Greetings,

It's not specifically the Vaio itself, but the Sony software on it. Go over to Add or Remove
Programs in the Control Panel and look for some (especially SonicStage) and remove it.

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"trinirdm" wrote in message
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I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 which uses Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
Operating System. Whenever I try to install Windows Live Messenger (any
version), I am getting an error message saying : Application Failed to
Initialize properly (0xc0000005). I understand this error code is associated
with Sony Vaio computers, but I have a Dell Inspiron 6400. Can someone please
tell me how I can solve this problem so that I can get messenger to run
properly. I have been experiencing this problem since last October and no one
at Dell or Microsoft has been able to help me!!!!!!