Vista - Found solution against forced update from 8.5 to 2009 version :-)

If you have Windows XP Home and WLM 8.5 and don't want the forced update to
the 2009 version, here is a solution that worked for me :-)) (happy happy
joy joy). Could work for other version of Windows too, you have to try it I
guess.

Close WLM completly and go into your Windows Explorer and find msnmsgr.exe
(usually at C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger)
Right Click on the Windows Live Messenger's icon (the 2 little green
puppets)
Click on Properties.
Click on Compatibility Tab. In this tab you will see "Compatibility Mode"
Check in front of Run this Program in compatibility mode for: Windows NT or
2000 (Msnplus can't run on this mode)

And that's it :-)) Works for me. To be sure I did restart my PC and it is
still working :-)

If you have 2009 allready and want to go back to WLM 8.5? Download 8.5 from
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/redir/wlm85.asp (I hope mr Kay doesn't mind
me using that link ;-) ). Uninstall WLM2009, install 8.5 and do the tweak
mentioned above.

Menno
(lets see how long this tweak works eh?)
((Oh and to be honest, did not found this tweak out this by myself. Did see
it on a tweak site and thought I tried it. And surprise surprise :-) )

Forget to give the warning: the forced update to the latest 2009 version is
out of security reasons. The update is "to plug a security hole related to a
vulnerable code library". So the tweak I mentioned to keep on using 8.5 is
purely on own risk.

Menno

Link to it all you like

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"TheCroW" <mail@newsgroup> wrote in message
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Hi! Thanks for this solution! It seems to have worked (no forced upgrade so far) but it will not allow me to run the audio and video setup.

The reason why I wanted to go back to 8.5 is because of cam/audio issues. My friend and I are both running logitech web cams and plantronics bluetooth/usb headsets. I was running V8.5 and she was running 2009. When I upgraded to WLM 2009, we were still able to connect, but the audio started using what I'm guessing is noise cancelling on our headsets (which I cant seem to disable). So whenever she speaks, I dont hear the first word and vice versa. Noise or speaking etc. seems to start up the audio because of the noise cancelling. The cam images are also stretched as if we have really long faces, and it's more pixelated and the video stalls more often than when I was using 8.5.

I'm guessing that going back to 8.5 was my only option, but if anyone knows of a way to use v2009 and correct my audio/cam issues, I'd appreciate it!

If not, I'm guessing I cant access audio and video setup in Win2000 compatibility mode, but I'm not positive that this is the issue. Anyone else have this problem?

BTW I'm using Vista 64-bit.

Thanks!
Fiona

Actually I think I should post my dilemma as a new topic! But I'm still running 8.5 in Win 2000 mode with no problems (other than the audio not working).