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From what I can tell imzers.com is no longer being maintained, and hence I can no longer recommend it. -Leo 02-Aug-2009

I get a lot of questions from people having problems with MSN Messenger. A lot of questions. MSN-Problems.com turns out to be a very helpful resource with recommendations for each of the various MSN Messenger versions and error codes that people are experiencing. There's also a very active forum with even more advice from folks very knowledgeable and on-top of current Messenger issues.

Article C2493 - December 16, 2005

Leo Leo A. Notenboom has been playing with computers since he was required to take a programming class in 1976. An 18 year career as a programmer at Microsoft soon followed. After "retiring" in 2001, Leo started Ask Leo! in 2003 as a place for answers to common computer and technical questions. More about Leo.

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Anytime i go to send someone a message my msn messenger closes. It only did it every once in awhile when i had the old msn messenger but when i updated it, it wont let me send a message at all.

Posted by: Alandra at April 27, 2009 10:15 PM

hey
im using msn 2009 joint with messenger plus
i cannot have joint conversations
the option at the top of the page is grey
so i cannot select it
in any conversations
ive checked options
cant find anything wrong thats not ticked or anything

Posted by: marx at May 2, 2009 11:25 PM

i enjoy msn chatrooms,today 5-10-09 i was suddenly banned from chat,i have no idea why,i followed all rules and did not say anything wrong,the banned came from a adminisrater named rj3 or simular name.Can you please tell me why?Thank you

Posted by: Mike at May 10, 2009 1:50 PM

heyy leo, i delete my new msn from my computer and i trued to redownload it and it says its already in my home drive but i cant seem to find it anywhere on my comp, even in teh control panel .. can you please help me cause ive been trying to fix this problem for months

thank you

Posted by: Nisoba at July 14, 2009 9:41 AM

leo i am having trouble with msn messenger. messenger is in my email and also on the regular msn. when i go to my email the other one signs me out? can you help?

Posted by: margaret at July 16, 2009 5:45 AM