Hello,

Many pardons to the person who said that Talking Messenger will NOT work with Win98, but this is an untrue statement. I am currently replacing an operating system for a freind, and she has used Talking Messenger with Win98 for about 2 or 3 years. I have seen it work on her machine many times, and I know for fact that she has never even heard of Windows 2000 or XP. I am the closest thing she has to an Admin/Tech, so I know the machine intimately, but I did not do the orignal install of Talking Messenger.

Anyways, I am rebuilding her OS, as I said, and am presently reinstalling MSN Messenger and Talking Messenger. She is not here, so I had to wing it 100%. I did find several files in her old “messengerreceived files” dir, and they are all support files for the Talking Messenger app. I have installed them all, and have gotten it to open the config window, and was able to configure it like I think she’ll want. The test button does indeed make the thing talk, now all I need is a person to guinea pig it out on in chat.

The installer files that accompanied the talkingmessenger.exe in her old backup folders were as follows:

MSAgent.exe 392K Microsoft Agent thingee
spchcpl.exe 928K Speech thingee of some sort
tv_enua.exe 998K L&H Speech Engine
vbrun60sp3.exe 1013K VB 6.0 Runtime

Note again that the original OS I observed this running on (flawlessly I might add), was Windows98, and the current OS I am rebuilding is also Windows98. Whether it is supposed to or not, it DOES work on 98. Can’t and won’t speak for 95, or any other MickeySoft OS.

Hope this helped clear the air. Enjoy!

Rick