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• vanphuoc V8 Beta

  What do people think of Beta 8 fredz28 : "One thing I'm sort of unhappy with, if you click on your avatar image, it displays your contact card. IMO I would have left it as a button to change images." Um, not sure what version of Messenger you've been using, but I've still got 7.0 on my Win2K box, and it shows your contact card when you click your avatar image on that version, and I'm sure I r ...Show All

• Gy_Molvak App Gallery: Updating App description and/or Thumbnail

  If we update the look and feel or description of our app after the initial submission, how can we get the thumbnail or description updated in the gallery I'm very interrested in this too, as I still plan to update the artwork sometime :) At this time, there's not an automated process to allow you to self update app descriptions or thumbnails, however if you send an e-mail to activity@microsoft.com &nb ...Show All

• polejnik Submit an App - Get the Windows Live Messenger Beta!

  Would you like early access to the Windows Live Messenger Beta Starting today, November 8 th and running thru 9:00am PST on Monday, November 14 th The first 5 people to submit Activity Apps to the Worlds Best App contest and successfully pass compliance checking will receive an immediate invitation to the Windows Live Messenger Beta! Be one of the first people in the world outside of Microsoft to run with the next version of Windows ...Show All

• yitzle MSN Messenger Add Contact

  If you accidently add someone to your contact list then delete him right away, does he still get a window that says he was added to my list This depends on the privancy setting only people on my Allow List can see my status and send me messages . When this flag is set the user will be informated and ask for promission when someone added his account to the list. ...Show All

• Pete_M Windows Live Messenger Problem

  I was Invited to be a Windows Live Messenger BETA tester. So I installed it and opened it up. When I tried to talk to one of my contacts there was an error, and it closed Windows Live Messenger. So I open it up again, and try and chat, and it happens again. And this happens every time I try. I've uninstalled it, re-installed, repaired it tons of times. Can anyone help me -FrdBed ...Show All

• mkoren Submit an App - Get the Windows Live Messenger Beta!

  Would you like early access to the Windows Live Messenger Beta Starting today, November 8 th and running thru 9:00am PST on Monday, November 14 th The first 5 people to submit Activity Apps to the Worlds Best App contest and successfully pass compliance checking will receive an immediate invitation to the Windows Live Messenger Beta! Be one of the first people in the world outside of Microsoft to run with the next version of Windows ...Show All

• Renzska Survival Tournament

         Hi Everybody!!!      I just submitted my game for the contest. Let's see how it goes!!! Feedback is welcome. I recommend high internet speed, for the graphics it uses.      Enjoy!!!        Tarh ik PS: If player 2 gets disconnected, the game switches to single user mode.         Hi Juzzi!!! & ...Show All

• Zooz how can you detect the version of messenger

  how can you detect the version of messenger from a html page. I'd like to launch my app from a html page and would need to detect the version of messenger first. How can I do that Thanks, Mark One way is to try specific functionality in messenger like protocol extensions and catch the error if it occurs then you can determin the version. ...Show All

• Naokazu Tsukada Sample: MSN AddIn - Text to Speech

  A very simple sample of a msn addin. It uses the Microsoft Speech API to read incoming messages for you. The addin needs to be strong named and added to the global assembly cach. Same goes for the COM wrapper class for sapi.dll Generate the COM wrapper object for sapi.dll. Instead of just adding a com reference to it use tlbimp.exe and generate it yourself using the .snk file you've used to sign the addin tlbimp.exe /keyfile:”c:\my path\keyfi ...Show All

• antimatty WHY?

  What was the problem with the previous skin ! I liked it very much, better then this one. It's like messenger 7.5 . The previous skin was colourful and this is ugly! Where are  the colours   I lidek the real colours not these light things! Why did you change it Why I'm talknig about the new messenger beta ! wont it be possible to customize the skin, e.g. as winamp allows it <beavis & bu ...Show All

• Stnnet And the winner is...

  Within a few weeks, the winner of the Worlds best app contest will be anounced, so I think it's an interesting question to ask: Who (or which app) will win   My guess:   In the Games section I think somebody from the netherlands will win... There are a few good games (actualy a lot of good games, but these are the best in my opinion): - Hangman (very basic and simple, doesn't require a fast pc, everybody knows how to pla ...Show All

• Hawkeye7 Windows Live Messenger Beta Invitation Winners

  Last week, the Messenger team offered Windows Live Messenger Beta invitations to the first 5 people who submitted Activity Apps that passed the provisioning process. Drum roll please...  And the winners are: 1. Notesaic by Daniel Tse 2. Quatro by Chris Weeink 3. Boter kaas en Eieren by Glenn Klijn 4. Let's Play Chess by Prasad DV 5. CooperYoung by Frans-Willem Hardijzer Congratulations to the winners!  You will be receiving your beta i ...Show All

• bobbyv How to "permanently" turn off Message History

  For the past 18 months, I've been trying to accomplish one goal but failed -- I just want to turn off the Message History in my MSN messenger. I can go to Tools -> Options -> Messages and uncheck "automatically keep a history of my conversations". That sort of works... until the next morning when I log in to my PC, it's always checked again. I leave my PC on 24 hours a day. Because I have "Prompt for password when com ...Show All

• H5N1 My Blog - Edit Entries?

  Are you having problems with Spaces My blog: daytradingtowin I keep getting these messages when I try to edit/add entries: Spaces not available This space is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. I try to gain access throughout the day for several day now - what's the problem Thanks, John There were some temporary issues with availability on MSN Spaces which should be resolve ...Show All

• BindingDesparation Is it possible to make the video window detachable in WLM 8.0?

  Hello, Is it possible to make the video window detachable from the chatting window in WLM 8.0 In this way, it's easier to put the video window on the 2nd display (such as a TV) to see full screen video, while typing on the other display. Besides, is there any mobile version of MSN Messenger that supports audio/video functionality Thanks!   Hao Hao, What you are asking for is not pos ...Show All