Greetings Jim,

You may be able to work around the problem by simply installing manually by just running the
latest Messenger.msi and Contacts.msi installers, which you can find he
http://messengergeek.spaces.live.com...DA1!3332.entry

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"JimMask" wrote in message
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I have messenger live, but when I try to log in Im getting an error
which says to update my messenger to Windows Live Essentials. but when
I click the update it wont. it freezes. please help I cant use my msn
any more.




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JimMask