msn 8.0

[crazygirl]

Stuff That You Can Do With It:


Send all the normal winks and emoticons, plus some cool new ones.
Have text, video and voice conversations.
Call your friends mobile or land-line phones by signing up for the web calling feature.
Easily share documents with Sharing Folders.
Make free calls with other Messenger users.



Frequently Asked Questions

Has Windows Live Messenger been released yet?
No, Microsoft haven't released Windows Live Messenger yet. It is currently in beta testing.

Can I download a beta version of Windows Live Messenger?
The beta version is now avalible for download but with invitation only. These invitations are given out to the beta testers to share with friends.

Will Windows Live Messenger 8 be free?
Windows Live Messenger will deffinately be avalible for free download.



About The New Features

Offline messaging
You will be able to send messagas to your contacts even when they're offline. They will receive the message as soon as they sign in again.

Sharing folders
Sharing Folders will be a new and simple way for you to share personal photos, documents, and files with your Messenger contacts. You will be able to create a Sharing Folder by simply dragging files onto a contact name in Messenger. This will create an exact copy of the files on both you and your contact's computers.

Voice calling
This feature will let users who sign up for Windows Live phone call easily call landline and mobile phones. You will be able to set up a Windows Live Call account through the Messenger interface and start making calls within minutes. You will be able to purchase minutes upfront, then add minutes when your balance runs low

anyone know anything about this???

[Cornishbabe]

no. I was told the other day that I neded to update mine. But I cant do any of that.

[Luna]

im downloading the beta of it just now

[Luna]

and it now says im not allowed it??? my passport id is not authorised on it???

[JustJodi]

Stuff That You Can Do With It:


Send all the normal winks and emoticons, plus some cool new ones.
Have text, video and voice conversations.
Call your friends mobile or land-line phones by signing up for the web calling feature.
Easily share documents with Sharing Folders.
Make free calls with other Messenger users.



Frequently Asked Questions

Has Windows Live Messenger been released yet?
No, Microsoft haven't released Windows Live Messenger yet. It is currently in beta testing.

Can I download a beta version of Windows Live Messenger?
The beta version is now avalible for download but with invitation only. These invitations are given out to the beta testers to share with friends.

Will Windows Live Messenger 8 be free?
Windows Live Messenger will deffinately be avalible for free download.



About The New Features

Offline messaging
You will be able to send messagas to your contacts even when they're offline. They will receive the message as soon as they sign in again.

Sharing folders
Sharing Folders will be a new and simple way for you to share personal photos, documents, and files with your Messenger contacts. You will be able to create a Sharing Folder by simply dragging files onto a contact name in Messenger. This will create an exact copy of the files on both you and your contact's computers.

Voice calling
This feature will let users who sign up for Windows Live phone call easily call landline and mobile phones. You will be able to set up a Windows Live Call account through the Messenger interface and start making calls within minutes. You will be able to purchase minutes upfront, then add minutes when your balance runs low

anyone know anything about this???

didn't even know there was a new version of MSN in beta testing..where did u find it gang ?????????:searchme:

[crazygirl]

i found it here http://www.msnmonkey.co.uk/MessengerArticles.php
you have to click read article when you get on the site

[~charlie-lou~]

Can you download it yet? And if so, where from?

[CrazyLea]

i'd be careful with beta versions cause they tend to carry bugs and stuff. but not always.. just thought i'd warn you all :p

[crazygirl]

i use beta

[Angeltigger]

Can they not come up with their own idea-
Offline messaging
You will be able to send messagas to your contacts even when they're offline. They will receive the message as soon as they sign in again. that Yahoo thing-
Never heard of it

[twinkle_eyes83]

and it now says im not allowed it??? my passport id is not authorised on it???
mine does to how do i get in there

[Luna]

god knows!!! read on another forum something about an invite

[Amz84]

there isn't an official msn 8.0!! if there was it would be on the official msn website. please read the topic on msn above!!

dont use it as it may contain viruses. the most up to date version is 7.5.

[JustJodi]

there isn't an official msn 8.0!! if there was it would be on the official msn website. please read the topic on msn above!!

dont use it as it may contain viruses. the most up to date version is 7.5.

the 8.0 is the Beta version, I will just wait till it is OUT.. then I will do the update.:hmm:

[Jojo]

the 8.0 is the Beta version, I will just wait till it is OUT.. then I will do the update.:hmm:I'm going to do the same Jodi - once its tested and ready, we will be notified, so I'm going to wait till then

[twinkle_eyes83]

my partner got an invite as you need an invite to it i have had a look at his one and its really good i want it now

[Luna]

invite from who though? someone you know or from msn?

[twinkle_eyes83]

invite from who though? someone you know or from msn?

a friend of his you get so many invites not sure how many so he sent him one

[Luna]

ok thanks weird that youve got to have an invite though

[annaz]

I'm not sure to download when it comes out, I'm quite happy with my 7.0. I always worry about what I put on my computer, I'm so worried I'm getting it insured :)

[twinkle_eyes83]

i had this today


Hello!

