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January 19th 04, 07:04 PM
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Messenger on my PC at work
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It appears Windows Messenger is installed on my PC at work (C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmgs.exe is there), but when I double click on it nothing happens. There's no tray icon or program group for Messenger. Is it possible that this is disabled? Can I r e-enable it? Thanks. 
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January 19th 04, 07:04 PM
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Greetings Jacob,
It may be that it's been disabled, depending on what kind of access you have you may be able to reenable it. To try, download and run these .reg files: http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...enger_user.reg http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...emessenger.reg If you get an error on either, that usually indicates that you do not have access to use Messenger. Regardless, if at least one worked, reboot, and then try running it again. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Jacob" wrote in message ... It appears Windows Messenger is installed on my PC at work (C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmgs.exe is there), but when I double click on it nothing happens. There's no tray icon or program group for Messenger. Is it possible that this is disabled? Can I re-enable it? Thanks.
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January 19th 04, 08:03 PM
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That didn't do the trick. There is a PreventAutoRun on both the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mess enger\Client and on the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mes senger\Client with values of 00000001. If I changed these both to 0, do you think that would do it? Thanks. ----- Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote: ----- Greetings Jacob, It may be that it's been disabled, depending on what kind of access you have you may be able to reenable it. To try, download and run these .reg files: http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...enger_user.reg http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...emessenger.reg If you get an error on either, that usually indicates that you do not have access to use Messenger. Regardless, if at least one worked, reboot, and then try running it again. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Jacob" wrote in message ... It appears Windows Messenger is installed on my PC at work (C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmgs.exe is there), but when I double click on it nothing happens. There's no tray icon or program group for Messenger. Is it possible that this is disabled? Can I re-enable it? Thanks.
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January 19th 04, 09:47 PM
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Messenger on my PC at work
Hi Jacob,
PreventAutoRun shouldn't cause this behavior. Have you tried simply installing the latest version of Windows Messenger: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger/download.asp ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Jacob" wrote in message ... That didn't do the trick. There is a PreventAutoRun on both the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mess enger\Client and on the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mes senger\Client with values of 00000001. If I changed these both to 0, do you think that would do it? Thanks. ----- Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote: ----- Greetings Jacob, It may be that it's been disabled, depending on what kind of access you have you may be able to reenable it. To try, download and run these .reg files: http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...enger_user.reg http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...emessenger.reg If you get an error on either, that usually indicates that you do not have access to use Messenger. Regardless, if at least one worked, reboot, and then try running it again. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Jacob" wrote in message ... It appears Windows Messenger is installed on my PC at work (C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmgs.exe is there), but when I double click on it nothing happens. There's no tray icon or program group for Messenger. Is it possible that this is disabled? Can I re-enable it? Thanks.
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January 19th 04, 10:08 PM
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Messenger on my PC at work
I haven't been able to download .exe files in the past, but when I tried today, I was able to download it. Go figure.
However, after installing and trying to open, I get this message: Signing in to .NET Messenger Service failed because the service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. Click the Help button to check the current .NET Messenger status. What's the deal? P.S. I'm also going to repost this question as a new thread. Thanks for your help. ----- Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote: ----- Hi Jacob, PreventAutoRun shouldn't cause this behavior. Have you tried simply installing the latest version of Windows Messenger: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger/download.asp ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Jacob" wrote in message ... That didn't do the trick. There is a PreventAutoRun on both the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mess enger\Client and on the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mes senger\Client with values of 00000001. If I changed these both to 0, do you think that would do it? Thanks. ----- Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote: ----- Greetings Jacob, It may be that it's been disabled, depending on what kind of access you have you may be able to reenable it. To try, download and run these .reg files: http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...enger_user.reg http://messenger.jonathankay.com/dow...emessenger.reg If you get an error on either, that usually indicates that you do not have access to use Messenger. Regardless, if at least one worked, reboot, and then try running it again. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Jacob" wrote in message ... It appears Windows Messenger is installed on my PC at work (C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmgs.exe is there), but when I double click on it nothing happens. There's no tray icon or program group for Messenger. Is it possible that this is disabled? Can I re-enable it? Thanks.
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