Thanks Cookie! I have made progress... but still same error message...Please see my thread at:
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=93862
I apologize for posting here when I have my own thread, but the reason being is cause I followeed the steps in this thread and
I was finally able to uninstall and reinstall Windows live Messenger. However, when I tried to log in again the infamous error code poped up again...
I also cant completely close messenger unles I reestart my computer...aghhh!
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