Shoutbox

I'm trying to install MSN Messenger on my Internet Explorer-free Windows '98 SE system.

It refuses, because it says it needs Internet Explorer to work. Now I have an Internet Explorer-free system and like to keep it that way. It's a lot faster and doesn't have all the security holes

I installed Internet Explorer, installed MSN Messenger and MSGPLUS, and now I removed Internet Explorer again.

MSN Messenger now still happily sits on my computer and can start it up. But when I try to log in it gives me this error message:

"Sorry, we could not sign you in because the sign-in name you entered does not exist or your password is incorrect 0x81000303"

Now this is pure nonsense as I have two msn messenger accounts that both work on my other computer (which has Internet Explorer). I can even log in with msn messenger clones (which I am not allowed to name here because of the forum agreement).

Now are there people here who are aware of a tweak or registry hack to make msn messenger work when Internet Explorer is not installed? It's technically possible as there are msn clients for linux that work. And they don't need Internet Explorer.

Do you people here know what to do?