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Old 06-06-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Live Messenger 8.5 beta

Hi All,

The latest version of Live Messenger is 8.5 beta. So far I've had no problems with is on x64 Vista Home Premium.

Here's the download link:
http://get.live.com/betas/messenger_betas

Here's the release notes link:
http://get.live.com/betas/installer_release_notes


Shawn

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Old 06-07-2007   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Live Messenger 8.5 beta

Yep using it Currently.
Although,apart from Looks i did not notice any major changes
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Old 06-07-2007   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Live Messenger 8.5 beta

Link doesn't do anything for me...

Any instabilities that you've noticed?

I'm downloading it from Softpedia at the moment. Hope it's good! I'm sick of the old look.
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Old 06-07-2007   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Live Messenger 8.5 beta

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Adam_ View Post
Link doesn't do anything for me...

Any instabilities that you've noticed?

I'm downloading it from Softpedia at the moment. Hope it's good! I'm sick of the old look.
Hi Adam,

Sorry the links didn't work for you. I tested them again and they work from my end.

The only thing I noticed was that I had to uninstall and reinstall the add-ons I had for them to work again. (EX: SweetIM) Probably best to uninstall the whole thing then reinstall the new version. It looks pretty much the same except for a few minor changes here and there.

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Old 06-07-2007   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Live Messenger 8.5 beta

Thanks man. I installed and so far all is good, even patched it with A-Patch and removed the crappy advertisements.
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Old 06-07-2007   #6 (permalink)
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Re: Live Messenger 8.5 beta

Your welcome Adam,

I did notice that the SweetIM add-on stops sending items with the 8.5 beta. I'm just going to uninstall SweetIM and go to Smiley Central instead.

Shawn

Nope,
Smiley Central didn't work on the 8.5 beta either, only on the IE7 toolbar.
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Old 06-14-2007   #7 (permalink)
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Re: Live Messenger 8.5 beta

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Adam_ View Post
Thanks man. I installed and so far all is good, even patched it with A-Patch and removed the crappy advertisements.

Hey where do you get this A-Patch?
the only thing from holding me back from installing this beta is no mess patch.
Ever since I found Mess patch ive been happy with MSN.

So if this patch removes Ad's and stuff I'm sold
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Old 06-14-2007   #8 (permalink)
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Re: Live Messenger 8.5 beta

madmonkey,

Here you go: http://apatch.org/

Enjoy,
Shawn
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Old 09-26-2007   #9 (permalink)
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Re: Live Messenger 8.5 beta

Wont install
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Old 09-27-2007   #10 (permalink)
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Re: Live Messenger 8.5 beta

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by dannymichel View Post
Wont install
Hi Danny,

The new installer program to install the Windows Live Beta 2 programs does not work for the 64 bit Vista yet. You will have to download the individual MSI installer program for it to install on the 64 bit Vista instead. Take a look here for the download information:

http://www.vistax64.com/windows-live/92348-windows-live-beta-2-suite-downloads.html

Shawn
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