For the last few days my messenger has started dropping the letters h&a if they are typed next to each other, and appears in the person I am talking to as some odd symbols. Can anyone assist me in this matter. I have uninstalled it and rebboted and reinstalled it, but to no avail, the problem persists. Thanks alot. My OS is XP Pro with SP2 installed

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