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I had tried and tried to install the newest version of Yahoo Messenger (Version 5.5) and kept getting error messages. I thought maybe it was my machine that was the reason, but I have a Pentium 3 (500Mhz) with 384 MB of RAM. I have never had any problems with Yahoo's software till now.
I went searching through the Net for postings from other users of Messenger. I went to CNET and found numerous postings from others who have experienced the same difficulty I did installing YM!. One poster recommended that people who have trouble installing YM! on XP to change the compatibility mode from XP to Windows 98. It does state on CNET's downloads page that YM! isnt supported for XP.
So..,..this was a wake up call for me. I decided to go ahead and try a program I have heard rave reviews about from various websites as well as on TechTV. The program is called Trillian. For those of you who havent heard anything about this program....its a chat application, but the difference is that it can handle Yahoo Messenger, as well as AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, MSN Messenger, and even IRC. Also,, its light on the RAM department. If you get Trillian and have it configured for all the chat programs listed above, you can safely uninstall those chat programs and just keep Trillian. This way you dont have to keep 4 different chat applications on at the same time. This is good news especially for those who have light amount of RAM in their computers.
For further information about Trillian, go to Trillian's website:
http://www.trillian.cc/
I went searching through the Net for postings from other users of Messenger. I went to CNET and found numerous postings from others who have experienced the same difficulty I did installing YM!. One poster recommended that people who have trouble installing YM! on XP to change the compatibility mode from XP to Windows 98. It does state on CNET's downloads page that YM! isnt supported for XP.
So..,..this was a wake up call for me. I decided to go ahead and try a program I have heard rave reviews about from various websites as well as on TechTV. The program is called Trillian. For those of you who havent heard anything about this program....its a chat application, but the difference is that it can handle Yahoo Messenger, as well as AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, MSN Messenger, and even IRC. Also,, its light on the RAM department. If you get Trillian and have it configured for all the chat programs listed above, you can safely uninstall those chat programs and just keep Trillian. This way you dont have to keep 4 different chat applications on at the same time. This is good news especially for those who have light amount of RAM in their computers.
For further information about Trillian, go to Trillian's website:
http://www.trillian.cc/