msn messenger not starting

[iboates]

Hi, I have installed msn messenger, and it seems to be a little flakey. I find that occasionally, it just won't launch. I'll click on the icon, and nothing happens. So naturally I thought that something just messed up in the launch process, and so i hit ctrl+alt+del to close it, and that's when i notice this:

Now I just let this go, thinking it was just taking a long time to load, because I used it right after playing Half-Life 2, which requires a godawful resource-eating behemoth known as "Steam" to play it. So I let it sit for awhile, but nothing happens. All that seems to happen is it sits there in my task manager, randomly changing its CPU usage.

I've tried ending the process, then opening it again, restarting, shutting down completely, but nothing seems to work.

Any ideas?

[Scarecrow Man]

Uninstall, then re-install it. It will not remove any of your contacts.

http://messenger.live.com/

:lol: 'a godawful resource-eating behemoth known as "Steam"' - I know what you mean ;)

[iboates]

Uninstall, then re-install it. It will not remove any of your contacts.

http://messenger.live.com/

:lol: 'a godawful resource-eating behemoth known as "Steam"' - I know what you mean ;)

Didn't work, it still takes ages to load :/

[iboates]

Uninstall, then re-install it. It will not remove any of your contacts.

http://messenger.live.com/

:lol: 'a godawful resource-eating behemoth known as "Steam"' - I know what you mean ;)

Didn't work, it still takes ages to load :/

And, now, when it actually loads, it crashes moments after I start typing.