When I recently tried to save my chat logs somewhere in the Cloud, I failed using SkyDrive; I simply couldn’t mount it as virtual drive in Windows. (Yes, I know about Gladinet; it’s crashing often and slow.) Thus, I had a try with Live Mesh. After some initial problems with
Category: Messenger
Released as MSN Messenger in July 1999 and as Windows Live Messenger in December 2005, Messenger is an instant messaging client connecting to the .NET Messenger Service, with over 330 million active users each month.
New IM networks on Windows Live: Will it stay just a wish?
Dear readers, Adding support for additional instant messaging networks has always been on a high place on the wish list for Windows Live Messenger. People were excited when they have to know that Microsoft and Yahoo would cooperate to allow using the networks in both company’s clients, back in 2005.
New IM networks for Windows Live
In an internal message to developers, the Windows Live team has announced the long-awaited integration of several instant messaging networks to work together with Windows Live. Among these networks to be added are ICQ and Skype as well as AIM, Facebook Chat and Google Talk. “We are currently aiming to
Updated: Messenger Aero Switcher for Build 8064
After Windows Live Messenger 2009 has been updated to Build 8064 some days ago, here’s my update for Messenger Aero Switcher, allowing you to disable the Windows Vista Aero frame for Messenger only. Free download: Messenger Aero Switcher for Windows Live Messenger 2009 Final / 14.0.8064.0206 (165 kB) As usual,
Upgrade notes starting to appear in Messenger
It appears that the Messenger team is planning to introduce upgrade notes to all Messenger users soon. From today, 17 February 2009, onwards, the first notices will be appearing in the Messenger 2009 Beta version. Additionally, all users using the Messenger RC build (14.0.8050.1202) are asked to upgrade their Messenger
Messenger Start Menu Tasks in Windows 7
Today I got the chance to install the Windows Live Messenger 2009 RC (14.0.8050.1202) on Windows 7 (6.1.7000 / CES build), and I want to highlight 2 things I have noticed when using it there. Start Menu Tasks The first thing I noticed was that Messenger introduced a popup menu
Group Chat Comparison: Groups.im vs. Messenger 2009
This is a guest post by Leon Guo, Product Planner Groups.im. Recently Microsoft came out with the new Windows Live Groups, and I have found a similar service to compare with it from http://groups.im/. Both of them are used by people all around the world and both came out to
Disable Aero for Windows Live Messenger 2009 RC
You ever wondered that Messenger uses Windows Aero frames since the 14.0.5027.908 beta in September? You want the original Messenger frame back, but you don’t want to disable Aero completely in Windows? The solution is: Use the Messenger Aero Switcher. In order to use it, you should be on Windows
Changes in the Windows Live Messenger RC
If you wonder what changed from the last beta to the current release candidate, here is a summary. The design has been updated to the Wave 3 design. The notification design has changed. The new notifications use Direct3D 9. The What’s New feed entries are now linked properly. There is
Windows Live Essentials Beta: RCs now publicly available
After some delay in shipping, the Windows Live team has now updated the public downloads and the Release Candidate of the Windows Live Essentials Suite is now available for free download. The Windows Live Essentials include Windows Live Mail 2009 RC, Windows Live Messenger 2009 RC, Windows Live Photo Library