Re: MAC OS X - Messenger 6.0.3 - problem

I had the same problem with the latest Messenger, version 7.0.1. I just
couldn't sign in because it wanted a newer version installed, which is
nonsensical because I downloaded the newest version. I stumbled on the
solution by accident. It is really simple. You probably have more than one
version of Messenger installed on jou computer without knowing it. Do the
following:
* Go to Applications.
* Click once on Microsoft Office to see what programs you have there. You
might find a Microsoft Messenger there.
* If so, click once on the name to see the icon. At the bottom of the icon
you will see which version you have. If older than the one you downloaded,
trash it.
* Look in the Applications folder above Microsoft Office - the latest
Messenger I had downloaded was placed there, not inside the Office file.
* Now click once on the name to see the icon and check which version it
is. If it's the one you downloaded, double-click on it and sign in.
* Also, see if you have an icon of Messenger on you dock. If so, drag it
off. Then drag the icon of the Messenger you downloaded on the dock.
Version 7's icon is outlined in white.
* When you downloaded and installed Messenger, it automatically searched
your Mac for an older version and deleted it. But it didn't delete ALL
versions - that's the problem. In my Trash I discovered MSN Messenger 3
deleted by the installing program, but I still had Messenger 4 in my MS
Office file, which I trashed myself.
* You can also search your Mac with Spotlight to check if there are still
other older versions of Messenger hidden away somewhere on your hard
drive. If so, trash them. After a lot of teeth gna****ng and hair pulling,
Messenger 7 works fine now. I hope my solution will apply to you.
PS: If all else fails, download Yahoo! Messenger at messenger.yahoo.com -
then your friends just have to open an account with Yahoo! too.
PSS: Did you know that you can chat to MSN and Yahoo! buddies within iChat
(Mac's native messenger), using Jabber? Jabber is an instant messaging
system built into iChat. To find out how it works, go to:
allforces.com/2005/05/06/ichat-to-msn-through-jabber