MSN Webmessenger closing

Microsoft has decided to end the MSN Webmessenger. The service will end on the 30th of June 2009 (just 1 day to go ).

From now on you are forced to chat via a web-based Messenger by signing in to Hotmail. Check this toturial.

Note, this webmessenger only works in Internet Explorer and Firefox. It doesnt work for google chrome users, they should use one of the alternatives below.

Web-based messengers

• Meebo
• Ebuddy

Stopping Windows Live Messenger spammers

How-to geek wrote a great post on how to stop Windows Live Messenger (WLM) spammers.



The first time you receive a spammer message like this, you will be prompted with an option to block messages from unknown senders, which is exactly what you want to do. The problem is that if you don�€™t choose this option the first time, you won�€™t get the same option again.



Normally if you choose block, you�€™ll be notified that this blocks everybody who is not on your allow list. As far as I�€™m concerned, that�€™s just the way I like it.



If you�€™ve mistakenly or purposely chosen to allow on the earlier screen, you can still block all unknown users�€”you�€™ll just need to take a trip to the Options panel.



Here you�€™ll want to check the box for �€œOnly people on my Allow List can see my status and send me messages�€�. Then you can setup your Allow list if you want, or block other people.

Source: How-to Geek

Messenger Plus! Snow leopard skin

Where bringing back some live to our Skins download section. The last skin was posted on November 2008, expect more skins in the next couple of weeks.

Snow leopard skin



Coolzee has designed a beautiful skin based on the new Mac OS Snow Leopard. This skin is still in beta stage so it could contain some bugs. This skin only works if you have Windows Live Messenger 2009 (9.0) and Messenger Plus! installed.

Download Snow Leopard Skin

Gangster Emoticons

You may have noticed that our kick ass Smiley Emoticons disappeared for a while...well they're back now...but for a limited time only - download them now.

Emoticon Smiley is back for the summer sunshine, updated and more bad ass than ever with these gangster Emoticons exclusively for Windows Live Messenger.



Download Now

MessengerDiscovery 2 Released!

After a couple of Beta versions (0959, 0018, 0037) and lots of development by Matt (from MessengerDiscovery) there now is a final version of MessengerDiscovery 2.

MessengerDiscovery 2 is a complete rewrite from the previous version, using Microsoft .Net technology it should be more stable and more flexible.

The most important updates are:

• Translated in more then 20 languages
• Plugin support , now everyone can write his/her own plugins. Check plugin list here. For developers check documentation here.

Download MessengerDiscovery 2.0.44

New Beta MessengerDiscovery

MessengerDiscovery has just released a new beta, this beta (037b) contains a list of updates and new features.

New features

• New Settings tab; MessengerDiscovery -> Event Log
• Log events to text file
• Show event log on top of all other windows
• WLM contact list right click menu
• Remove advertising from contact list

More updates and info can be found here.

Download MessengerDiscovery 2.0.0.0037 BETA

Utility thats removes your MSN viruses

MSN Virus Cleaner will (as the name says) cleanup all the viruses that are related to MSN / Windows Live Messenger.

MSN Virus Cleaner can even remove AOL instant messenger and Yahoo Messenger related viruses and worms.

To use MSN Virus Cleaner, launch the application after a complete installation. On the main window of MSN Virus Cleaner, click Scan to scan for viruses and any threats found will be automatically erase from your computer. Besides removing viruses and worms, there are other functions included in the application.

Please remember this can't replace a real virus scanner!

Download MSN Virus Cleaner 2.0.3.3 (Size: 4 Mb)

Minimize problem Windows 7 beta

If you are working on the beta build of Windows 7 you should have noticed that you couldnt minimize Windows Live Messenger 9 to the Notification Area. Instead it minimizes to the taskbar.

To fix this issue follow the steps:

1) First exit Windows Live Messenger.
2) Goto the Windows Live Messenger shortcut and right click on it.
3) A new window will appear, select the Compatibilty tab.
4) Check the Run this program in compatibility mode option and change it to Vista. And press OK. (See screenshot).
5) Now run Windows Live Messenger again, and try minimizing.

Correctly minimized:

It's Easter!

Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Robin Blew Away...Oh no, it's not Christmas, wrong month. It's Easter!

I love Easter, too much Chocolate...the Easter bunny, he's no Santa, but he's still pretty cool...and of course more Chocolate Eggs!

We're celebrating Easter with our special emoticon smiley pack, that contains lots of awesome Easter emoticons along with plenty of
other kick ass smileys for MSN Messenger and Windows Live Messenger.



Hurry, it's Easter this weekend! - Oh, its a free download of course!

Download Now

Downgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.5 how-to

Lots of people are complaining about the latest Windows Live Messenger 9. They are all looking for a way to downgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.5.

To help those people with this downgrade a wrote a little how-to.

1. First uninstall everything

The first step is to totally remove every program that is related to Windows Live Messenger. You can use ZapMessenger, ZapMessenger will try to remove all your MSN/WLM messenger versions.

Also check your Control Panel -> Programs and remove everything related to Windows Live Messenger.

2. Download and install Windows Live Messenger 8.5

Once you run the first step completely you can start downloading and installing Windows Live Messenger 8.5 again. The download to the correct file can be found on the page (look for the download now).

A file called WLinstaller.exe will download, run it.

Select the Messenger product, once selected it will start installing (this can take a couple of minutes to start).

If you get a error wenn you run WLinstaller.exe, see extra step below.

Enjoy Windows Live Messenger 8.5 again!


Extra step: Windows Installer Clean Up

Download this program (this will install under C:\Program Files\Windows Installer Clean Up) and run msicuu.exe in the installation folder. Look for everything related to Windows Live (like Windows Live Messenger etc..).

Select the program(s) you want to remove and press remove.

Hope this helps to fix the WLinstaller.exe error.