Upgrade your Windows Live Messenger Service
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30.8.2009 Windows Live Messenger Service Outage
The Windows Live Messenger service is reportedly inaccessible by various users around the world. Reports are also prevelant of other Windows Live ID-supported sites not functioning, such as Hotmail, MSN Web Messenger and Microsoft Connect.
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17.3.2007 Windows Live Messenger Service Outage
The Windows Live Messenger service is reportedly inaccessible by various users around the world. Reports are also prevelant of other Windows Live ID-supported sites not functioning, such as Hotmail, MSN Web Messenger and Microsoft Connect.
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17.3.2007 Upgrade your Windows Live Messenger Service
We are committed to providing a safe, secure and positive experience for our more than 300 million customers across the globe using Windows Live Messenger every month.
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30.8.2009 Screenshots of Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger 8.0)
We have some exclusive screenshots of Windows Live Messenger, formally known as MSN Messenger 8.0. Check them out while they are hot!
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Windows Live Mail, Live Writer & Messenger 8.5 Beta
Microsoft has announced the availability of 3 Windows Live products today, all of which are beta.
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31.5.2007 New Windows Live Messenger Is Live, Web-Based
While it is in the process of forcing users of its IM client to upgrade to the latest version of the client-based application, Microsoft has introduced a new version of Windows Live Messenger.
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13.10.2009 Live Messenger 8.1 will be released soon
Internal sources at Microsoft have recently revealed that the upcomming Windows Live Messenger 8.1 will be released to the world on the 25th of January via the Live Ideas page.
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20.1.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - A First Look
The guys over at Messenger Adictos have made available the Spanish version of the next version of Windows Live Messenger, 8.5.
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27.5.2007 Windows Live Messenger 9.0
Drops in late 2008, early 2009. Forget about Windows Live Messenger 8.1 and 8.5, Microsoft is cooking Windows Live Messenger 9.0.
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1.11.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.0 BETA
Windows Live Messenger will be the next-generation MSN Messenger. It will have everything you already love about Messenger-your contact list, emoticons, and instant access to your friends via text, voice, and video-plus new ways to connect and share documents with almost magical ease. As always, it will be free to download Messenger and use most of its features.
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28.1.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0683
Michael Sun has posted a couple of interesting screenshots of Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0683.00_Branches, an internal build already showing differences with the preview of the new UI we gave you last month. The exclusive images also reveal some new features.
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17.4.2006 Windows Live Messenger 8.1 BETA
Windows Live Messenger 8.1 BETA for Windows XPSP2 . Thanks to Matt for this article.
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31.10.2006 Who wants to know how Windows Live Messenger actually works?
Oh it’s really rather simple once you look at it from all the right angles! Here’s a nice little visual representation of the “Messenger Relay” system of which sends and receives all your messages
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28.12.2006 Messenger Plus! Live 4.20.262
Messenger Plus! Live is an add-on for Windows Live Messenger which adds lots of features and extras that make your instant messenger easier, more useful or just tons more entertaining.
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2.3.2007 Help Microsoft help others using Windows Live Messenger....
In case anyone might have missed this from MSN's homepage. US only, but you can just say you are from US and it will work.
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24.3.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Gets an Update
Today, users running Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta were greeted with an update entitled "Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 1 Update 1" via Windows Update.
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22.6.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 2
Windows Live Messenger is the next-generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger—your contact list, emoticons, and instant access to your friends via text, voice, and video—plus new ways to connect and share photos and documents effortlessly.
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6.9.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Download
Windows Live Messenger is the next - generation MSN Messenger. It has everything you already love about Messenger, and much more!
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4.10.2007 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Final
The final version of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 has been leaked (via mess.be) and is available for download. Microsoft has been cooking Window Live Messenger 8.5 to accompany the second wave of Windows Live releases scheduled for November.
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6.11.2007 What’s on tap for Windows Live Messenger 9?
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Microsoft sent out invitations to pre-selected testers for the next version of its consumer instant-messaging service, Windows Live Messenger (WLM) 9.
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26.11.2007 Messenger Plus! Live 4.70.334
Messenger Plus! Live is an add-on for Windows Live Messenger that adds tons of features and extras to the software. Extend the possibilities of Messenger and make your experience a lot more entertaining!
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12.8.2008 Windows Live Messenger 2009
Due to a request from Microsoft, this download has been removed temporarily. However, Windows Live Messenger 9 will be available for download here as soon as it is oficially published. Check back often to ensure you don't miss it!
