Adding fonts to cmd.exe
Be default, the properties on a cmd.exe window allow you to select either Raster Fonts or Lucida Console. You can add other monospace fonts to the list via the registry.
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15.8.2007 Windows Help program (WinHlp32.exe) for Vista
Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) is a Help program that has been included with Microsoft Windows versions starting with the Microsoft Windows 3.1 operating system.
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9.3.2007 Vista SP2 Compcln.exe and Other Notable Changes in Service Pack 2
According to Microsoft, Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista delivers an evolution in terms of compatibility, reliability, and performance, as compared with Service Pack 1.
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12.12.2008 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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MSN Messenger 7.5.0324
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8.2.2006 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 Vista Skins for MSN Messenger 8.1
Thanks to hwh1226 for this downloads. Here are some Wonderful Vista Skins for MSN Messenger 8.1.
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1.6.2007 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 Xbox 360 Messenger Kit
This year's Xbox 360 Spring Dashboard Update brought MSN Messenger contact-list integration to Xbox Live, but many of us have been waiting for Microsoft to release the chatpad accessory before making full use of the service.
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23.7.2007 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 MS: Video on Messenger launched
Microsoft Corp has launched a new online service in 20 countries which will allow users to watch video clips at the same time as a network of friends and chat via Windows Live Messenger.
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12.5.2008 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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22.12.2005Windows Live Messenger Beta
Build 8.1.0068
A mandatory update of the
Windows Live Messenger 8.1
Beta is being sent out to
testers via auto-update.
Version 8.1.0068 is
identical to 0066 so expect
the same features and the same
bugs. Is this a move to shake
off all unauthorized users?
NOTE : In
order to auto-update using
Vista, make sure Messenger is
running admin mode by
right-clicking the msnmsgr.exe
file and select 'Run as
administrator'. There's also
still a conflict between
Messenger and Shockwave on
Vista which makes the software
crash.
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21.09.2006Messenger 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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29.04.2008MSN Messenger 7.5.0324
Mess.be Has reported that John
Weis, Software Test Engineer
for MSN Messenger, posted an
update to the now official
7.5.0322 version on thier
forum.
Build
324 only includes a one-line
fix, but if you're still
having problems with 322
you're advised to try this
one.
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31.01.2006Messenger Plus! 3.63.148
With the release of Messenger
Plus! Live 4.00 set to the
start of May, Patchou released
the final version of its
MSN/Windows Messenger 4, 5, 6
& 7-compatible predecessor:
Messenger Plus!.
Download version 3.63.148 to
be fully prepared for the
public release of both Windows
Live Messenger and Messenger
Plus! Live in a couple of
weeks.
MP! Live
will automatically disable
this version as soon as its
installed, but you will be
able to appeal to this version
of the addon in case you're
using Windows Messenger 4 or
5.
Click "read more"
on this article to get more
information on MP!
Live
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06.04.2006MSN Messenger 7.5.0324
(Official)
Ok, i'm sure a lot of you
remember the
article
a few weeks ago we covered on
the unofficial download of
build 0324 of messenger.
Well it seems now
that MS have decided to push
this build live for download
as the now-official release of
MSN Messenger 7.5.
We reccomend that
you update to this latest
build if you are getting
connection issues regarding to
signing in.
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08.02.2006MSN Quietly Updates Messenger to 7.5
Microsoft on Tuesday afternoon beefed up its MSN Messenger client by releasing version 7.5 of the product. Among the new features are a continued push for VoIP through a feature called "voice clip" and beta connectivity with Vodafone Messenger for customers in Europe...
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24.08.2005Messenger Plus! Live Released
Patchou has just released the
latest addition to the popular
"Messenger Plus" line of
messenger plug-ins. Messenger
Plus! Live has just been
released and is already being
downloaded by thousands of
eager users.
Patchou's site already
seems to be unresponsive due
to the incredibly high level
of traffic. However, a direct
download link has been found
which provides instant access
to the new version.
Messenger Plus! Is a
plug-in for MSN Messenger and
Windows Live Messenger that
adds many extra features and
options in messenger allowing
the user to customize the
program to their liking.
Due to the status of
Patchou's site, we have yet
to view the official release
notes and features list.