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If you use MSN® Messenger now, we think you're really going to enjoy Windows Live™ Messenger. It's as fun and reliable as the Messenger you already know, and you won't lose your contact list or any other personal information when you try this new version.

Some of the new stuff it will let you do:

Use Windows Live™ call to sign-up for MCI Web Calling to get incredibly low rates on calls to phones across the country or around the world
Windows Live™ Messenger is more customisable than ever - choose your colours and more
Drop documents into special folders that you and your contact can access even when one of you is off-line

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Please keep in mind that since this is a beta, some features are still in progress. And that we need your feedback if there's anything that doesn't seem to working right, or that you would like to see done differently.

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 personalised homepage experience), to name just a couple.

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Thanks, and we hope to hear from you soon.

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i can sign in ok but when i go to send a message it comes up with messanger has encounted a problem and needs to close but it works ok with my partners one on his coumpter any ideas even if i try and sign in under his name it does the same its weird

[twinkle_eyes83]

i have now done beta version of Messenger so iam using that one not 7,5 as i have said you need invites to use msn beta ive had a emai from them this morning and i have 2 invites to give away so if any of you want to use beta version of messanger its a first come first served so the first 2 people to email me they are yours til next round lol

[Luna]

oh yes please im dying to try this out

[twinkle_eyes83]

you will need to email me with your email address 1 more up for grabs aswell anymore takers

[twinkle_eyes83]

still got one left if anyone wants it

[Luna]

i now have two intives to give away if anyone wants them - just post here and i'll sned them onto you

[Debs]

i now have two intives to give away if anyone wants them - just post here and i'll sned them onto you

i woudlnt mind trying it out luna???

[Luna]

ok will send it through to you

[annaz]

I may try this out, I'll have to think about it.

[Debs]

ok will send it through to you


cheers luna im downloading it right now!

[xxvikkixx]

Be carefull downloading this, I searched for MSN messenger 8.0 and about 20 different website came up explaining that most of the sites where you download them from is a virus.


"There is no MSN Messenger 8 yet. Not in public beta anyway. However, there's a new virus going around pretending to be "MSN Messenger 8 Working BETA," reports the F-Secure blog."

"There's two ways to catch it. First, by downloading it from a fake site where it has been supposedly "'leaked':If you download and run BETA8WEBINSTALL.EXE from that site, you won't get a new chat client. Instead, your existing MSN Messenger will start to send download links to everyone in your contact list. It also connects your machine to a botnet server. The download link always contains the recipients' email address."


Malware authors have produced a virus which poses as a test version the latest, as yet unreleased, version of MSN Messenger. The Virkel-F masquerades as "MSN Messenger 8 Working BETA" and is available from a bogus site as a supposedly leaked early version of the software.

Windows users who download and run the malware (given the name BETA8WEBINSTALL.EXE by hackers) will fail to get the promised chat client. Instead their existing MSN Messenger client will start to send download links to everyone in their contact lists in a bid to encourage others to become infected. Infected machines will also become clients in a botnet network of compromised PCs.

The social engineering trick uses interest in test version of Windows Live Messenger 8 – access to which is being auctioned on eBay - to hook victims. Anti-virus firm F-Secure has more on the Virkel-F threat here. ®

Just thought I'd post this, don't know if it helps anyone...

[Luna]

me and twinkle yey both have officall invites directly from msn

[Debs]

i downloaded this yesterday and all was working fine until to day and now i cant sign into msn it just keeps saying signing in ive nowbeen signing oin for 20 minutes!

[Jessie Wallace]

I don't like it, the lay out is werid, i want the old one back, but am worried it might ruin my pc if i try and take it off

[xxvikkixx]

Whats different about it then? Is there much difference? Is it worth getting?

[Jessie Wallace]

Me personally i say don't bother, i don't like the lay out at all, and i rewally don't see how the feature make a different except to annoy you!!

[xxvikkixx]

Thanks for the advice lol :P I think I'll just leave my msn as the 7.5 version then :)

[Debs]

Thanks for the advice lol :P I think I'll just leave my msn as the 7.5 version then :)


i wish i had it will not let me sign in to my msn at all!

ive tried unistalling but it isnt making a differernce as soon as try to dowmlaod msn 7.5 again in juts installs the beta agian

it just telling me i am signing in all the time

[xxvikkixx]

You know when you've uninstalled 8.0, where are you trying to get 7.5 from? get it from the msn website theres a link somewhere on the homepage...it should work because that happened to me a few times when I tried get msn 7.0 when that was first released, but it worked fine if you get it from the proper website.

