Talking about Windows Live Messenger Invite

i been keeping most people in the dark regarding the invite i got  - i was accepted  - into the December 12th Beta Pool.

When ever i get invites first picks will go to my Windows Live Contacts  however as i friendly i give away spare invites to people

 

Neowin.net also has a request thread here for those who like to test it at time of writing its 209 replies no one to my knowledge yet got any invites to give away

 

<email snippy>

Dear MSN Butterfly,

Okay, we’re ready for you.

You can now download and start testing the new beta version of MSN® Messenger, which will now be called Windows LiveTM Messenger

</email snippy>

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Windows Live Messenger Invite

Just recieved this (below under list of what i active on) if accepted would be another Beta i on :

My Betas

Windows Live Favorites

Windows Live Security Center (Public Beta) available by all although US Only

Windows Live Favorites MSN Toolbar and Desktop Search Suite Add in

Windows Live Mail

Windows Live Local – Public Beta available to all

Live.com

Microsoft Office Communictor 2005 Mobile

Windows Live Ideas Homepage – Best Place to find info and sign up (legal route)

ADDED: Windows Live Messenger 8.0 

 

Dear Jamie, ( no point hiding my name cause its on my space )

Some of the invitation mails that we sent yesterday did not reach their intended recipients. Therefore, we are sending them again. If this is the second time you are receiving this email, we apologize for the inconvenience. - i was forgotten first time

Also, the space for this beta is limited and will be filled on a first come first served basis so do not hesitate to follow the instructions below if you are interested in taking part.

We need your expertise!

We have a new beta version of Messenger that we would like you to be among the very first to try out. You have proven yourself to be a real expert when it comes to betas, and we need your opinion on what we can do to make this new version of Messenger even better.

This new version is called Windows Live^TM Messenger. It’s as fun and reliable as the Messenger you already know, and you lets you keep the contact list and other personal stuff you’ve got stored in Messenger. Plus, this new version has a fresh new look and feel, and lets you do things you’ve never done with Messenger before, like:

• Make domestic and international PC-to-telephone calls at incredibly low rates (you’ll need to sign up with a Microsoft Partner, but you can do this in seconds, right in the Messenger interface.)
• Drop documents into special folders that you and your contact can access even when one of you is off-line

To get started:

1. Click the button below to go to http://connect.microsoft.com and sign in with your Passport credentials (your Hotmail or MSN e-mail address and password).
2. Click on the Invitations link in the left hand navigation.
3. Enter the following ID  <(removed)>  into the box and click Go.
4. Read the information and any instructions found on the welcome page

And in case you were wondering about the new name, Windows Live Messenger is part of a new family of services from Microsoft® that includes Windows Live Mail (now a simpler, safer, faster mail), and Live.com (a new personalized homepage experience), to name just a few.

Thanks, and we hope to hear from you soon.

The Windows Live Messenger team

Windows Live Messenger Invite

Just recieved this (below under list of what i active on) if accepted would be another Beta i on :

My Betas

Windows Live Favorites

Windows Live Security Center (Public Beta) available by all although US Only

Windows Live Favorites MSN Toolbar and Desktop Search Suite Add in

Windows Live Mail

Windows Live Local – Public Beta available to all

Live.com

Microsoft Office Communictor 2005 Mobile

Windows Live Ideas Homepage – Best Place to find info and sign up (legal route)

 

 

Dear Jamie, ( no point hiding my name cause its on my space )

Some of the invitation mails that we sent yesterday did not reach their intended recipients. Therefore, we are sending them again. If this is the second time you are receiving this email, we apologize for the inconvenience. - i was forgotten first time

Also, the space for this beta is limited and will be filled on a first come first served basis so do not hesitate to follow the instructions below if you are interested in taking part.

We need your expertise!

We have a new beta version of Messenger that we would like you to be among the very first to try out. You have proven yourself to be a real expert when it comes to betas, and we need your opinion on what we can do to make this new version of Messenger even better.

This new version is called Windows Live^TM Messenger. It’s as fun and reliable as the Messenger you already know, and you lets you keep the contact list and other personal stuff you’ve got stored in Messenger. Plus, this new version has a fresh new look and feel, and lets you do things you’ve never done with Messenger before, like:

• Make domestic and international PC-to-telephone calls at incredibly low rates (you’ll need to sign up with a Microsoft Partner, but you can do this in seconds, right in the Messenger interface.)
• Drop documents into special folders that you and your contact can access even when one of you is off-line

To get started:

1. Click the button below to go to http://connect.microsoft.com and sign in with your Passport credentials (your Hotmail or MSN e-mail address and password).
2. Click on the Invitations link in the left hand navigation.
3. Enter the following ID  <its disappeared (removed)>  into the box and click Go.
4. Read the information and any instructions found on the welcome page

And in case you were wondering about the new name, Windows Live Messenger is part of a new family of services from Microsoft® that includes Windows Live Mail (now a simpler, safer, faster mail), and Live.com (a new personalized homepage experience), to name just a few.