More to
come....
Update: Some users
being experiencing issues
getting the software to work,
an update has been released.
The update only fixes the
setup problem, so if you
successfully installed build
234, no need to install the
updated one.
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26.06.2006A Chat about Messenger
The Office for Mac Team Blog: Hi, my name is Anav and I work on the Messenger for Mac product in Mac BU. I follow the blog and newsgroup comments out
there and I know there are questions on the status of Messenger for Mac, and more specifically the status of Audio/Video (AV) support. Its been a
while since weve given you an update on Messenger, so here it goes¦
First, let me start by saying, Messenger for Mac is alive and
well and we plan to continue investing in the application. In August we released Messenger for Mac 6.0.3, which introduced support for Danish,
Finnish, and Norwegian languages. Messenger for Mac 6.0.3 is also the version that will ship with Office 2008. A couple of weeks ago we kicked off a
closed beta program of Messenger for Mac 7.0 for corporate customers*, and made great progress in the implementation of AV in Messenger for Mac.
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13.11.2007Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Released!
Earlier today, all
participants in the Windows
Live Messenger 8.1 managed
beta received an email stating
that the beta program had now
closed. We were not expecting
it to be released so soon
after, however.
But it seems thee
WLM Developer team is in gear,
because Windows Live Messenger
8.1 has just been released!
The build
released is marked as
8.1.0178. An official features
list is not yet available
however some of the known new
features include:
- New, more
detailed, Contact Cards
- Quick Display Picture
change
- Display
Pictures and Display name are
now kept server-side
- Minor changes to the
interface
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30.01.2007Messenger Library V2.0 available now
Keiji Kanazawa: We are happy to announce that Windows Live Messenger Library 2.0 (WLML 2.0) is available immediately. We encourage everyone to try it
out. WLML 2.0 is backward compatible with WLML 1.0. In addition, the V1.0 API continues to be available with no changes.
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01.08.2008Windows 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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17.06.2009Mac Mojo: Audio/Video support in Messenger for Mac next year
One of the nifty features missing in the Messenger for Mac is Audio/Video (A/V) support. It is not possible to do a video or audio chat using the
Messenger for Mac. The recent update, Messenger for Mac 7 added A/V support for corporate services (works with Office Live Communications Server 2007)
but not for personal services(Windows Live Services). Mac Mojo, the Office for Mac team announced today that A/V support for personal services will be
available next year as an update on Messenger for Mac. Mac Mojo team said that the new release of Windows Live Messenger, which is currently in beta
delivers a new A/V protocol which makes easier to deliver A/V support in Messenger for Mac.
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19.12.2008Old Plus! Meets New WLM
It seems that a few guys over
at mess.be have been digging
out their old builds of
Messenger Plus! and to their
suprise have found that
certain Plus! builds are
around 80% fully compatible
with the latest WLM build
562.
Messenger Plus!
3.61 (released in October, get
it
here)
and older versions do work
with 8.0.0562, although
limited to a small set of
features like the Messenger
lock and the boss key and most
likely a few other minor
features.
Patchou however, does not
recommend this combo and
advises to uninstall Plus! as
soon as WLM starts behaving
strangely.
Patchou has already started
developing Messenger Plus!
Live specifically for Windows
Live Messenger which we
previously reported back in
December
2005.
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12.02.2006Important 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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09.04.2009MSN Messenger Most Used IM
Client
Analytics firm comScore
Networks announced Monday the
results of its February
measurement of instant
messenger usage around the
world, with Europe surpassing
the United States in IM users
for the first time. MSN
Messenger was also ranked as
the most used client,
garnering 61 percent of the
worldwide market...
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12.04.2006Live 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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12.05.2008Can Yahoo! Messenger 9 Topple AIM?
Yahoo on Tuesday rolled out a beta version of Yahoo! Messenger 9.0, cleaning up the client's user interface and making it easier to call contacts and
send text messages. But more interesting is news that Yahoo! Messenger saw its user base grow 19% over the past year, which pulls it closer to
overtaking AOL in the US...
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31.10.2007Messenger 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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20.03.2006Google 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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28.12.2007Neowin 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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