Windows Live Messenger Beta

[EvilBoris]

If anybody fancies the new spangly looking Messenger Beta

http://download.live.com/messenger

Tis there

[ezee ryder]

I used that for a while and then went back to the one I had before. Emoticons and some other stuff weren't working properly

[sj33]

RAGE, doesn't work on XP64.

[EvilBoris]

Ah that'd be the stupid WL installer thing causing that

[Hohum]

So is this beta any good? Judging from the appearance on the webpage it just seems more garish...

[EvilBoris]

The contacts list looks nicer but the layout of the chat window is a bit messy.
The Beta's of WLM have always varied quite significantly in the final version though.

There are some nice new features such as being able to choose a custom noise for when you come online in someone's list.

[sj33]

There is a little guide here about getting it to work in unsupported OS's. I can't actually get this to work, but if someone does manage to make that work, it would be great if they could post a modified executable.

Microsoft are intentionally blocking their own operating systems i.e XP64 and even Server 2008. If I didn't know any better, you'd think they're trying to tempt me to another operating system.

[huxley]

please delete post.
Sorry