HELP!! Messenger 5.1.0701

Ok, I know this isn't really the best place to post this but I am at wits-end.
I am currently running in a Server 2000 and Exchange 2000 environment. All
my my users and workstations are currently on XP Pro using Messenger 5.1.0701
for our inhouse IM. Here is my problem; I have installed Vista on a
workstation to better familiarize myself with the new OS before it starts to
affect my users and Messenger 5.1.0701 is now incompatable and will crash is
forced to load and is used.

I am now in the process of upgrading to a 2003 environment (both for Server
and Exchange) and also standing up a Live Office Communication Server 2005. I
just now noticed that Messenger 5.1 is one of the requirements for LCS. How
can I work around this, or is there a newer version of Messenger that will
work with Vista?

In this NG I read that Messenger 5.1 should work with vista. Go to my post
dated 8. January 07 (messenger integrated in Vista?)

There you will also read that there is an Office Communicator.

According to the White Papers
(Office_Communicator_2005_Planning_and_Deployment. doc) for Communicator
2005...let me copy and paste....

Planning Your Communicator 2005 Deployment

Planning is the very first step in the process of deploying Communicator
2005 in your enterprise.
Before making the decision to purchase and deploy Communicator 2005 in your
enterprise, it is critical that you understand the dependencies and
prerequisites for Communicator 2005. The following are the primary
dependencies.
• Live Communications Server 2005 with SP1 and a dependency on Active
Directory
• Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Standard and Enterprise Editions, and as
related dependencies:
• Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1
• Internet Information Server 6.0
• Windows Messenger 5.1

I also posted under your topic to help discribe the problem i am having with
5.1.0701. I can tell Messenger to run anyway and it will, it will even let me
log in and will appear to work and function fine. The problem comes when a
chat inside a chat window is large enough to require the use of a scroll bar,
that is when the program crashes.


"Alain Stucki" wrote:

In this NG I read that Messenger 5.1 should work with vista. Go to my post
dated 8. January 07 (messenger integrated in Vista?)

There you will also read that there is an Office Communicator.

Hi,

Indeed. So I guess (and I realize this is completely and absolutely laughable) a workaround
is to maximize the window and close it (Esc is a fast way) before the scroll bar appears.

Looks like the problem might be in the RichEdit control given the crash data. If we're
lucky, it may get fixed by Redmond with a new build although I haven't heard anything.

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"jcovert" wrote in message
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I also posted under your topic to help discribe the problem i am having with
5.1.0701. I can tell Messenger to run anyway and it will, it will even let me
log in and will appear to work and function fine. The problem comes when a
chat inside a chat window is large enough to require the use of a scroll bar,
that is when the program crashes.