Greetings,
The easiest solution would be to either install Windows Messenger 5.1 from here:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/detai...f-9157a3b3d774
or use MSN Messenger instead:
http://messenger.msn.com/download
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
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"JAR" <JAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I can't work out how to get signed easily on to Windows Messenger. Messenger
> isn't in "All Programs" in my Start Menu and there is no icon in my Task bar.
> Presently I am having to do an search in "Help and Support" and then
> selecting " Open Windows Messenger" from the search result. The Messenger
> icon then appears in the task bar and I can sign in and sign out as often as
> I like during the session, but once I turn the PC off and then back on again,
> the icon has disappeared and I have to go through the Help and Support route
> again.
>