Will Windows Mobile 7 fix updating?
According to a recent job posting, Microsoft might be changing how updates work on Windows Mobile with the release of version 7 next year.
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16.3.2009 Windows automatically updating itself: Case closed?
It’s time for the latest — and possibly final — installment of the seemingly never-ending saga of “Why is my copy of Windows automatically updating and rebooting itself?“
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22.10.2007 The mystery continues: Why are Windows machines automatically updating themselves?
A (slight) update on last week’s report that some Windows users are seeing their Vista PCs automatically update themselves and reboot. From Nate Clinton, a Microsoft Update Program Manager, via the Microsoft Update Product Team blog:
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15.10.2007 Very Good Results in Updating Vista Against Hacks and Cracks
Microsoft claims that it has seen what the company referred to as very good results in fighting Windows piracy with Windows Vista, although it has failed to elaborate on the subject.
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29.7.2008 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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22.12.2005Windows 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.
The
update description notes that
there are no changes to
Messenger it self, and that it
is simply an update to aid in
testing how Messenger receives
its updates. Although no new
version is available yet, the
nature of the update suggests
that we may be seeing one
soon.
You
do not need to uninstall any
previous versions before
updating, nor will you have to
reboot your system. The update
brings WLM's build up to
8.5.1238 (from 1235).
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22.06.2007Messenger 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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29.04.2008Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta Begins Today
Microsoft is expected to officially open the beta program for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 this afternoon (or early evening). Windows Live Messenger 9.0
is the next generation of Windows Live Messenger; this release is a "major" release and as such there will be no further interim builds for
Windows Live Messenger. The beta program for Windows Live Messenger is by invitation only and those invitations were sent out last week on Tuesday -
Wednesday (the 21st, and 22nd respectively). Currently the beta program has been limited to 5,000 testers and will later be expanded to a larger
group.
As reported by several sites, the program was not put on hold at all due to the feature list being leaked over the holiday weekend,
additionally, sites also reported that some testers had already gotten the build and that was just a rumor. Coincidentally, almost all of the sites
that had posted the feature list for Windows Live Messenger had politely removed the list of features. Again, the beta program is expected to
officially start this afternoon or early evening. We will be updating this post when the build is released on Microsoft’s Connect web site. We
will share more information as it comes in and we will share as much information as we are allowed to by our non-disclosure agreement (NDA).
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28.11.2007MSN 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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24.08.2005A 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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13.11.2007Is Microsoft Re-updating Auto Update, and Does It Need Updating Again?
Just when it seemed Microsoft had averted a PR debacle after an update to its Automatic Updates service in Windows installed itself into users'
computers even when they thought it was turned off, now it appears something is turning back on many users' Automatic Updates...
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15.10.2007Messenger 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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19.12.2008Important 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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12.07.2009Video Clips Replace Ads in
Messenger
Microsoft has a new option for
people tired of seeing the
advertisement in their MSN
Messenger window: watch video
clips instead. With the
introduction of Windows Live
Messenger, the Redmond company
is testing a feature it calls
the Video Carousel that
replaces the graphic ad with
interactive video content from
MSN...
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27.12.2005Windows 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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13.12.2005Microsoft 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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