I did have the exact problem you described. No idea what caused it.
I did a recent reinstall of OS becuse of a new H/D. (the pause is gone for
now)
Just replied so you knew you weren't alone with that problem.
Chester

"joe" wrote in message
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Hello.

When I chat with Windows Messenger, the program freezes for a couple
seconds. I don't recall making any major system changes before this
happened. I tried uninstalling the program and reinstalling it but that
didn't solve it. Have you heard of this problem before?

Thanks!