Installation/Configuration MSN Messenger

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It appears I should have posted this to the microsoft.public.msn.messenger
newsgroup, which I have now done.


"Phillip Aston" <phillip_aston@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Following the installation of WindowsXP SP2 the MSN plug-in functionality
> for Windows Messenger no longer works.
>
> Unfortunately, we have committed to the business that this functionality
> will be provided and so we need to upgrade to MSN Messenger, while
retaining
> Windows Messenger (With login disabled).
>
> I have been unable to find corporate deployment information for MSN
> Messenger 7.0 including:
>
> 1. Deployment Instaructions on how to install silently while removing
> default installation options (ie MSN Toolbar etc)
> 2. White Paper or similar with configuration options (Group Policy /
> Preferences references in Registry etc.)
> 3. Advantages of upgrading from Windows Messenger 4.7 to 5.1
>
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. There is reams of information
> about Messenger at Microsoft.com, but I am finding it next to impossible
to
> track down the above.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phillip Aston.
>
>