Greetings Kilroy,

Another option you've not mentioned here is that some security/antivirus software is known to
cause this problem. You may want to (at least) temporarily uninstall (not just disable) any
such software, reboot and try after that.

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"Kilroy238" wrote in message
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AppName: wlcomm.exe AppVer: 14.0.8050.1202 ModName: ntdll.dll
ModVer: 5.1.2600.5512 Offset: 0001b1fa


I completely uninstalled all old versions. I ran zapmessenger.exe I have
never used windows blinds or any type of theme software. I deleted all the
old cache files.

But still every time I try to connect I get the crash. It doesn't kill the
program but it won't let me connect either.

uWindows Live Communications Platform has encountered a problem and needs
to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience./u

8.5 works just fine and server tests from 2009 say that it can connect to
the server but still no dice....

Any ideas?

TIA