Thanks, and we hope to hear from you soon.

The Windows Live Messenger team

Good News – Offically Revealled

Some people on my contact list have seen my msn name and asked why i have happy news.

The current Schedule is to expire from 7pm on Friday yey! cause my PC is due back Thursday and Friday at the latest. also the university have gave Monday as 24hr access to the ICT Suites so both good things have came. finally assuming they do not delay either one. why 7pm Friday cause until 4pm on Friday this schedule but between 4pm-7pm i be away reactivating Windows XP, reinstalling MSN but it would be 7.5 at first (the first time using it) and Microsoft Office 2003 and applying all updates and other required software like Flash, and Adobe Acrobat. all this would take some time. if i aint online by 7pm (fri) i be on as soon as possible.

 

More news is tomorrow Thursday going to be the worse day of the week – i have a assignment due, also there is 6 hours timetabled and i donating blood as well. tomorrow going to be rather stressful and they say be not stressed.

 

The IM me from Blog/ Personal site facility is to stay perminantly however no one has used it tome let does no one want to talk to me .

 

I do some mentions as well Hi to Vicky, Cara, Alicia, and Jen (from Skye) also the MSN Mates Sites list changed cause i going to include bebo, myspace.com and MSN Spaces now on this list soon

Mess.be: Windows Live Messenger BETA signup page returns

Windows Live Messenger BETA signup page returns

dwergs says:

I’m sure that after seeing and enjoying all the Windows Live Messenger teasers on this site, most of you out there are dying to pre-live the hype and be among the first to use a working and feature-rich Windows Live Messenger 1.0 BETA. As some Messers have noticed, the scanty BETA signup page we mentioned last month (and was removed immediately after), has returned using the Live template. The page’s adapted text now reads: Quote: Signup page "We think you are really going to enjoy test driving the new features. And we can’t wait to hear what you think of it. We need your help to build it right. To sign up for the beta, please give us your e-mail address so we can send you an invitation when it becomes available. We’ll also use it to keep you in the loop about the latest developments. We’ll use your e-mail address for this beta release and relevant updates only, and the first notice you receive about this will include the option to discontinue further messages regarding the Messenger Beta if you choose." Like before, we’re not sure if this signup page already records submitted addresses. The absence of linkage from the main Windows Live Ideas page and the faulty link to the MSN Sandbox page for "more info on WLM" both plead against its operationality. But I guess it never hurts trying.  theres no harm Be aware that applying for a BETA-tester position entails more than just test driving the new Messenger before your friends and foes. First of all, you’ll have to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) under which you’ll agree to not disclose any information related to the BETA outside of the MSN BETA program community. Next to normal daily use, you will also have to carry out provided testing scenarios and immediately submit bugs along with as much details as possible. If the page does work, and you are selected as a participant, you will be sent a "Welcome" e-mail with info on how to proceed and download the software. >> Windows Messenger Live BETA signup page  [Reported by: whiteshark, Joe Hargett and giasens]

 Windows Live Messenger 1.0 BETA i was told it be Windows Live Messenger 8.0 . i wonder how long this time this page would stay  be fun to see if it works . I know all about NDA’s  - not allowed to  - do you have to physically have to sign a piece of paper and send it to Microsoft UK or US .

Windows Live Messenger Beta

Mike McCoy posted some information regarding the upcoming Messenger 8 beta (Windows Live Messenger) on the Microsoft connect newsgroups:

Has the beta started yet? No. Currently we are in a phase of MSFT internal testing. There are a handful of people outside MSFT, such as MVP’s, who are also participating in this testing but their numbers are very small (less than 100).

When will the beta start? I can’t give out a firm date yet but it should be sometime next month.

How do I sign up? If you were part of the 7.5 beta you will get invited to participate in the beta.

 am i included

Have you seen that it leaked? Yes we have. In fact we put it on download.microsoft.com. We did this because we realized after the 7.5 beta that even if we restrict the download, people still host the bits on their own download sites and it leaks anyway. Instead, we are attempting to control leaks through sign-in authorization. We also saw that the sign-in restriction has been hacked. However, the result is a version that is not fully functional. Plus, if you install and run these hacks you are exposing yourself to spyware and viruses for a version of Messenger 8 that is not even fully functional. My advice is to be patient and wait for your beta invite.

 people download the signin protocol hacking tools at there own risk

Anything else new with this beta? Yes, we have two different types of betas: Managed and Closed. The Managed beta is like our traditional betas. Participants will go to Connect, file bugs and participate in restricted newsgroups. For Closed betas, participants will have the ability to download and use the software and participate in public forums. The Managed beta will be limited by what country you are in so even though you participated in the 7.5 Managed beta you may only be eligible for the Closed beta if you are not in a Managed beta country.

