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O.P. Severe WLM crash problem
I have a severe problem with Windows Live Messenger (Ver. 8.1, Windows XP SP2). It keeps crashing all the time. I chat with people, and suddenly it crashes and I have to login again. Then it might crash a few seconds later, or it might be nice to me and let me chat for several minutes before it crashes again. If I chat with several people and I close one of the chat windows - it automatically crashes.
Using Messenger this way is a real ordeal!
The error msg that it displays when it crashes is the regular Windows error msg, "Windows Live Messenger has encountered a problem and needs to close, we are sorry for the inconvenience".
I tried to uninstall and re-install it, but to no avail. Installing a newer version hasn't solved the problem as well. Removing cam driver didn't help.
I guess Messenger stores tons of information in the Registry, which is not erased when I uninstall it, and therefore uninstalling has no effect.
My guess is that what I need to do is "totally" remove Messenger from the Registry (incl. my contact list etc), and then to re-install it from the beginning.
Any idea how to do it?
Any other idea how to solve this problem?
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