MSN Messenger Plus, XP SP2 = Links not Working

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I tried searching thru this Newsgroup but...arrrgh...

I am using MSN Messenger 6.2 (6.2.0137) with MsgPlus!
3.25.105 on my Windows XP Pro (SP2) box. Prior to my
recent SP2 update, my MSN 6.2 (with MsgPlus!) functioned
correctly and opened up IE to Hotmail when I clicked on the
"Go to your e-mail box" link (the one that indicated [# new
e-mail messages]). Maybe it is coincidental, but after the
SP2 update, the link no longer works.

Although I never really used them before, but none of the
links on MSN Today work no, either. (I tried them because
of other articles that I had read elsewhere.)

I hae read about the WINDOWS MESSENGER & Hotmail link
issues after SP2, but have yet to come across this
particular issue/problem elsewhere on the net.

Could it be a SP2 related thing or something else
completely? Either way, can anyone help? It really is a
pain to have to have to open IE manually to go to my
Hotmail account. <frown>

Thanks,

Brad