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. As always, it's free to download Messenger and use most of its features. With Windows Live Messenger, you can now connect with your Yahoo! friends. Forget about using multiple accounts to talk to your friends. You can do it all directly from Windows Live Messenger.
Features:
* Get connected
Instantly connect to the people who matter the most—via text, voice, or video.* Even if they’re offline, you can leave a message or send a note.
* Take control
Choose from a variety of status messages for any occasion. Use Windows Live Contacts to control your personal information—who sees it and what they see.
* Share yourself
Share your personal files, photos, and videos of any size. Just drag and drop into a Shared Folder.
Features:
* Get connected
Instantly connect to the people who matter the most—via text, voice, or video.* Even if they’re offline, you can leave a message or send a note.
* Take control
Choose from a variety of status messages for any occasion. Use Windows Live Contacts to control your personal information—who sees it and what they see.
* Share yourself
Share your personal files, photos, and videos of any size. Just drag and drop into a Shared Folder.
* Make a difference
Join the i’m™ initiative and every time you have a conversation using i’m, Microsoft will donate a portion of the program's advertising revenue to the cause of your choice. The more you chat, the more you help make the world a little better place to live.
Download: Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 2
View: What's New
Link: Home Page
When was the last time there was a MSN Messenger? It's been Windows Live Messenger for close to a year now, if not more.
I have a lot of choice.
Such as leaving this crapware alone!!
You mean people still actually use these things? I do not know a single soul who still has an IM program on their machines. Of course, I tell everyone whose computer I work on how insecure and crapware loaded they all are!!
ESPECIALLY this one!!
Do you seriously expect we believe this?
ESPECIALLY this one!!
Crapware-loaded? Did you ever try MessPatch for Windows Live Messenger? I guess not.
An advice: if you can search in it, Internet can be VERY useful at times.
Such as leaving this crapware alone!!
You mean people still actually use these things? I do not know a single soul who still has an IM program on their machines. Of course, I tell everyone whose computer I work on how insecure and crapware loaded they all are!!
ESPECIALLY this one!!
We have a winner! The most ignorant post i've read on here in months. No really, hats off to you, you've excelled in your field of knowledge about all things IM. May we only hope you don't work on too many machines spreading this filth all around.
There are arguments, and very stupid people here at times, but you have lowered the bar by quite a way.
You shouldn't be allowed near a computer since you are clearly one of the most stupid people in the world.
think that may be normal install
There's a tweak to fix this:
http://www.anti-tgtsoft.com/?p=14
(Source: www.mess.be)
Agreed, but it takes a long time to download and install everything compared to the old installer.
With each new version it seems they just add more bloat and needless features, how about removing all the fat and making it look like Windows native software, for once?
I didnt check any option for it to install WDS but it did. ****ed me off.
Click on the "WHATS NEW" link above!!
Click on the "WHATS NEW" link above!!
Thanks, xMorpheousx416, but that link doesn't say nothing... It just points to another webpost that tells what's new from version 8.1 to 8.5.
I was asking the changelog from 8.5 beta 1 to beta 2.
Click on the "WHATS NEW" link above!!
Thanks, xMorpheousx416, but that link doesn't say nothing... It just points to another webpost that tells what's new from version 8.1 to 8.5.
I was asking the changelog from 8.5 beta 1 to beta 2.
Really? So what's this?
If you downloaded our Beta 1 build, you may not think that much has changed. While the look and feel is almost the same, we listened to your feedback and fixed many of the top issues reported by our customers. THANK YOU to all of our beta testers who reported issues. thumbs_up
For those of you who didn't download our Beta 1 build, you can see a recap of what's new in Nicole's earlier post.
I updated live mail and messenger and so-far-so-good.
However you can Download the STAND-ALONE installer HERE (Please note that the server is overloaded)
Hug
I mean, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" - seriously, what are they thinking just tinkering around with the "Look and Feel"?
It was cosmetically absolutely fine!
Focus on the damn performance and try lowering the memory it hogs! I just noticed mine eating away 44mb while Miranda sits there nicely on like 7mb.
And yes, the new look is a step backwards. I am gonna stick with 8.1 for now till someone tells me there has been performance enhancements.
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