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Live Messenger Error 80070005 Vista Fix

Problem: Unable to log in to Live Messenger on Vista with Error Code 80070005

After installing Live Messenger, the check boxes below the username/password fields are disabled. When trying to login, error code 80070005 is displayed immediately(There’s no sign of it trying to connect)

I have tried to fix it by removing the windows account password to log in to Live Messenger, but that didn’t work.

Solution:

Quite simple, create another windows administrator account and use live messenger there. Creating a non administrator account might work as well, but I didn’t try that.

The error is believed to be caused by the interface - Live Messenger’s interface is not translucent like the rest of the applications in Windows Aero.

One response so far

One Response to “Live Messenger Error 80070005 Vista Fix”

  1. SteveGon Jul 31st 2008 at 1:48 pm

    Bud you’ll get a patch here to fix the problem:

    http://www.fanatic.net.nz/2007/03/14/how-to-stop-dep-crashing-messenger-on-vista/

    Good Luck.

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