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As of November 9th, Microsoft has started upgrading all Windows Live Messenger users not running the latest release of Windows Live Messenger 2009.
Here is the solution for mandatory upgrades to Windows Live Messenger 2009 that will allow you to keep running Windows Live Messenger 8.5 on Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (32-bit edition only), Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit editions), Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows Server 2008 :
1. Make sure that Windows Live Messenger 8.5 is turned off completely, kill the process if you have to.
2. Right click the Windows Live Messenger 8.5 icon and select Properties.
3. Go to the Compatibility tab.
4. Check “Run this program in compatibility mode for” box and select Windows 2000 from the drop down menu
5. Done ! Now Windows Live Messenger 8.5 will sign in without any issues on Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (32-bit edition only), Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit editions), Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit editions), or Windows Server 2008.
Note : Microsoft says that Windows Live Messenger 8.5 and earlier contain security vulnerabilities that can allow attackers to take over control of your computer. Continue using earlier versions of Windows Live Messenger at your own risk.
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Yippie yah, now plz share something "useful", like: how to update to the latest Live Messenger on XP x64 ?
the best solution to never ever use the new msn 2009! :D
i dont like all that stuff installing in my pc.. I just want to CHAT.
thanks!
does any 1 know what error code 8008005 is on windown live messenger 2009??
Here’s a fix I found on the net, and I posted it on my forum. Here it goes (Copy-pasted from my forum) :
Hey people!
Some of you like to keep using the good old stuff, and I needed this patch for WLM 8.5 on an older machine. This XP installation was, for some reasons, not able to install the latest WLM 14.X. Normally Windows Live Messenger 8.5 stops working, asking you to upgrade to the latest one. When you click ‘No’, well WLM 8.5 closes itself. Good way from Microsoft to force people to upgrade.
This WLM 8.5 fix will allow you to keep using WLM 8.5 forever without being prompted to upgrade!
How is this possible?
Well in this download there is WLMFIX.exe, which is a WinRAR SFX file. Into that file, there is msnmsg.exe and fix.bat.
fix.bat will simply replace the original msnmsg.exe with the patched one.
Enjoy!!
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/657816/Programs/WLM8.5_fix.exe
This has been a life safer to me I hope you guys enjoy it.
Did MS resolve this audio cut-out issue during Live Call... I like many have suffered this since the FORCED upgrade from 8.5 - occurs very call I make - usually after around 4/5minutes? Found what contact I had with MS last year when first encountered the problem when I tried out version 2009 was unproductive and unhelpful... all along MS kept assuring me that these issues were being addressed in the latest release. I went back to ver 8.5 but unfortunately had no option but to install the current version a few days back as it was a "upgrade or lose your messenger" type option - great...