Upgrades

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Eduardo

I have Messenger 4.7 and want to upgrade to 6.0 I don't
get prompted automatically to upgrade. How can I upgrade
rather than download a totally new version?

I have downloaded the new version separately but it
conflicts with the old one when signing in.
 
Greetings Eduardo,

Windows Messenger 4.7 (and 5) are separate products from MSN Messenger 6 (hence the different
names). MSN Messenger 6 *cannot* upgrade Windows Messenger on Windows XP.

To avoid the "conflict" that you're seeing, you can just disable Windows Messenger 4.7 (and
keep full functionality), by opening it up, click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and
unchecking 'Run this program when Windows starts'. This won't stop it from being loaded by
some other application though. As well, you can disable it further by going to Start, Control
Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components on the left, uncheck Windows
Messenger in the components list and click Next >. Note: this is only available if you've
installed Windows XP Service Pack 1 -- if you haven't, visit
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. This won't remove Windows Messenger, but it will let it
stay out of your way, and allow MSN Messenger to work properly.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
 
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