Windows live messenger 2011 slows down computer

I'm surprised. It's not a greedy software eating a lot of resources. Live Messenger is probably not the culprit here. I have Live Messenger and I really think I should uninstall it as it's a pain!

Don't be angry ; If a previous version of Live Messenger was fine, why don't you try to download it and reinstall it? By the way, I'm replying in a Linux notebook : no spywares, no antivirus.

I have been advised to try this already and it doesn't work on my computer for some reason. Thanks anyway, it's much appreciated you coming up with a suggestion like that. The newer version of anything is going to take up more memory, cpu, etc. Well that's the logical "Spock" answer I would expect from you my friend and yes, it does make sense doesn't it? I don't play as many games on this as I used to and MyLot is actually ideal for me as there's not too much going on in the background.

I use AdBlocker on Firefox and it really helps with my computer's performance. If I was using Internet Explorer I'd get nowhere. Drat, I just can't escape the Spock thing. We need a Vulcan smiley Computers do tend to slow as they get older for sure The protective layers on heatsink goes off and processor heats up more nd more affecting the overall performance of the system Anyways newer versions of softwares do require higher processing power as they are using newer flash players, macromedia players , java scripts etc whic tend to use more nd more processing power.

U mite want to upgrade ur pc to a new one and things wud be fine.. At first my older version was conflicting with it so I managed to uninstall it successfully. It does make sense what you say about all these new applications requiring more memory, etc to power them.

Games were much more basic in when this computer was bought but, having said that, for ordinary browsing and ordering stuff online it has never let me down. It has had a memory upgrade too which has helped enormously.

Originally it only had MB of memory but now has an extra 1GB, some of which has been freed up with its recent "clean. Some more memory has been freed up recently to speed the computer up as it wasn't running at all. A guy got rid of stuff I didn't need or use and that helped enormously. However, due to the time spent on my computer the more I use it the slower it will become in time and the guy who fixed it warned me of this. It seems OK at the moment though. Fingers crossed. To put it simply you have a piece of software running permanently, checking across the internet to see if any of your friends come online and then updating you to their current status.

What also happens is because you have basically opened up a channel of communication across the net your anti virus software will also be working harder to monitor it in case of problems. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Mike Hall If you don't know what it is, you may as well uninstall it.

No harm will be done t anything.. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to WarwickZD's post on February 17, Although for the person who posted it, they had Windows Security Essentials. He put in an exception and it worked. Although this doesn't work for me. Disabled all unneeded services to the bare minumum. Uninstalled anti-virus. Also uninstalled Messenger Plus!

In all cases the "not responding" issue persists. When in "not responding" mode, freezes the computer no taskmanager or mouse move for up to 2 minutes. WLM is very useful facebook integration, etc. My problem, is just with WLM. When it crashes, I can use anything on the computer except WLM. I can run up to atleast 10 Instances of Visual Studio smoothly before my pc crashes.

It's just WLM. What I believe, is something is conflicting WLM. It doesn't use too much memory or anything like that. What I find for me, is if I restart the computer, it may crash once or twice a day but let's say I don't restart for 1 week Which makes no sense what so ever.

This link did not help me, but may help some of you's. Of course, the most common method to fix a problem, is to completely reinstall WLM. Both these links are in the thread posted above, and neither helped me. The reinstalling, created the same effect as restarting Not all of us have the same problem, which makes it more difficult to figure out a fix but we can safely say WLM has it's whole bunch of issues. Windows Live told me to reproduce my logs. During the process of doing this, Windows Live Messenger has stopped crashing!

I have no idea how this has happened. I am now running Build Under Image Name, locate Nsvcappflt. I have unproposed because not all of us has Nsvcap. However, those who do have it - this will help. There was definitely a conflicting issue and now it's gone.

I did have an application for an MD5 Decryption. It required a registration and I did not want to do that - neither did I know why I even had an MD5 Decryption application. I removed it. It's been working for over a month. I'm not sure if it's the removal of that application or it's because WLM was updated.

Whatever it was, it's now sorted. I'm sorry I can't produce anymore information to help anyone else. They do slowly reply, but be patient. They will more than likely ask for logs. You could also go back versions, make a mark on what versions do not encounter the problem. That would help the team look into it further and maybe an update will be released to cure any ongoing issues.

I'm changing this to a Discussion seeing as many of us have different crashing issues. Someone could learn from this thread. I still wonder, what is the relation of automatically detect settings and windows live messenger. I was having an issue with opening and singing in messenger. I think it may have problems with the computer going into sleep. Seems the issue only arises after the computer goes to sleep. The content you requested has been removed. Ask a question.

Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Windows Live Messenger Client: Development retired. Sign in to vote. I Have run multiple scans to try fix the problem but so far it has been unsuccessful. I am running Windows Live Messenger Build I'd like some assistance please. Monday, November 1, PM.

I have the same problem. Every time I open the Window live messenger, it just said not responding but everything else works just fine!! Same problem too! Friday, November 5, AM. Same problem. When I'm opening a new conversation WLM freeze for 30sec.