Windows Messenger Quits as Soon as opened. Need help.

From: Sean25 (spam@spamcop.net)
Date: 07/03/02 

From: "Sean25" <spam@spamcop.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 11:17:21 GMT

I've just created a new limited user on WindowsXP Pro and Windows Messenger
does nothing when you try to launch it. No error, just quits before it even
loads. Works fine for all other users, but not the newly created user.

I have seen this happen after an admin account resets windows logon password
of a user account, but the password has not been reset and this is a newly
made windows logon account. But I'm sure that even though the password
wasn't reset, that the key to fixing it would be the same as it would if the
password was reset. Is there a registry key or file that needs to be deleted
or set back to a default state in order to get Windows Messenger to be
launchable again?

Does anyone know what file is changed when a password is reset that makes
Windows Messenger no longer load when you try to launch it? Some form of
user certificate maybe? I'm just assuming that this is where the problem
lies, but I have no idea. Does anyone knows any other reason as to why
Windows Messenger would not load for a single user while it continues to run
just fine for other users, if it isn't associated with the same thing that
happens when you reset a user account password?

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