Which countries are Managed and which are Closed? Unfortunately, I can’t say at this time.

 US is one of the managed ones i feel  - hope the UK is as well although  Windows Live Mail/ MSN Hotmail has me as US – ET  - get New York weather and news all the time in MSN 7.0

[Source: mess.be front page] the text on the lines of  are not expessed on mess.be and what i thinking in relation to the text

Talking about Introducing Windows Live Messenger

 

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Introducing Windows Live Messenger

Introducing Windows Live Messenger

Posted by Leah   Having been a former newspaper reporter, my mother used to read my school papers and say, "Always put the most important thing in the first sentence so readers know what they’re getting into." I must be a rebel or something, because had I listened, the first sentence of this blog post–hell, of this whole blog– would be:   Hello Windows Live Messenger.   *** A few months ago all the members of the MSN Messenger team were shut into  a room (lured there by cookies and free frappaccinos) to hear the announcement.  "MSN Messenger had a good run. It’s time for change. Then next time our users  upgrade, it will be to Windows Live Messenger"   A judge would’ve started banging his gavel, "Order! Order!"  because the entire  saucer-eyed, slack-jawed team erupted in murmurs and exclamations. I personally  clapped my hands and bounced up and down like a two-year-old. "I can’t WAIT to  blog this!" (yeah, that’s right – I have a one-track mind).  I didn’t know why or how  or what it all meant, except that I’d have to get new business cards. Actually -  I like my business cards, they’re all multicolored with the adorable little flapping  butterflies   "WAIT!" I cried. "The butterfly! What’s going to happen to the butterfly!?"   They looked at me the same way my parents did when my childhood dog, Minx, got cancer. So, no more butterfly for Messenger. I’m still excited about the change  to Windows Live, but I am gonna miss that little guy. Sniff.   *** Since the internal announcement, I’ve learned that this name change actually is a lot bigger than a juicy blog post and the canning of a defenseless Lepidoptera (look  it up, I did) on Messenger.   MSN will morph into two brands, Windows Live and MSN.   After a few successful years, the creators of the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer  split the cast and concept in half and created a new and almost equally successful  show, Angel. Buffy focused on the human experience, while Angel catered to the sci-fi-action-loving crowd. Think of MSN like Buffy and Windows Live like the Angel spin-off: same people and same missions, but divided in the interest of better focus.  MSN now means content, like MSN.com and MSNBC. While Windows Live means  services like Live.com, Mail, and of course, Instant Messaging.     MSN Messenger 7.5 is the last version of the IM client that will wear the  MSN brand. The next one will wear Windows Live. In some ways this announcement could be misinterpreted as just a Prince-esque  or Puff Daddy name change: I mean, look at it from our perspective: one day,  halfway through upgrading MSN Messenger 7.5 to MSN Messenger 8.0 we’re told  to keep doing what we’re doing, just be aware it’ll be called Windows Live  Messenger instead of MSN Messenger 8.0. When it’s ready you, as users, will  download Windows Live Messenger just like you would’ve downloaded MSN  Messenger 8.0,  had there been one. You will sign in with the same ID and see your buddies, and  have the ability to IM anyone whether they’re running the old MSN Messenger or  the new Windows Live Messenger. You will have all the old features you’re used  to, plus the awesome new ones that we were building for Windows Live Messenger.  (ha, that reads like I was trying to hypnotize you, but I know I don’t have to, you  WILL do all these things . Ok, I will, anyway .   But like a  "John" who changes his name to "Jane", this is more than just  a name change.  To see major implication, you have to know that the name change  is just a first step. As the services pull away from MSN content to live together under  a new brand, we’re also pulling closer together under one mission: To unite the  online experience If that sounds like a line PR fed us, you’re probably right – but I  don’t mind saying it because I believe the product teams fed it to PR first. We’re  computer users too, and the idea of being able to access a lot more features from  a lot more places, to switch from Messenger to Search to Mail and have everything  look and work the same way, excites us. Take the new Unified Contacts in Windows  Live Messenger as an example.  How much do you hate storing a different and disjoint list of contacts all over the place,  in Messenger, in your address book, in your phone, and when information changes in  one place, it’s outdated in all the others. Imagine how great it will be when we’re going  to be able to keep all of your contacts in one place so that when you’re using different services you can access this list in the same straightforward way. Imagine if someone consolidated life this way! Every time I leave my house, I go through a mental list: Phone? Keys? Wallet? Camera?  MP3 Player? Gum? I would love for someone to consolidate these items for me.  ("Now you can call your friends, drive your car, pay for lunch and photograph it too!  listen to The Offspring, freshen your breath all with one unified device!").   *** Final Thoughts (for now) :     - Windows Live Messenger is not out yet – but I can promise that as soon as it is,  we’ll let you know. Keep using MSN Messenger. We worked hard on it!   - Windows Live Messenger and MSN Messenger will not be two separate clients  in the sense that you cannot have them both on your computer at once. It’s one  or the other, just like MSN Messenger 7.0 and MSN Messenger 7.5   - If you’re scared that MSN Messenger is ending, don’t be. This is not the end of  MSN Messenger, but a Metamorphosis. Come with us on this journey, it will be  worth it. (Oh sad, metamorphosis makes me think of butterflies. Sniff)   - I’m embarrassed to even have to talk about this, but for now, it’s still an issue:  Windows Live Messenger and Windows Messenger are still not the same thing.  Just pick the one you like to use, and close the other one up, you’re not meant  to run them both, one is just a bigger brighter flashier version of the other.      - Come back to the blog! Everything you’ll want or need to know about Windows Live Messenger will find it’s way up here. That, and I’ll take it personally if you don’t come back to visit. Next time I’ll make snacks. Ok, bye.

