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i’m Making Progress

Windows Live Messenger

A few months back I wrote a piece on the progress of the i’m Making A Difference program and at that stage approximately $92,500 was raised. Since then till now it has catapulted to an amazing $366,018.38. Thats raised the average raised per month from $10,000 to roughly $33,274. This is tremendous news for those charities that are involved with the program.

For those that are interested in spreading the message via your websites or blogs, you can now register for an online medallion for those that are passionate about the cause. Heres an example of the medallion;

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Solutions for common Windows Live Messenger error codes

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The Messenger Support Blog has today been updated adding further error code troubleshooting articles as many people have been getting hit with the 8xxxxxxx error codes when logging in with the newer versions since Windows Live Messenger 8.0.

Heres some links to step by step instructions which help fix errors you maybe recieving;

Hopefully these will solve your problems you may be experiencing with Messenger. Remember to check out the other articles at Messenger Support Blog relating to other error codes and problems relating to Messenger.

Messenger Plus! Live 4.50

It’s near Christmas and Patchou has delivered an early gift for yourself, family and friends. The gift of the latest version of Messenger Plus! Live 4.50. So whats new?

  • Compatible with the current Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta though not everything works
  • Skinning Messenger has now became reality. Skins can be found at the Messenger Plus Live Skins Database. Pretty good ones already available to try out now!
  • 30 pages of detailed documentation for Skinning your Messenger so you can make your own and share!
  • Numerous optimizations, fixes and improvements to Messenger Plus! overall.

I’ve personally tried this baby out. I’m very impressed with the skin quality and for me the best version of Messenger Plus! to date. So do yourself a favour and download the new version of Messenger Plus! Live

A new beta but remember…

While the buzz around is the Windows Live Messenger 9 Beta, you must remember that if your considering using it your going to have to go without. Going without I mean, not able to use add-ons such as Stuffplug and Messenger Plus! as neither software are compatible as yet(leaked beta after all!)

Atleast for now Patchou has said compatibility will be expected on the release of Messenger Plus! 4.50, theres no word on when Stuffplug will be. We’ll keep you posted but for now if you love your add-ons, still use Windows Live Messenger 8.5.

Windows Live Messenger 9 Leaked

Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Messenger 9 has been leaked to net to numerous websites around the globe, sporting new features;

  • Messenger Sounds - Configure a signature sound when you come online to your buddies.
  • Multiple Sign Ins - For example; Allows you to sign into messenger on the pc as well as your Xbox Live account. Note that it’s only working for registered Beta participants. It should also coincide with the expected Xbox Dashboard Update.
  • Contact Spam - You can now block and report a suspected spammer(relating to advertising etc.)
  • Animated Display Pictures - Such as an animated gif, Dynamic Display Pictures(DDP’s) which currently can only be made by companies with a Digital License are still around.

Links can be found all over the place and we won’t be linking it to front page. Try Google perhaps ? We suggest you keep using the current version 8.5 till this is publicly released by the Messenger Team. You can also head to mess.be for screenshots.