Hilton

Negative. That didn't help.

I still get the exact same error. This seems to be some tiny missing piece within Windows, perhaps related to the .NET libraries (although I have uninstalled and reinstalled all three .NET versions).

I have an XPSP3 system from which I removed several components I didn't need, or so I thought. The wife wants Messenger installed, but when I try to install Live Messenger, I get: There was a problem with this installation. Windows Live Suite was not installed. System error details Code: 0x80070714 Description: The specified image file did not contain a resource section. I have repeated this enough times from several different download sources, including using the direct-install file (the normal WLInstaller.exe is a downloader), and copying the exact same file to another PC via network and via CD to know that the file(s) are not corrupt. This is an issue with something I removed from the system. But . . . what? And can I restore the components without a reinstall?

I don't remember doing it, but I seem to have removed IMAPI from my latest WIndows XP installation. This has obviously disabled Windows CD Burning, which is okay, but for the less technically inclined in the family it would be nice to have Windows Media Player's CD burning functional. I can't find any help with Google... is there any way I can add IMAPI support post-install? Would simply copying the appropriate files from my original CD and registering the service do the trick? (And if so, anyone have a file list?)