy.  This should fix your problem.
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Try uninstalling Messenger completely through Add/Remove programs and then installing the latest version you downloaded.
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Log out of everything, and shut down all internet windows, go to control panel, uninstall/remove programs, choose messenger. redownload and reinstall it. This is messing everything up.
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The best thing to do with messenger software is to reinstall the application right over the top of the previous installation.  This will make it so that you maintain your contacts and it will repair software files