[andyzxc]

ive had the same problem, on various installations of xp with a few versions of messinger.

i tried something today, which seems to have worked, i opened task manager, and started terminating processes at random, then after i decided ide done enough tried msn again, no luck, i shut down msn, and reopened it and its working perfectly, ill add an update next time i restart my computer as to what likly caused it. Ie by process of elimination, ill crash a process then try msn, then if still not working move to the next, untill i find the likly culprit.

but you are correct it is the most annoying problem i have delt with on a computer for a longgggg time its sooooo agrivating ahhhhhhhhh lol