SEÑOR said:
Are you using your same e-mail address or a new one?
Besides the fact that you quoted me instead of him when you asked this question...
I am quite sure that if he was using a different EMail address without all of his contacts in it, he wouldn't be posting this here. And for the record, I downloaded and installed the Messenger 8 (actually named Windows Messenger Live). I logged into my account and all my contacts are there, so something seriously messed up on your end.
Try uninstalling it, close all programs, then do a shutdown. Turn your comp back on (yes, shutdown not restart). Redownload the installer from
http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=0eccd94b-eb48-497c-8e60-c6313f7ebb73
Save it to disk instead of running it and install it like that. If it doesn't work then, there is no way to fix this... yet.