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19.11.2008 Messenger Plus! Live 4.80 Released
If you're an avid Windows Live Messenger user like myself, you'll be happy to know that Patchou has officially released Messenger Plus! Live 4.80.
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1.2.2009 Messenger Plus! Live 2009 contest
Patchou has announced his 2009 Messenger Plus! Live contest with no less than 1,000 prize packages up for grabs.
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12.7.2009 Download Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0328
The first version of Messenger 8 Beta branded as Windows Live Messenger 8 has been spotted on the internet. Version 8.0.0328 features a lot of graphical improvements, from display picture borders to replacing toast boxes.
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Windows Live Messenger Beta to Begin
Microsoft this week is beginning wider beta testing of Windows Live Messenger, which will succeed MSN Messenger as the company's primary communications client for consumers. Microsoft is taking the Gmail approach for the beta: invitations were sent out to a handful of testers, who can later invite their friends.
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13.12.2005 MS: Want Windows Live Messenger? Pay.
The only thing hotter than the Xbox 360 this holiday season may be invites to join the Windows Live Messenger beta test. Thankfully, Microsoft has a recommendation for those who can't wait for access to the latest bits: pay for an invitation on eBay.
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22.12.2005 Want In on the Live Messenger Beta? Buy It On eBay
If you just can't wait for a private invite into the Windows Live Messenger beta, you now have another alternative:
Buy an invite on eBay. We, ourselves, have seen lots of folks offering all over the Web free invites for Microsoft's next-generation consumer instant-messaging client. Maybe we'll even get one in our Christmas stockings….
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22.12.2005 E-Mail About Windows Live Messenger Really A Trojan
Helsinki-based F-Secure told users to ignore instant messages with the subject head "MSN Messenger 8 Working BETA" that go on to claim that "Messenger 8 BETA has been leaked!"
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28.12.2005Important message to Windows Live Messenger customers
As some of you have noted on our forum, yesterday an important service announcement accidentally went out to a large audience of Windows Live
Messenger users with the following message: "Important service announcement: As part of a recent system enhancement, we need you to change your
e-mail address to continue signing in to the Windows Live™ Messenger Service. To ensure that your access is not blocked and to learn more, go to
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/Messenger/en" The message was sent from "messenger@microsoft.com" and was actually legitimate. However was not
intended to go out to the people that received the Instant Message yesterday. The Windows Live Messenger team has posted a alert for customers to
please disregard the message.
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09.04.2009Windows Live Messenger celebrates 10 years, hits 330m users
On July 22, 1999 Microsoft launched what would become the world's most popular instant messenging service, currently with over 330 active users
every month. Previously named MSN Messenger, it was released to work on the Windows operating system platform for users to instantly chat over the
Internet using Microsoft's .NET Messenger Service. Microsoft later re-branded MSN Messenger into Windows Live Messenger to merge it with its
other Live services back in December 13, 2005. Windows Live Messenger (WLM) has gone through significant protocol changes and face lifts over its
many versions in the last 10 years, ending up at Windows Live Messenger 2009 (designated to be called 9.0).
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17.06.2009End of the line for MSN Web Messenger
Microsoft have announced that their veteran web-based messenger client will become unavailable from this Tuesday, June 30. The service has offered
access to their popular instant messaging network through a web browser for the past five years. Since earlier this year a newer replacement service
for MSN Web Messenger has been available as part of Windows Live Hotmail, featuring direct integration with the email interface and your contact list
(known as Windows Live People). This will now become the only officially supported web-based client for accessing the Windows Live Messenger network,
apart from the Windows Live Messenger Web Toolkit which allows developers to integrate messaging controls into their own websites.
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27.06.2009Live Messenger URL Blocking: Problem now resolved
As some of you might have faced problem with Windows Live Messenger blocking some of the URLs, now the problem has been fixed and this is what
Messenger Team had to say :
"Greetings Messenger fans –
As some of you noticed, we had a problem from Friday night to
Saturday morning where our Messenger service was incorrectly blocking some legitimate IP addresses. We sincerely apologize for any difficulties this
caused our users. And we want to thank those of you that reported this problem to us so that we could quickly fix it. Because of your help, the
incorrect block was only in place for a few hours.
