can not start windows messenger

[John Smith]

there are something in event log like this:

The description for Event ID ( 4 ) in Source (
(MSN/Windows) Messenger Service ) cannot be found. The
local computer may not have the necessary registry
information or message DLL files to display messages from
a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE=
flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support
for details. The following information is part of the
event: .

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings John,

Download and run these .reg files in the affected accounts:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/enablewindowsmessenger_user.reg
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/enablemessenger.reg
After running these, reboot and then try opening Windows Messenger again.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"John Smith" > wrote in message
...
> there are something in event log like this:
>
> The description for Event ID ( 4 ) in Source (
> (MSN/Windows) Messenger Service ) cannot be found. The
> local computer may not have the necessary registry
> information or message DLL files to display messages from
> a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE=
> flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support
> for details. The following information is part of the
> event: .
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings John,

Download and run these .reg files in the affected accounts:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/enablewindowsmessenger_user.reg
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/enablemessenger.reg
After running these, reboot and then try opening Windows Messenger again.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"John Smith" > wrote in message
...
> there are something in event log like this:
>
> The description for Event ID ( 4 ) in Source (
> (MSN/Windows) Messenger Service ) cannot be found. The
> local computer may not have the necessary registry
> information or message DLL files to display messages from
> a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE=
> flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support
> for details. The following information is part of the
> event: .
>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings John,

Download and run these .reg files in the affected accounts:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/enablewindowsmessenger_user.reg
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/enablemessenger.reg
After running these, reboot and then try opening Windows Messenger again.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"John Smith" > wrote in message
...
> there are something in event log like this:
>
> The description for Event ID ( 4 ) in Source (
> (MSN/Windows) Messenger Service ) cannot be found. The
> local computer may not have the necessary registry
> information or message DLL files to display messages from
> a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE=
> flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support
> for details. The following information is part of the
> event: .
>
>
>