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MSN crashes when opening a conversation

by 1337Pieter Feb 21, 2010 9:38PM PST

Hi all,
im running windows xp 32, and i had downloaded the latest windows live messenger (9.0 if im not mistaken).
after cleaning up my harddisk ( removing some games ) i tried logging on to msn. everything was fine untill i double clicked on a contact in my list to open a conversation, and it just crashed. i shut down msn in task manager, and tried launching ie. it didn't work. i tried shutting down my computer, and it showed a box "SysFader doesn't respond" blabla..
i really dont know whats going on, i tried installing msn version 7.0 and it works perfectly fine..
i'd really appreciate any ideas

tyvm

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Messenger
by jeff_windows_team Feb 22, 2010 5:33AM PST

Is it just that one contact that crashes it?

Might want to remove and reinstall Windows Live Messenger in case it didn't install correctly.

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Messenger
by 1337Pieter Feb 22, 2010 5:08PM PST

Thanks for the response
- No it doesn't crash with just one person, if anyone talks to me or i try to talk to anyone, everything just freezes for msn. i can still go to the start menu or do anything else, msn just crashes.
- I have re

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by jeff_windows_team Feb 23, 2010 4:30AM PST

Were the games tied to MSN in any way? I'm wondering if they took something with it MSN may have needed.

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Nope,
by 1337Pieter Feb 23, 2010 4:39AM PST

in no way, msn could've needed Rise and Fall: Civilizations at war.
Also, when i try to restore the system, it says, C:\ dun wanna because it has been shut off from system restorings, or what ever ittis, translated into english (im using the dutch version)
btw: Virus is back.. AVG found it when i started my pc..
iono if it has anything to do with the msn problem, but most likely not..

tyvm

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by jeff_windows_team Feb 25, 2010 7:30AM PST

If the virus is back I'm wondering if it ever left?!?!?

Try using a program like Malwarebytes to get rid of whatever is infecting your PC.

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by 1337Pieter Feb 25, 2010 5:21PM PST

Thanks for all the responses.
I decided to re

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