As you can imagine, we are very serious about our efforts to block virus, malware and
other harmful URLs from being passed on to our users. And we're continually working to improve this process so that we can keep our users safe
without having a negative impact on your Messenger service.
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12.05.2008Windows Live Messenger Goes
Public
Microsoft opened up the
Windows Live Messenger to the
public Tuesday, as well as
introducing Windows Live Call
in six additional markets.
Uniden and Philips have also
launched phones compatible
with the Live Call service,
the company said...
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09.05.2006Windows Live Messenger Turns 10
Ten years ago today, Windows Live Messenger made its debut. What began as a minor repair in a communications tool grew into the world's No. 1 instant
messaging service. For its anniversary, the Windows Live team collected stories from around the world about Messengers impact..
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22.07.2009Messenger Group - Enjoy group chat on your WL Messenger!
Messenger Group, developed with Windows Live Messenger platform, is a service for a group of Messenger users chatting together in real time. Maybe
you think that Windows Live Messenger supports multi-conversation, but this multi-conversation is temporary, will be dismissed with the finish of
conversation.
Compared with multi-conversation, Messenger Group is an existing group with each member in, members can talk together at
any time without creating a temporary multi-conversation. Messenger Group makes a group of people connecting closer, no matter whether they are on
your Messenger contact list. You can create a group for a team, a department or a company to chat online together.
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29.04.2008Neowin Exclusive: Messenger Plus! Live 2009 contest
Patchou has announced his 2009 Messenger Plus! Live contest with no less than 1,000 prize packages up for grabs. The contest does not require any
form of entry, only for users to simply click on an image made up from millions of pixels, selecting the winning pixels that contain prizes. The
contest is similar to that of the 6th anniversary contest two years ago. Beginning at Sunday July 12 at 00:01 (GMT -5) the contest will open to
everybody. Anyone with Messenger Plus! Live (4.82.368) installed can play the contest. Users will see a gold Messenger Plus! Live logo on the top of
their Windows Live Messenger contact list that looks like this: .
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12.07.2009Microsoft Updates Live
Messenger Beta
Microsoft on Tuesday began
rolling out a new Windows Live
Messenger build to beta
testers, streamlining the
client's interface and adding
a number of new features such
as integration with Windows
Live Contacts. The release,
numbered 8.0.556, also
supports colorization of the
entire Messenger window...
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28.02.2006Microsoft Integrates Messenger with Xbox Live
Microsoft has announced its
planned upgrades to the Xbox
360, expected on May 7. Among
the new features are
integration with the Windows
Live Messenger network. The
new functionality expands the
messaging capabilities beyond
the Xbox Live gaming network
to the entire Messenger
community...
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09.04.2007Microsoft launches Windows Live Messenger for Kids
Microsoft has just launched Windows Live Messenger for Kids, however there is a bit of a twist. The service is currently only available in German, and
is aimed at 8-10 year olds. It is actually a form of web messaging, but requires a download and installs a executable. A Microsoft Spokesperson told
me in an e-mail that, "Windows Live Messenger for kids is specifically designed to provide a safe entry in the Instant Messaging world." The concept
behind this release is that parents are the ones who create the account for their children and are present when they sign in. The parents must then
approve who appears in the contact list.
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05.03.2009Preview: Windows Live Hotmail's Web Messenger
In the coming weeks Microsoft will release more updates to its Windows Live Hotmail email service. Recent updates have included POP access, an
increase in speed and performance, a Windows Live Calendar update, an interface update, better spam protection, bug fixes, and other changes in
response to feedback. On top of that, we can expect to see an integrated web messenger, access to other email accounts through POP aggregation,
what's new feed integration, and unlimited storage. Some of us have been waiting a long time for a Windows Live web messenger, a much needed
update to Microsoft's current MSN Web Messenger offering. In the meantime, rival instant messengers Yahoo!
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28.01.2009Google Talk And Windows Live Messenger 9 Get Friendly
It seems all of the IM programs are finally realizing what users have known all along: There’s just too many of them.
Apparently
Microsoft has succeeded in getting Live Messenger 9 (currently in private testing) to communicate with
Google Talk, and they are working on integration with
AIM and
ICQ also. Seeing as how
Live
Messenger 8 already talks with
Yahoo Messenger, we could be getting very close to a
polished, officially released, messenger hub.
