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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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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
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 LiveTM 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:
- 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).
- Click on the Invitations link in the left hand navigation.
- Enter the following ID <(removed)
- 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
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 LiveTM 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:
- 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).
- Click on the Invitations link in the left hand navigation.
- Enter the following ID <its disappeared (removed)
> into the box and click Go. - 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 
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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
dwergs says:
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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.
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 
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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 schoolpapers and say, "Always put the most important thing in the first sentence soreaders know what they’re getting into." I must be a rebel or something, becausehad 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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MSN Messenger 7.5.0311 Released
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
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