Can't log into MSN Instant Messenger with Vista

Factual Questions
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Okay, I freely admit it.

I screwed up.

I bought my wife an Acer PC laptop for christmas 'cause she wanted a laptop and we didn’t really have enough cash to get the Mac I wanted to get her. So here I am, a dedicated Mac user trying to relearn windows.

Here’s the latest problem: I set up an account for instant messenger on the MSN webpage and downloaded the program. When I try to log in, I get a message saying I can’t log in because it is an old version of MSN Instant Messenger and I can’t upgrade until I log in as the administrator.

It can’t be an old version, I just down loaded the thing. And the only account on the machine is the admin, I am logged in as the admin, and I can’t see any way to get this thing working.

It’s been two years since I’ve had to deal with this … … stuff (and I think I’m being really civil about it in this post!) - can anybody tell me what’s wrong with this picture?

Browser = latest incarnation of Firefox
Security = McAfee (most expensive top of the line includes everything needed to combat everything that is out there trying to take over the machine.)

Now I remember why I really learned to hate windows.

Thanks for your help. And your patience.

Lucy

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The program you have is Windows Live Messenger, right?

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Your link apparently can detect that I’m on a mac, so I had to go over on the wife’s laptop to get there. Seems that even though I had just downloaded the messenger, it was not, in fact the latest version …

Thanks for the link, I think I’ve got it up and working now.

Kudos.

Whooish me luck in PC land :smiley:

Lucy