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Originally posted by jennyspider
Thankyou 
I got "Activation context generation failed for "C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe". Dependent Assembly Microsoft.VC90.CRT,processorArchitecture="x86",publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b",type="win32",version="9.0.30729.1" could not be found. Please use sxstrace.exe for detailed diagnosis."
and the event ID is 33
Hi, Jenny.
It appears that you don't have the Visual C++ Redistributable required for MSN, but that may not be your fault, and it may not even be true.
**I assume that you're using
Vista 32 bit because you didn't supply me with an OS and you used the steps I outlined for Vista.**
I'm sure that you've most likely attempted this, but we're going to try and update the files that contain the Visual C++ DLLs that are used in the side by side manifest of msnmsgr.exe.
Click on your Start Menu.
Click on Control Panel.
Under "Programs" click on "Uninstall a program".
The programs window will then compile all of the programs installed on your computer. You want to scroll down until you locate any entry with the following:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable - x## #.#.#####.##
If you find one or more files there, make a note of them. We will try and fix the problem here and now, but if it doesn't work, I need you to give me all the information you can.
Leave this window open, and don't uninstall anything.
The next step is to download the
Visual C++ 2008 redistributable and the
Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Service Pack.
Install each of those, in the order downloaded and
AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, and you should be fine.
If this does not fix the problem, we will need to uninstall and reinstall some things.
With your Uninstall Programs window still open (Ahhh, see why we left it open?) Uninstall each of the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 entries that you find. Following this, we need to uninstall Microsoft Live Messenger itself, this can be accomplished by scrolling down in your "Uninstall Programs" window to "Windows Live Essentials 2011" (Assuming you're using 2011). Double click on this entry and uninstall EVERY WINDOWS LIVE PROGRAM in the window that comes up.
Following this, you should restart your computer.
Once booted up, reinstall Windows Live Messenger, and then each of the Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 redistributables that I linked to above.
This
should fix your problem for you.
If it didn't, then there is another step we can try.
If this worked for you, please be sure to tell us exactly what you did so that others with this problem can find the solution as well.
If this didn't work for you, tell me what programs you found under the Uninstall Programs window for your Visual C++ 2008 Redistributables.
Hope that works.
Keep me posted, we'll get this fixed.
-BA.
