Why is my MSN not working?

Why isn' msn working ?

• ill try not to make this confusing and im not good with computers im usin xp and got old msn 4 with it. i downloaded windows live messanger and was using it for a while, then it has been lost, it doesnt pop up when i load my pc theres no shortcuts or in my programes or in even my add and remove files. i then tried to download windows msn 2010 beta this doesnt have an icon to load but says its installed. since then ive tried removin it downloadin an older version but they dont have any icons to open up. i had one where it worked but then when i booted up my pc it was gone when i have been savin and running them when ive installed please help someone. i have been puttin up with old msn but its crackin me up

• Answer:

  go into control panel and programmes and features and remove all elements of Microsoft Messenger, including sign in assistant, essentials etc. then make sure your computer is running as Administrator, you can do this by going to, control panel, user accounts, change account type. Make sure you select administrator, then re install msn. From there you shouldn't have any problems. Word of warning, msn has included an update, so now if you have a webcam you can only do video calls, and not "view webcam", this freezes people laptops, and you can only do on video call at a time. Restart your pc after you have installed msn, and all the changes should work.