Re: Windows Messenger Quits as Soon as opened. Need help.

From: Jason Tsang (jason-onlineDEL@ETEmvps.org)
Date: 07/03/02 

From: "Jason Tsang" <jason-onlineDEL@ETEmvps.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 11:52:14 -0400

Feeling broadband withdrawal yet Jonathan? =) 

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"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message news:Ovv2VaqICHA.2620@tkmsftngp13...
> Greetings Sean,
> 
> It's a bug in Messenger 4.6.  In previous versions of Messenger, if the registry keys for
> Messenger didn't exist, Messenger would create it them itself.  Beginning with Messenger 4.6
> however, when not under an administrator account, instead of creating the missing registry
> keys, it simply exits.  The latest Messenger 4.7 beta (not publically available), fixes this
> problem.
> 
> Besides doing what you suggested, you can just run a .reg file to replace the missing
> registry key and data (I normally have it on my web site, but it's down temporary at the
> moment, so I've just attached it to this post).
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Windows MVP, Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> 
> "Sean25" <spam@spamcop.net> wrote in message news:zCBU8.5791$0c1.469596@news1.west.cox.net...
> > Ok, after writing this, I know what caused it but still don't know why it
> > is. I don't know why I didn't remember this, because I had already seen this
> > happen from experience with XP in the past. If you create a new user
> > account, you have to log into it for the first time as an admin account and
> > then later change it to a limited user. If you log into a new account for
> > the first time and it is set to limited, Windows Messenger refuses to load.
> >
> > I've seen this in the past, but forgot that I had done this on this account.
> > Anyway, I deleted the account and started over, logged into it as an admin
> > account first and then changed it back to limited, which fixed my problem.
> > But as long as I have this post here, I'm wondering if anyone knows why this
> > is. You'd think Windows Messenger would be smart enough - since I know I'm
> > not the only person who creates a limited user account without making sure
> > to log in with it as an admin account for the first logon.
> >
> > Is there any reason for this behavior? It is repeatable every time - and
> > Windows Messenger will refuse to run ever on an account that has been logged
> > in for the first time as a non-admin account. The only way to correct it is
> > to delete the account and start over, logging in with the account being an
> > admin account for the first logon.
> >
> > "Sean25" <spam@spamcop.net> wrote in message
> > news:53BU8.5785$0c1.466760@news1.west.cox.net...
> > > 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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