MSN Messenger

[Guest Graham]

I have just had to re-install my XP Home SP1 and now I can't find a version

of Messenger which will work. It keeps prompting me to update but then tells

me the minimum requirement is SP2. Any suggestions? I really don't want to

install SP2.

[Guest Bruce Hagen]

Re: MSN Messenger

 

And why not install SP2? You are running a very outdated and less secure

version of IE & OE. Not to mention that SP3 is only a few months away.

--

Bruce Hagen

MS-MVP Outlook Express

Imperial Beach, CA

 

 

"Graham" <Graham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:299F3BA5-1CC1-4BE9-AA3F-CB96D070FB3B@microsoft.com...

>I have just had to re-install my XP Home SP1 and now I can't find a version

> of Messenger which will work. It keeps prompting me to update but then

> tells

> me the minimum requirement is SP2. Any suggestions? I really don't want

> to

> install SP2.

[Guest Holz]

Re: MSN Messenger

 

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:31:00 -0800

Graham <Graham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Any suggestions? I really don't want to

> install SP2.

 

If you do not install SP2 you might as well turn off your computer.

Period.

 

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Live & let live, or leave.

:-)

[Guest Jim]

Re: MSN Messenger

 

 

"Graham" <Graham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:299F3BA5-1CC1-4BE9-AA3F-CB96D070FB3B@microsoft.com...

>I have just had to re-install my XP Home SP1 and now I can't find a version

> of Messenger which will work. It keeps prompting me to update but then

> tells

> me the minimum requirement is SP2. Any suggestions? I really don't want

> to

> install SP2.

 

My suggestions are:

1) Install SP2 then install Windows Live Messenger (new name for MSN

Messenger)

2) Do nothing (don't install both SP2 and messenger)

[Guest N. Miller]

Re: MSN Messenger

 

On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 22:31:00 -0800, Graham wrote:

> I have just had to re-install my XP Home SP1 and now I can't find a version

> of Messenger which will work. It keeps prompting me to update but then tells

> me the minimum requirement is SP2. Any suggestions? I really don't want to

> install SP2.

 

If you don't want to install SP2, you will have to scour the Internet for a

source of older versions of MSN Messenger. Good luck finding a source which

won't take advantage of the insecurities in your less than SP2 version of

Windows XP.

 

--

Norman

~Oh Lord, why have you come

~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

[Guest windmap]

Re: MSN Messenger

 

Get windows xp service pack 2 from here

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

 

 

"Graham" <Graham@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:299F3BA5-1CC1-4BE9-AA3F-CB96D070FB3B@microsoft.com...

>I have just had to re-install my XP Home SP1 and now I can't find a version

> of Messenger which will work. It keeps prompting me to update but then

> tells

> me the minimum requirement is SP2. Any suggestions? I really don't want

> to

> install SP2.

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: MSN Messenger

 

If your machine's not fully patched, most of your contacts won't want to

chat with you!

 

Graham wrote:

> I have just had to re-install my XP Home SP1 and now I can't find a

> version

> of Messenger which will work. It keeps prompting me to update but then

> tells me the minimum requirement is SP2. Any suggestions? I really don't

> want to install SP2.