I am trying to install windows live messenger 2011. I just spent the past three or four hours installing every new update that windows update offered me. It says that windows is up to date and that there are no new updates. 

But when I try to install windows live messenger again, it still says I have to install Windows Platform Update. And it tells me to check windows update to find out how to install that. But either I already installed it and live essentials doesn't recognize that, or I really do not have it. But I have no way of getting the platform update, so I'm stuck.

How do I get the windows platform update without using windows update? And/or, how can I get windows update to supply me with the platform update? 

Thank you.
Hi All,

I am facing an issue related to running WLM on my windows vista, each time I run the App it gives me an error message stating that :
The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail.

What I did that I collected the SxSTrace and from it I observed the below error is occurring each time:
ERROR: Two assemblies have the same assembly name with different version. Assembly 1: C:\Windows\WinSxS\manifests\x86_microsoft.vc90.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.4148_none_5090ab56bcba71c2.manifest. Assembly 2: Ȗ.
ERROR: Activation Context generation failed.
End Activation Context Generation.

Is there any idea about this conflict and what is its solution?

Regards,
Thanks in advance

Why am I getting the error message "The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect?"

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