Messenger Gadget screenshot - "Messenger not installed or blocked"
Some of you might have seen (or read comments about) a blank gadget with an “undefined” message in the previous version of the gadget. This “undefined” message have been replaced with the message in the screenshot above which includes a link to this article.
There are two reasons that I know of that cause this error. The first cause is that Windows Live Messenger is not installed. Yes, it has to be installed and the gadget can not run by itself. It runs alongside Windows Live Messenger. The gadget is not intended to replace Windows Live Messenger.
The second cause is a little bit more complicated so I’ll try to give a “not-so-technical” explanation and a more technical explanation for those curious.
Not-so-technical explanation:
The “program” that the gadget uses to get the information from Windows Live Messenger is blocked in you machine. There are at least two ways this can happen. One is that your administrator blocked it, the other is that you installed some version of WL Messenger that blocked it. For some reason that I don’t know, the “program” was blocked in one of the previous versions of WL Messenger. If you installed that version, it does not matter if you un-install it or install a newer version, once it is blocked, it is blocked for good.
The very technical explanation:
One of the previous versions of WL Messenger added the ActiveX control used by the gadget to the kill bit list. I highly recommend not messing with those setting as they may leave your machine in an unsafe and/or unusable state.
hmm.. maybe you should use a better programm..why dont you try to access the stats over windows or over msn-plus add-on for windows live?
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should pull this gadget if it doesn't f'ing work! If you don't have an OS that supports gadgets you can use it...
ReplyDeleteGadget not so useful.....
ReplyDeleteich schaffs gar ned das des shit goht i würd sega erkläran genau was maha bin ned so an pc freak und do stoht gar ned was ma maha muas -.-
ReplyDeleteund wenns so isch machan glei oans wo FUNKTIONIERT oda bi da installation goht
For me it dose work sometimes, like it has a mind of it's own.
ReplyDeleteIt has worked before, but now it doesn't, but I can't open messenger now.
ReplyDeleteWhat are i going to do?
Please, I need help!
that exact thing happened to me (it wont work and now i cant even turn messenger on) HELP!!!!
ReplyDeletewhat do i do to make it work
ReplyDeleteHaceis programas y luego no sabeis solucionar los problemas, es una pena, pero internet lo estais destrozando poniendo cosas que ya no sirven y no dais soporte :-(
ReplyDeletecrap
ReplyDeletethat came up when i stoped it from signing me in.
ReplyDeletejust it is mess
ReplyDeleteits useless
ReplyDeleteit not workin helllllpppp
ReplyDeleteI don't know what happened, it just suddenly deleted itself off my sidebar and now I'm getting that "not working" blank gadget...
ReplyDeleteit happened after a update to the beta WL. so probably something in the software has moved and the bar is not accessing it anymore
ReplyDeleteمن الصعب على الانسان الوصول الى كل مايريد
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DeleteI am not sure you have identified the problem correctly. Most times I boot up my PC and it works fine, other times I get the "Not Working" message "Messenger not installed or blocked". If I then reboot the PC it works, or sometimes it take a couple or reboots to get it working. Its very hit or miss!!
ReplyDeletei'm not sure how i got this crap on my machine, but if you cannot fix things then you should not be sending this stuff to other people, you obviously don't know enough to be doing this sort of thing, i want it removed and i want it removed NOW
ReplyDeleteYa, it worked fine for me up until I installed the latest version of WL messenger - guess it's not compatible with the new version. :(
ReplyDeleteit wont work what is the point of having it?? junk i tell you no offence ..i just downloaded it and it wont work
ReplyDeletehell messenger !!!!
ReplyDeletenot use?
ReplyDeletewhy ppl still offer this gadget , why is still on the list for downloading???????
ReplyDeleteExcuse me Administrator can u pls get off this msn gadget out from the list of free download, why why why is still there , obvious no one care....!!
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY THIS STUPID GADGET !!!!
WWWWWW HHHHHHHHH YYYYYYYYY
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ReplyDeleteNévtelen2010/10/23
ReplyDeleteNem vagyok benne biztos, hogy megkaptam ezt a szart a gépemen, de ha nem tudja kijavítani a dolgokat, akkor nem kell küldeni ezt a dolgot, hogy más embereket, akkor nyilván nem tudja, ahhoz, hogy ezt a fajta dolog, akarom távolítani, és azt akarom, hogy eltávolították MOST
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Névtelen2010/10/30
Ja, ez jól működött számomra, amíg Telepítettem a legújabb verzióját WL messenger - Szerintem ez nem kompatibilis az új verzióval. : (
Válasz
Névtelen2011/01/23
ez szokás dolgozik, mi az a pont, miután azt? junk azt mondom, ne vedd sértésnek .. én csak letöltött, és ez szokás dolgozik
Válasz
Névtelen2011/03/08
pokol messenger!!
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Đặng2011/04/14
nem kezelhető?
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Névtelen2011/04/22
miért ppl is kínálnak a modulról, hogy miért van még mindig a lista letölthető???? Elnézést adminisztrátor u pls szálljon le a msn modult ki a listából az ingyenesen letölthető, miért, miért, miért van még mindig ott van, nyilvánvaló nincs Egy érdekel ....! MIÉRT MIÉRT MIÉRT MIÉRT MIÉRT MIÉRT MIÉRT ez a hülye Gadget!! wwwwww HHHHHHHHH YYYYYYYYY
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tsog2011/07/27
eniig yaj ashiglahiig Mongol heleer bicheed ogoh hun BNA uu
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facebook2011/08/19
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