[Debs]

You know when you've uninstalled 8.0, where are you trying to get 7.5 from? get it from the msn website theres a link somewhere on the homepage...it should work because that happened to me a few times when I tried get msn 7.0 when that was first released, but it worked fine if you get it from the proper website.


yeah thats wjere im getting it from

[shannisrules]

ive got an invitation but i dont know wether to accept it or not as its not an official thing so it could contain a virus

[Tori]

i've just tried it- you can apply through the msn website and i hate it, so i've changed back. i don't like the layout and the fact that you can't see who the person is (i have all my contacts named on the old msn) so i've reverted

[Tannie]

i've just tried it- you can apply through the msn website and i hate it, so i've changed back. i don't like the layout and the fact that you can't see who the person is (i have all my contacts named on the old msn) so i've reverted

How can you do that???????????????/

[Tori]

i went on the beta website and it said something like apply here

[twinkle_eyes83]

there is a few of you that has wlm when you go to sign in did you have an update as i did and done the update it looks quite good

[Jessie Wallace]

I don't mind the new one now, it's not as annoying as it used to be, although, there are still a few bit's that could be different.

[Debs]

i got the update messneger beta screen today and it looks a lot better now than it did.

[Luna]

i really dont like the update i liked the other look

[the_watts_rule]

Is it good?

I think I will stick to 7.5 though.

[Cornishbabe]

Is anyone one else having a continuous logging into msn problem. Its taking me about 7 attempts at least before I can log in. Its been doing it for days now.

[twinkle_eyes83]

i have 3 invites for msn 8.0 windows live if anyone wants them

[Flozza]

it said my passport wasn't compatible with msn 8 - what shall i do ?

[shannisrules]

thtats probably because you have to wait for an invite by mail thats what happened to me if you have in invite then i dont know sorry

[Jojo]

I have some invites if anyone wants them :D....

Have 20 going spare :D :D

[Luna]

ive got more too if anyones wantng them

[roxanneslover]

Hi just to let everyone know about live messenger.
1 you can transfer all your contacts over.
2. There is no viuses on it I have used it from the beginning.
3. only get it from the msn site or microsoft themselves as all the other sites adverting it are cloning it.

If anyone wants to know anything else about it then post back on here.

[crazygirl]

how much does it cost? and how do you get it?

[roxanneslover]

how much does it cost? and how do you get it?

This is where you get it from scroll down to the bottom and click on beta sign up and then you can download it.
http://www.msn.com/

It is free by the way.

[crazygirl]

This is where you get it from scroll down to the bottom and click on beta sign up and then you can download it.
http://www.msn.com/

It is free by the way.thanks for that i have just downloaded it :thumbsup:

[roxanneslover]

Hi if any of you get trouble with it I will try and help you but read my other post first so you know where to get it from as there are some rouge sites around that have it but then it makes your computer crash.
I have been using it for 9 mths and have had no trouble.

[Jojo]

There are also a lot of us (me included) that still have invites for 8.0 (i have 19 of them) if they are wanted by anyone

[roxanneslover]

If anyone of you runs out of invites let me know I have 21 of them ok. :cheer:

[crazygirl]

why cant i paste this (*)·´`·.¸.»ß£WÄR£ 1 höt ©hï©k·´`·.¸.»(*) onto my my display name? like i could on 7.5

[roxanneslover]

why cant i paste this (*)·´`·.¸.»ß£WÄR£ 1 höt ©hï©k·´`·.¸.»(*) onto my my display name? like i could on 7.5

You should be able to will try and find out why you cant or what you are not doing ok. :thumbsup:

[crazygirl]

You should be able to will try and find out why you cant or what you are not doing ok. :thumbsup: i asked the support people and they sent me this email back i dont know if you can work it out

Hello Sharon. Â

Thank you for contacting Windows Live Messenger support. Â My name is Arlene and I will be happy to assist you today. Â As I understand it, you would like to be able to paste a display name in Live Messenger. Â You can paste a display name. providing it is allowed. Â Some words are unacceptable. Go online and go to settings. Â You can paste a display name in there. Apart from that, I have listed steps to change your display name.

To change your display name in MSN Web Messenger:
1. In MSN Web Messenger, click your display name.
2. Type your new display name, and then press ENTER.,

Thank you for contacting Windows Live Beta.
Send our Product teams feedback comments or issues that you have with the Windows Live Beta.
The more feedback that you send, the better Windows Live Beta can be.

All feedback may be sent to http://feedback.live.com.
Click the product you would like to leave feedback about and submit the form.

Sincerely,
Arlene B
Windows Live Support

[roxanneslover]

Just follow the leads but due to a certain member from ireland over on fun and games when I started the game rate the person above you, having a go at me I am not willing anymore to help any member on this forum untill she apoligises, just because they or she had over 4,000 postings.

Sorry pardon me for posting dont think i will bother anymore if that is the way you are rude to new members have posted on a site that told me about this site what I feel and how upset I am so to all thoughs members that I was willing to help with msn and computer problems untill the person from ireland apoligise then I wont bother to post here any more.

[crazygirl]

oh ok then! im sorry you have had a fall out with someone