Help!!I am desperate with the goddamn windows live messenger

[LoWRiDeR82]

Whenever I launch the application messenger crashes and says windows live messenger stopped working.Problem reporting gives this:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: msnmsgr.exe
Application Version: 8.1.178.0
Application Timestamp: 45b12d6a
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Fault Module Timestamp: 4791a783
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0007dcbc
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: bfef
Additional Information 2: e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863
Additional Information 3: bfef
Additional Information 4: e8adce1c2b9e7be834b4063ac3c53863

I've tried everything I could imagine, uninstalling, cleaning registry, reinstalling various versions. None will work. I just formatted my pc and everything else is flying on vista 64. Messenger was working at start, but after a few win updates it stopped and I can't fix it in any way....can someone please help me? I'd hate to reformat my computer!

[Mean Machine]

I'd say use Miranda or something else that both works and doesn't piss you off all the time by being annoying.

[theredhairball]

Uninstall messenger and anything else live related using revouninstaller. After that, go download the latest version of live essentials (or whatever it's called) and see if that helps. If not, I have no idea, I don't use MSN messenger.

I also recommend using a different client, however I find Pidgin is the best. It's open source and has tons of plug-ins. I run it on 2 Vista x64 machines and a Windows 7 x64 machine with no problems at all. Give it a try if all else fails.

[LoWRiDeR82]

Ok guys, I see on the net that tons of people have the same problem and noone knows how to fix it, at least ill post my solution for the users of nordichardware.Apparently there was something wrong with my hard drive, I booted with MiniPE, ran a couple of disk checking/error correcting tests, and messenger works fine now! Thank you both for your replies anyway!

[Delph1]

Glad things solved themselves. Do try Pidgin if you get the chance. There are tons of plugins and themes to download

//Andreas

[mjw21a]

Just use Pidgin, its awesome unless you need webcam support.