Hey Peppy,
I agree with you regarding Windows 98 and version 3.6, but I occasionally
setup XP to use on my desktop and have a friend with a laptop running
XP, and on both systems 3.6 are not compatable (or maybe I should say there are drivers on the system) that are not compatable
with messenger 3.6. On both these systems 3.6 will install just fine
and work great in text messaging mode but will error out and crash whenever you try to run the audio setup wizard which it forces you to
run the first time you try to start a voice conversation with someone.
On my desktop system I figured out it was the modem driver that
was incompatable with version 3.6 on XP. The standard modem driver
that XP installs works fine with version 3.6, however the standard
driver does not allow my modem to work to it's full abilities. It's a
voice modem and with the standard driver none of the voice abilities
will work. So I am forced to install the driver from the manufacturer
(unsigned-but the latest and only drivers I can find for this modem are
unsigned). After installing the driver, the voice functions for the modem
work, but then MSN Messenger 3.6 will start crashing whenever the
voice wizard is run. I would assume it is something similar on my friend's
laptop that causes it to crash in the same place but I haven't troubleshot
the laptop to narrow down the exact cause.
I like 3.6 otherwise, it works great under 98, the only other gripe I have
is I wish someone could come up with a patch that would permanently
allow you to get rid of the upgrade nag, instead of only being able to
shut it off for a week at a time.
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