Archive: Posts Tagged ‘MSN’

10 years Messenger: Turning the time wheel (Part II)

Messenger August 18th, 2009

Remember the good old times when Windows 98 was so cool? These were the times of MSN Messenger 6, a stone-age program nowadays. Some months ago, in February, I had the chance to check it out, and I decided to share it with you. What is interesting is that you could see [...]

10 anni di Messenger: Girando la ruota del tempo (Parte I)

Messenger August 18th, 2009

Il giorno 22 Luglio 1999, Microsoft rilasciò il successorre di NetMetting, MSN Messenger 1.0. Portiamo la ruota del tempo esattamente a 10 anni fa. Cosa possiamo vedere? Diamo un’occhiata all’album di foto.

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Os 5 melhores scripts para o Messenger Plus! Live

Messenger Plus! August 16th, 2009

Bram dá sua opinião sobre quais scripts ele acha que todos deveriam usar, por serem excelentes. Foram escolhidos o WLMSafe, Screenshot Sender, Gmail Checker, WLMStatus e Twittwer2PSM. De-a sua opinião também nos comentários!

Windows Live and You: “Windows Live services help me keep in touch” (Lance Manasse)

Windows Live and You August 12th, 2009

After a longer break, the summer edition of the series “Windows Live and You” is finally back. Today I will be talking with Lance Manasse, who lives in the United Kingdom and is also known by his nickname “Salem”.
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10 years Messenger: Turning the time wheel (Part I)

Messenger July 25th, 2009

On July 22, 1999, Microsoft released the successor for NetMeeting, MSN Messenger 1.0. Let’s turn the wheel of time exactly 10 years back. What might we see? Take a look at this photo album.

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Messenger problems: Resolving sign-in error 80072ef3

Messenger problems July 24th, 2009

Are you using Windows Live Messenger in a corporate intranet, and experiencing the error code 80072ef3 when trying to sign in? Changed port configurations in Messenger 2009 cause this error to happen, and you will have to bypass your corporate proxy for the Messenger servers.

Messenger problems: Configuring your firewall

Messenger problems July 17th, 2009

A lot of connection problems of all kinds will raise if you are using a firewall that does not allow Windows Live Messenger to connect to the MSN servers. Here are some key tips on which communication needs to be allowed and white-listed so that Messenger can sign in properly.
The following ports are [...]

Windows Live and You: “Hmm, I wonder if I can do this better” (Frans–Willem Hardijzer)

Windows Live and You July 1st, 2009

This is the first interview in the Windows Live and You summer edition. I’m sure that my conversation with Frans-Willem Hardijzer, who developed the Messenger add-on StuffPlug, and is also known as “The Blasphemer”, will be especially interesting for you.
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End of life for MSN Web Messenger: 30 June 2009

Hotmail June 27th, 2009

The Windows Live team has announced the end of life for MSN Web Messenger. Since Windows Live now supports instant messaging integrated into both Hotmail and People, there is no need to maintain 2 web messengers at the same time. Additionally, site owners are free to get their own web messenger running, [...]

Windows Live and You: “Messenger is like the phone: I just use it” (Kip Kniskern)

Windows Live and You May 29th, 2009

What’s the site where you get Windows Live news first? — Probably your answer is “LiveSide”, and that has its reason. I had an interesting discussion with Kip Kniskern, who is one of the authors at LiveSide.net.
mynetx: Please tell me a bit about yourself. Is your life directly or indirectly involved with [...]