On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Kostis Mavreas <kostis_mavreas at yahoo.de> wrote: > win xp, sp2. pidgin 2.5.3 > Problem: pidgin crashes on startup > Solution: run in compatibility mode with advanced text services disabled Please get a crash report and file a ticket: http://d.pidgin.im/wiki/TipsForBugReports -D