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28.12.2007Explore a Virtual World, Make New Friends and Play Games With GoPets on Live Messenger
Whether theyre having another
day at the office or enjoying
downtime at home, members of
the Windows Live Messenger
network are just a click away
from exploring a new virtual
world as Microsoft Casual
Games partners with GoPets
Ltd. to launch
GoPets on
Windows Live Messenger.
Inhabited by pets
that owners create and
customize, the virtual GoPets
world on Windows Live
Messenger offers environments
to explore, casual games to
play, groups to join and
countless ways to express
individuality. The
relationship between Microsoft
and GoPets Ltd. brings about
the unique integration of a
virtual world into an instant
messaging (IM) service. GoPets
is exclusively available now
via IM to the Windows Live
Messenger network in the
United States, Australia,
Japan and Korea, with
expansion planned to more than
30 countries by the end of
2007.
śGoPets on
Windows Live Messenger takes
instant messaging to the next
level of 3-D interactivity,ť
said Chris Early, product unit
manager for Microsoft Casual
Games. śTeaming up with GoPets
enables us to provide the
Windows Live Messenger network
with this new social
networking experience.ť ..
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18.07.2007Messenger Plus! Live 4.80 Released
If you're an avid Windows Live Messenger user like myself, you'll be happy to know that Patchou has officially released Messenger Plus! Live
4.80. This release isn't a major update to the program (That's coming in v5.0), but has definitely added a ton of functionality for developers
and skinners.This update is also now 100% functional with Windows Live Messenger v14.0.8050.1202. More information about this update can be viewed at
the official changelog. Patchou added, "Despite the lack of visual changes in the software, the change log shows that many things were done under
the hood. As often, scripts and skins in particular got their good share of improvements.
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01.02.2009WiLMA - Windows Live Messenger concierge
New to Windows Live Messenger? You want some help to know and learn features of Messenger? Check out Wilma, Windows Live Messenger concierge agent.
Let Wilma the Concierge Agent show you how to connect, have control, share and express yourself! Shes your friend with the inside tips to get you
up and running in no time flat.
Just add Wilma@live.com to your contacts! And see her help to your queries.
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03.09.2007Microsoft shuts off Messenger in US-embargoed countries
Microsoft has switched off access to Windows Live Messenger in Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan and North Korea. The software giant announced the policy
change in a blog post spotted by our friends at LiveSide. If any users in these countries attempts to sign into Messenger they will receive the
following message: 810003c1: We were unable to sign you in to the .NET Messenger Service. Work arounds are already available, signing in with a 3rd
party client or setting your location in your Windows Live account to any other region will allow you to sign in again. A Microsoft spokesperson
confirmed to Neowin that the company has discontinued Messenger services to certain countries due to United States sanctions.
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22.05.2009Messenger Plus! Live Beta
Released to Testers!
Messenger Plus!
Live is the new kid
on the block and he has
slapped Messenger Plus! in the
face for sure. Patchou, the
creator, has released the
first beta to official testers
enabling people to have the
first ever look into the
exciting new world of
Messenger Plus! Live.
I can't say much at
the moment, nothing yet can be
revealed, but you can be sure
the update is extremely
exciting and when you have it
you will be simply amazed.
Want it? Well it maybe a very
long time before it is out,
there is no release date set
mind you. News when it is
official will be posted when
it comes.
Thanks
"boytoy" for submitting this
article!
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20.03.2006Next Version of Windows Live Messenger
Microsoft has placed customer
input at the top of the list
of the features selection
process for the next versions
of Windows Live Messenger. And
as such, the Live messenger
users are invited to
contribute to the evolution of
the Microsoft instant
messaging client. For this, a
thread in the Windows Live
Messenger newsgroup has been
set up to catalyze discussions
and voting on the ideas for
9.0, 10.0 and beyond.
"Please note that
this is not a guarantee that
these features will be worked
on, but it's important for us
to know your thoughts. Feature
selection for Messenger takes
into account many, many
factors including customer
input, business needs,
available resources and level
of effort estimates. It's a
complicated process but one we
know will ultimately produce
the best possible Messenger we
can build", informed
Microsoft.
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15.02.2007Windows Live Messenger Beta to
Begin
Microsoft this week is
beginning wider beta testing
of Windows Live Messenger,
which will succeed MSN
Messenger as the company's
primary communications client
for consumers. Microsoft is
taking the Gmail approach for
the beta: invitations were
sent out to a handful of
testers, who can later invite
their friends...
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