Windows live messenger upgrades

So my first recommendation is to simply upgrade and give Windows Live Messenger a chance. You may be surprised. Switching services is a big deal. It may be easier than you think — you might want to check with your contacts and see if they already have accounts on those other services.

The second alternative is actually what I do. Run a third party IM client program. In my case I run Trillian. Another alternative is Pidgin , an open source equivalent to Trillian.

Same idea: you install Pidgin and use it instead of Windows Live Messenger to communicate to the same buddies you had before. A third and completely different alternative is to use a web based IM service such as Meebo. You can IM through several different services via the Meebo website. Readers have reported good things about it, however. Subscribe to Confident Computing! Less frustration and more confidence, solutions, answers, and tips in your inbox every week.

Interesting thing happened with Live Messenger yesterday. I uninstalled it and now have updated to new version. BTW, I didnt click on any link. Have you ever heard of such a thing happening? Thanks for your info on the Messenger, we are all confused….. This is after I had repeatedly stated that I like the old version. I hate it. What are users who have windows supposed to do.

I can no longer log in as it keeps saying I have to upgrade from version 7. Not an IT pro? Resources for IT Professionals. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. I don't like the new live messenger at all. I also have a slight of color blindness and can hardly see when somebody is away or is in dnd with the use of those colors in the new messenger.

I use the new one no problems. But I really think they are forcing the update so people can't use other programs to access the msn messenger service. I, too, don't like the new upgrade. Since I was forced to install it, I can no longer access my email account unless I go to a search engine and bring up Hotmail and then log in that way. I tried to contact Windows Live Messenger, but all I get when I click on a link is my toolbar across the top of the screen.

Nothing else. I hope this is a temporary problem. I hate upgrades. I've never had one installed that worked better than what it was before. Usually just cause more problems. Thank you for the compatability tip, I can finally log into WLM 8.

I despise the new version of WLM. I don't see why they need to make so many visual changes instead of just applying the "security" upgrades to a working version. This is nearly tragic. When this new version first came out, I tried immediately and I lost all my contacts.

I couldn't see any of them, re-add them or add new ones. So I bowed never to use it again until they fixed it. Now version 8 won't work anymore and I'm screwed, because I never found a solution for this problem, and they fail to deliver one. I've deleted my contacts cache folders again and again, uninstalled and reinstalled the bloody thing a zillion times, and done everything anyone ever suggested me to do and nothing works.

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