Just put another wallet on my guest PC.  No Silkcoins on it though: BCa7822FUFc866qGdk8K6BceaKEhMf7LNM

ttoroie, that issue with messaging was solved way back in the old thread (back in the Hans days) but I cannot for the life of me remember the solution.  I think you needed to have the address saved in your address book or something.