MsnMessenger sucks
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I've just worked out that whenever my PC dies, MSN Messenger dies first. It takes up 100% of processor, and I have to kill it. THEN explorer takes up 50% and is unresponsive until I kill it, and then ( sometimes ) other apps such as IE, Firefox and Thunderbird do the same. Explorer sometimes comes good if I restart it, but usually does not. Sadly, MSN Messenger is vital to how I do my work, so I can't just not run it. I may trying to run the old Windows Messenger, it still works with the same network, right ?
Christian Graus - C++ MVP
Is it MSN or Windows Live Messenger that's crashing like that?
Christian Graus wrote:
I may trying to run the old Windows Messenger, it still works with the same network, right ?
Windows Messenger works fine the way things are. I sometimes sign into one account in WLM and another in Windows Messenger at the same time.
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I've just worked out that whenever my PC dies, MSN Messenger dies first. It takes up 100% of processor, and I have to kill it. THEN explorer takes up 50% and is unresponsive until I kill it, and then ( sometimes ) other apps such as IE, Firefox and Thunderbird do the same. Explorer sometimes comes good if I restart it, but usually does not. Sadly, MSN Messenger is vital to how I do my work, so I can't just not run it. I may trying to run the old Windows Messenger, it still works with the same network, right ?
Christian Graus - C++ MVP
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I've just worked out that whenever my PC dies, MSN Messenger dies first. It takes up 100% of processor, and I have to kill it. THEN explorer takes up 50% and is unresponsive until I kill it, and then ( sometimes ) other apps such as IE, Firefox and Thunderbird do the same. Explorer sometimes comes good if I restart it, but usually does not. Sadly, MSN Messenger is vital to how I do my work, so I can't just not run it. I may trying to run the old Windows Messenger, it still works with the same network, right ?
Christian Graus - C++ MVP
Trillian?[^] I have that running all the time (connected to ICQ, that our office uses) and have never had any stability issues
-- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
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Trillian?[^] I have that running all the time (connected to ICQ, that our office uses) and have never had any stability issues
-- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit! Buzzwords!
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3ded. It works perfectly and has less clutter than the official client (No Ads for example :-D)
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Yeah, that's what I meant. I was running live messenger ( got the latest version yesterday ). Today, I've reverted to plain Windows Messenger.
Christian Graus - C++ MVP
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Christian Graus wrote:
I may trying to run the old Windows Messenger, it still works with the same network, right ?
I think I tried that once and it wouldn't even start up. It would tell me, you "must" install the upgrade. Maybe I was doing something wrong, but I just gave up and now use GTalk. Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithI tried that, I had no luck getting all my contacts to use GTalk as well.
Christian Graus - C++ MVP
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Is it MSN or Windows Live Messenger that's crashing like that?
Christian Graus wrote:
I may trying to run the old Windows Messenger, it still works with the same network, right ?
Windows Messenger works fine the way things are. I sometimes sign into one account in WLM and another in Windows Messenger at the same time.
Live Messenger.
Christian Graus - C++ MVP
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I tried that, I had no luck getting all my contacts to use GTalk as well.
Christian Graus - C++ MVP
Christian Graus wrote:
I had no luck getting all my contacts to use GTalk as well.
I know what you mean. I decided the people that really wanted to keep in touch with me would install GTalk. Rather cutthroat of me, but then again, I don't use Msg or GTalk for clients. Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith -
Christian Graus wrote:
I had no luck getting all my contacts to use GTalk as well.
I know what you mean. I decided the people that really wanted to keep in touch with me would install GTalk. Rather cutthroat of me, but then again, I don't use Msg or GTalk for clients. Marc
People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh SmithYeah, that's not really an option for me, sadly.
Christian Graus - C++ MVP