Christmas comes early! Microsoft updates Windows 8.1 for Messenger 2011/2012 support
This month’s Update Tuesday brought an early Christmas gift to those who want to use Messenger 2011 or 2012 on Windows 8.1.
Prior to this update being available, when you tried to sign in, you would receive error code 80090004. After the fix is installed, you will be able to sign in as normal.
The update is contained in the 8.1 December’s rollup update (KB2903939), which contains 18 fixes including KB2906900 (Error “0x80090004 (NTE_BAD_LEN)” occurs when you try to sign in to Windows Live Messenger).
You can either download the update from Windows Update in Windows, or at the Download Center (32-bit, 64-bit), a reboot will be required to use Messenger again.
Although I quickly managed to write some code to automatically check, download and install the update on machines that need it, it will be a few days before I think it’s ready. In the meantime, I have withdrawn the version of Messenger Reviver which blocked Messenger 2011/2012 installations on 8.1 and you will just need to manually update Windows 8.1 if Windows isn’t updated automatically.
A special thanks to user Chooky who was the first to notice the update!
Posted on December 11, 2013, in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
Jonathan Kay, MessengerGeek 
You forgot about the LifeChat LX-6000 call initiate/terminate button, in the past you made that application for skype, to work with the answer buttom of lx-5000 headset…
Thanks for letting us know Jonathan! I hate Skype so much man, it’s like talking to a person in another galaxy and makes me feel as if my soul is disconnected from that person I’m talking to.
Man !!!
From Quebec City I say Thank you so much for the good work.