Outlook, Hotmail, Messenger, and XP Service Pack 2

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I've been using Windows Messenger for years, and have
grown very accustomed to the popup window that sprouts
when I receive a new email in my Hotmail account.

Since installing Windows XP Service Pack 2, the popup no
longer appears. Also, (and I know this is related) when
I right-click on the Messenger icon and select "My E-mail
Inbox", it opens Outlook (which I've also used for years
for my corporate email), instead of Hotmail in Internet
Explorer.

Now, I'm a well-educated, technically savvy software
engineer, but this problem's got me whining and crying
like a noob. Somebody, anybody, please tell me how to
fix this!

J
misfit815@hotmail.com

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?)

Greetings J,

The Windows Messenger version within SP2 no longer supports Hotmail, which is why you're no
longer seeing the alerts.

To quickly fix this, simply downgrade back to the previous version from here:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/det [...] 597545a6b4

You'll also probably need the Hotmail Add-In:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/det [...] 9d0a705f55
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"J" <misfit815@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1b0c01c4a660$eff9c010$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I've been using Windows Messenger for years, and have
> grown very accustomed to the popup window that sprouts
> when I receive a new email in my Hotmail account.
>
> Since installing Windows XP Service Pack 2, the popup no
> longer appears. Also, (and I know this is related) when
> I right-click on the Messenger icon and select "My E-mail
> Inbox", it opens Outlook (which I've also used for years
> for my corporate email), instead of Hotmail in Internet
> Explorer.
>
> Now, I'm a well-educated, technically savvy software
> engineer, but this problem's got me whining and crying
> like a noob. Somebody, anybody, please tell me how to
> fix this!
>
> J
> misfit815@hotmail.com
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?)

Hi,

Well, it wasn't my decision =)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Brucefl" <Thisisnotreal@no.com> wrote in message
news:%238QTrOopEHA.3172@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Makes a lot of sense, I guess they want people to switch to msn.
> Amazing they have something that works, then they have to mess it up.
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
> news0ttJCnpEHA.3900@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Greetings J,
>>
>> The Windows Messenger version within SP2 no longer supports Hotmail, which is why you're
>> no
>> longer seeing the alerts.
>>
>> To quickly fix this, simply downgrade back to the previous version from here:
>> http://microsoft.com/downloads/det [...] 597545a6b4
>>
>> You'll also probably need the Hotmail Add-In:
>> http://microsoft.com/downloads/det [...] 9d0a705f55
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>
>> "J" <misfit815@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1b0c01c4a660$eff9c010$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>> I've been using Windows Messenger for years, and have
>>> grown very accustomed to the popup window that sprouts
>>> when I receive a new email in my Hotmail account.
>>>
>>> Since installing Windows XP Service Pack 2, the popup no
>>> longer appears. Also, (and I know this is related) when
>>> I right-click on the Messenger icon and select "My E-mail
>>> Inbox", it opens Outlook (which I've also used for years
>>> for my corporate email), instead of Hotmail in Internet
>>> Explorer.
>>>
>>> Now, I'm a well-educated, technically savvy software
>>> engineer, but this problem's got me whining and crying
>>> like a noob. Somebody, anybody, please tell me how to
>>> fix this!
>>>
>>> J
>>> misfit815@hotmail.com
>>>
>>
>>
>
>