Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Windows Live Toolbar 2008 (formerly MSN Search Toolbar) adds desktop search capabilities and enhanced browsing and security features to Windows. It indexes your files and emails and allows you to quickly search for files by simply typing a keyword,. The toolbar integrates with Internet Explorer, as well as your desktop, where it provides instant search results from the taskbar. The results include image thumbnails, and document previews and can be further filtered by document type (some document types such as PDF and Office require free add-ins). Additional features (you can select which to install) include form filling, popup blocking, anti-phishing, ...
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Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Windows Live Installer is the installer suite for the latest Windows Live products from Microsoft. The installer includes an e-mail program (Windows Live Mail 2008), a photo-sharing application (Windows Live Photo Gallery), a blog publishing tool (Windows Live Writer 2008), parental controls (Windows Live OneCare Family Safety), a browser toolbar (Windows Live Toolbar 2008), and a new version of Windows Live Messenger 2008 (8.5).
You can download Windows Live Installer (Windows Live Installer build 1320.0823) from WindowsLiveInstaller.com
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
Windows Live Messenger 8.5 beta 2 (build 8.5.1288) has been released.
Some would still call it MSN Messenger 8.5 beta 2. And from now on some will start calling it Windows Live Messenger 2008 ;)
Download Windows Live Messenger 8.5.1288 directly from Microsoft:
http://get.live.com/en-us/betas/messenger_config
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
Do you want a @live.com email address instead of @hotmail.com? You can use this trick:
1) Make sure you're logged out of your current account and then go to www.hotmail.com or get.live.com/mail/overview and sign up for a free account.
2) At the signup page, go to the address bar and in the URL replace hmnewuser.aspx with newuser.aspx (remove the hm) and remove the &hm=1 afterwards. Hit enter.
3) You can now sign up for a brand spanking new @live.com address!
Credits: ScottIsAFool from LiveSide!
Taken from: Mess.be
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Sunday, June 24th, 2007
Are you unable to install Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta (MSN Messenger 8.5)?
Do your installation gets stuck at "Please wait a few moments while we get your computer ready for the installation..." ? The installer disappears and does not continue after this screen?
You can proceed with the following:
Make sure you have "show hidden files" set on your system.
You can set it by going to "View > Folder Options"
And select "Show hidden files and folders"
If you are on Windows Vista, browse to:
C:/ProgramData
And if you are on Windows XP, browse to:
C:/Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data
Now delete the folders WindowsLiveInstaller and WLInstaller. ...
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Saturday, June 16th, 2007
The latest version of Messenger Plus! for Windows Live Messenger (MSN Messenger), Messenger Plus! Live 4.23.276 has been released on June 5th 2007.
Download it from here:
Download Messenger Plus! Live 4.21.270
Changes:
Fixed: the icon to access the 6th anniversary contest disappears after
June 5th.
Fixed: the "Format Codes" button is not added in the Messenger options
in Chinese versions of Messenger.
Fixed: in some rare instances, Messenger 8.5 may crash after closing a
chat window (remember that support for this version of Messenger is still
beta though)..
Fixed a couple of other small problems.
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Quickly following the few days old leak of an internal 8.5 build, Microsoft is officially releasing the beta version to public. It is exactly the same version (8.5.1235.0517).
Download it directly from Microsoft:
http://g.live.com/1rebeta/WLMsgr85_en-us
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
As you might already know that several leaked distrubition of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 (some will still call it MSN Messenger 8.5) has been tampered. The tempered installers may bundle ads and spywares.
MenthiX has provided an official installer digitally signed by Microsoft.
You can varify it from Properties > Digital Signatures of the downloaded installer.
But the installer is in Español and you will need to patch it to make it English.
I am providing you detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots of how to install and get the english version of WLM 8.5.
First download the following 3 files:
Español Installer: ES_Install_WLMessenger_8_5.exe
Language Patch: msgslang.8.5.1235.0517.dll
Messenger Plus! ...
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Saturday, April 28th, 2007
imagine-windowslive.com is giving away some free Windows Live Messenger themes. A theme includes a background image and a matching display picture. It changes your WLM window color scheme aswell.
To grab your free theme go to:
http://imagine-windowslive.com/Themes/Vibe/Default.aspx?Layout=condensed
On the page you will see a list of available themes. Choose your one and click on the download link.
It will start downloading the content.
You will get the confirmation when the installation finishes.
Here is your newly installed theme:
Need more themes? Just refresh the page. ;) You will be presented with new free themes. =D
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
Dawgs Domain has created a tool which will retrive your lost Windows Live Messenger password. A great tool if you have forgotten your password and dont wanna go through or cannot retrive it though the microsoft .net passport password recovery process. Many times we do signup using fake address, zip, birth date.... And some ppl are just too lazy to go through the process.
The author claims it has been legitimately made for people that forget their password and not to used to hack your friends msn password. ;)
To recover your Windows Live Messenger password you need to download this small ...
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