http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums Topic: (Solved) Windows Live Messenger problem . . . en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:57:31 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/windows-live-messenger-problem-#post-37278 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:01:37 +0000 BobJam 37278@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hey Mods - mark this one "solved".</p> <p>Turns out that Messenger 5.1 communicates just fine with 8.5, and they can both coexist on the same machine. Thanks, AGAIN, to ScottW for helping me solve this problem. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/windows-live-messenger-problem-#post-36683 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:14:25 +0000 BobJam 36683@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>WLM 8.5 (NOTE to ScottW, this isn't the same iteration we used in our CrossLoop experiments, and you aren't the contact I'm talking about):</p> <p>I've posted this on a few other forums dedicated to WLM (MSN Geeks at <a href='http://www.msngeeks.com/forum/'>http://www.msngeeks.com/forum/</a> and BigBlueBall.com at <a href='http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/'>http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/</a>), but I thought maybe someone here might answer this.</p> <p>When I add a certain contact (I've only added this one person, so I don't know if this would happen for other contacts), it doesn't even show the IM selection when I right click the contact, only the email selection shows . . . and this contact is a .NET/hotmail person with WLM 8.5 also. And the contact logo stays grey instead of turning green WHEN I KNOW THAT PERSON IS ON LINE IN WLM. </p> <p>Additionally, the Edit Contact window shows "Status: Pending", and it has done so for the past couple of days.</p> <p>That person can add me just fine, and the IM selection is there. And that person has sent me an IM, but I never get it. They tried sending me an IM with 5.1 (native to Windows), but that didn't work either.</p> <p>I checked my "Privacy" option and indeed that person is listed as "Allow".</p> <p>I looked at the FAQ solution at BigBlueBall.com (<a href='http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/windows-live-messenger-support/38474-msn-windows-live-messenger-faq.html'>http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/windows-live-messenger-support/38474-msn-windows-live-messenger-faq.html</a>) about hacking the registry (see no. 17, the very last one), but interestingly it only applies to versions previous to 8.5. I do have the "Share" item in the registry, deleted it, but still no joy.</p> <p>I even tried the solution to delete the Contacts cache folders in Documents and Settings referenced in a BigBlueBall.com post here: <a href='http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/windows-live-messenger-support/38283-cant-add-contacts-windows-live-messenger.html.'>http://www.bigblueball.com/forums/windows-live-messenger-support/38283-cant-add-contacts-windows-live-messenger.html.</a><br /> Still no joy. I even rebooted after applying both the registry hack and that Documents and Settings deletion, and still nothing.</p> <p>I've searched all over those WLM forums and Googled, and this issue seems like a pretty common problem, but I've been unable to see a solution for it besides the two that I referenced above . . . and as I've said, they didn't work for me.</p> <p>I've also tried uninstalling (and it was complete, using RevoUnistaller to remove registry remnants too) and reinstalling, but no joy there either.</p> <p>And I tried blocking and unblocking again.</p> <p>Any other solutions out there I can try?? </p>