Problems with windows live messenger

[bhxtyrant]

thanks for the reply blackhat,i'll check that out because i have been getting a few windows updates the past few weeks.Do you happen to remember which ones caused the issues?

EDIT:just checked my recent updates and was quite puzzled to see the last one was "installed" on the 14th of this month when i know i saw the windows update icon today and yesterday for sure.very strange.Also noticed that my windows update settings were somehow changed as had it set to download updates then let me choose to install and now it was set to install automatically.

Other strage thing is a friend of mine has the same version of messenger and windows XP with latest updates and none of these symptoms whcih is why i thought it was somehow on my end.