{"id":626,"date":"2007-05-29T04:16:43","date_gmt":"2007-05-28T22:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/29\/wlm85-windows-live-messenger-85\/"},"modified":"2007-06-06T22:39:13","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T16:39:13","slug":"wlm85-windows-live-messenger-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/29\/wlm85-windows-live-messenger-85\/","title":{"rendered":"WLM 8.5: Get Windows Live Messenger 8.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.menthix.net\/\">MenthiX<\/a> has provided an official installer digitally signed by Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>You can varify it from <strong>Properties > Digital Signatures<\/strong> of the downloaded installer.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-digital-signature.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - Digital Signature of Microsoft' \/><\/p>\n<p>But the installer is in Espa\u00c3\u00b1ol and you will need to patch it to make it English.<\/p>\n<p>I am providing you detailed step-by-step instructions with screenshots of how to install and get the english version of WLM 8.5.<\/p>\n<p>First download the following 3 files:<br \/>\nEspa\u00c3\u00b1ol Installer: <a href=\"http:\/\/random.menthix.net\/ES_Install_WLMessenger_8_5.exe\">ES_Install_WLMessenger_8_5.exe<\/a><br \/>\nLanguage Patch: <a href=\"http:\/\/random.menthix.net\/msgslang.8.5.1235.0517.dll\">msgslang.8.5.1235.0517.dll<\/a><br \/>\nMessenger Plus! Live Patch: <a href=\"http:\/\/random.menthix.net\/msimg32.dll\">msimg32.dll<\/a><br \/>\n<!--adsense#HalfBanner--><br \/>\nMirror:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rapidshare.com\/files\/35592520\/Windows_Live_Messenger_8.5.zip\">RapidShare.com<\/a> (All Files)<\/p>\n<p>Run the <strong>ES_Install_WLMessenger_8_5.exe<\/strong> to start the installation process.<\/p>\n<p>Accept the terms.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-accept.jpg' alt='WLM 8.5 - Accept Terms' \/><\/p>\n<p>Installation process starts.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-installing-1.jpg' alt='Install MSN 8.5' \/><\/p>\n<p>You can disable the option to make MSN the home page of your Internet Explorer ;)<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-no-msn-homepage.jpg' alt='MSN as your Internet Explorer home page' \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on the <strong>Instalar<\/strong> button.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-install-button.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - Install Button' \/><\/p>\n<p>The installer should be installing WLM 8.5 into your system&#8230;<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-installing-2.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - Installing\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6' \/><\/p>\n<p>Installation is finished! Clicking on the Windows Live Messenger link will start the program.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-start.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - Start WLM 8.5' \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on <strong>Cerrar<\/strong> button to finish the installation.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-finish.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - Finish' \/><\/p>\n<p>Now we have the Windows Live Messenger 8.5 &#8211; Espa\u00c3\u00b1ol Version running.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-es.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - Espa\u00c3\u00b1ol' \/><\/p>\n<p>Now we need to change it into English -_-&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Exit the running Windows Live Messenger from system tray.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-exit.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - Exit' \/><\/p>\n<p>Now copy the <strong>msgslang.8.5.1235.0517.dll<\/strong> and <strong>msimg32.dll<\/strong> to <strong>C:\\Program Files\\Windows Live\\Messenger\\<\/strong>. Overwrite the existing one.<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-copy-files.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - Copy Files' \/><\/p>\n<p>Done!<\/p>\n<p>Now start the Windows Live Messenger 8.5 from the Programs menu (<strong>Start > All Programs<\/strong>).<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-program-menu.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - Start from program menu' \/><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy Windows Live Messenger 8.5 (Yes! English =D )<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/windows-live-messenger-85.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - English' \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the conversation window. Yes Messenger Plus! tabbed chat windows working =D<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-conversation.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Conversation Window' \/><\/p>\n<p>New location of &#8220;Writing Message&#8221; notification:<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-writing-msg.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - Writing Message' \/><\/p>\n<p>Same for &#8220;Last Message Received&#8221;:<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-last-msg.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - Last Message Received' \/><\/p>\n<p>Note the new menu location:<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-new-menu-location.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Menu Location' \/><\/p>\n<p>There is a new emoticon (&#8216;.&#8217;) which displays a bunny. But i dont know why *help turned into bunny here!<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-im-bunny.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - im to bunny' \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and here is the version info:<br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/wlm85-version.jpg' alt='Windows Live Messenger 8.5 - Version Info' \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,13],"tags":[27,37,70,15,34,304,29,39,310,30,18,16],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","category-tips","category-tutorials","tag-beta","tag-mircosoft","tag-msn-messanger","tag-msn-messenger","tag-msn-plus","tag-tech","tag-technology","tag-tips-and-tricks","tag-tutorials","tag-windows-live","tag-windows-live-messenger","tag-wlm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dotcomunderground.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}