a couple of years ago i had installed the latest version of windows messenger because it was required but soon after that i kept on having the error message that begins with "window live communication platform has encountered....." I tried all the solutions that people posted but nothing really worked for me. I got frustrated and somehow found a way to download a previous version of windows messenger. It has been working fine for me but i was wondering if the problem with windows live messenger has been fixed.... i wanted to try downloading it again but i am afraid that i might have problems with the previous version that is working property right now.... does anyone know?