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Contact List Rebuilder

This tool is meant for MSN users experiencing problems with corrupted lists; primarily, when others are unable to see your true online status, or when you get numerous "Add Contact" requests upon signing into your account with MSN Messenger. Recently MSN adjusted its servers to limit the size of "Allow Lists", to help prevent MSN Bots. The down side to this is that, messenger users who add/delete users fairly often can easily reach these limits themselves. The result is a corrupted list, with various chaotic problems. If you are experiencing these issues, we suggest you use this tool. This tool will also help to make logging in faster, as there will be less "junk" data needed to be sent to your MSN Messenger client from the MSN servers

 

Benifiets:

1. A faster Sign in to MSN
2. Gets rid of junk data in the sign in process
3. MSN locking up – could help free that
4. Loads of Allow user requests? -fixs this
5. Fixes if you Getting a message that your contact list is corrupted
6. People you deleted and they deleted you are removed -Speeds up log in
7. Contacts allowed to see you online status but your deleted by them is removed

Disadvantages:

1. May unblock some contacts
2. May delete contacts that you requested but have not accepted you for 2 factors not been online or do not want to chat (and not accepted you)

With up 600 contacts and with each contact slowing your sign in process. A 600 person Contact list is going to take about 600 times longer to sign in then if you had 1 person.

 

 so thats why my sisters msn is faster with 10 contacts and i have 204!

 

 

>> The Tool is @ http://www.msngeeks.com/index.php?page=listrebuilder

MSN Messenger 7.5.0311 Released

MSN Messenger 7.5 has been updated to 7.5.0311. According to Leah’s Blog 7.5.0311 has 2 bug fixes for 7.5 regarding Connectivity and French Version SMS issues.

 

Like other 7.5 versions this version is unable to work with Windows 2000 and below. If you have Windows 2000 or below you would have to use 7.0.0816. Personally i feel if there was bugs in 7.5 that applies in 7.0. 7.0 should be updated as well.

 

 I going to have to wait to November to use this version   as my Windows XP PC being repaired. But 7.0.0816 whould do on this Windows 2000 university PC to then . so i will be on MSN

 

 

Downloads

To download 7.5.0311 visit here (Windows XP and above Only)

7.0.0816 should still be available at here (Windows 2000, 98, 98 SE)

MSN Messenger Version 5 for the those people with Windows 95  ’V5 So Old!’ here

MSN Messenger for Mac (Version 5) here (do not  want to look Windows favoritising )

Hotmail Beta

Mood: Happy

Just checked my hotmail and i been invited to take part in Hotmail Beta . First Impressions i like it. the today page needs to be abit better but it is in development maybe weather or news. Do like preview mail but if you choose to see 1 email entilely its differcult to get back to preview again.

 

I do like the none need to install software to attach files particularly photos. personally i think its better without the tool. Also allows people in places where you not allowed to install software to send attachments something that might be a downside to hotmail and people going to rival email companies.

 

In my opinion the same should happen on MSN spaces (in regards to software to upload images), what whould be nice with MSN Spaces would be the ability to attach pictures in the same way if they were on a website and your pc and more themes preferablely customable.

UK Hotmail Compitition: Check in for your Chance to win

MSN Hotmail doing a UK Only Compitition

Hotmail (UK) wants to reward you for something you do every day — checking your Hotmail e-mail!

Just sign up for the Check in for Your Chance to WIN promotion from MSN Hotmail and you could win Free Music Downloads , free DVD Rental  or a travel voucher worth £1,500.

 

More info

http://www5.imagine-msn.com/hotmail/win/Default.aspx

Note: UK only & Aged 18 and over