They should be the same, and Port forwarding for WLM is often unnecessary

Using it.
Nothin special also.
Yes they have a new look for the contact card. But i don't think anyone is using it.

so any1 have try this beta?

Yeah, I've tried it. And your point is?

Yeah, I've tried it. And your point is?

so it got any bugs or wat?

i think he wan to know that is it better than 7.1? What are the improvements and ya da ya da ya da.. u get my point

so it got any bugs or wat?

after i use the patch files.. then it coming error..
did any1 same problem wif me?

hey guys.. i would like to know the port WIndow Messenger uses.. i would like to port forward it.

could any provide me the ports?

i check out at port forward .com the only result i get is MSN messenger n i m not sure if both of them uses the same port

What's New?

Roaming Identity  - Your display name follows you any place you sign into. Now your display picture and personal message will follow you too. If you would prefer they stayed in place you can turn this off (Tools->Options->General -> Sign In -> "Use the same display picture....")

Contact Card - The contact card has gotten a updated look. Instead of a flip it does a slide to toggle between the Spaces and Contact information. Also no more squinting at an icon and trying to figure out what it means the actions on the card are now listed out plain and simple.



Emoticons, Winks, Backgrounds, Display Pictures - The menus have gotten an updated look. They include a recently used list and easy access to featured content so you can get new emoticons, winks, background and display pictures to use. hint: typcially in the featured section the first 4 are free.



SMS Phone Book - You now have a quick way to send SMS to a phone number or add phone numbers for your contacts. Just click the cell phone icon in them main window for a good time.



New Contact Emotion - In 8.0 all our icons got an update but we forgot a very important one. The contact emoticon. Type (M) to send it.



Status Menu includes Sign Out - We noticed people look in the status menu to sign out and so ta-da now you can sign out from the status menu.



Report abuse - Here is something you will hopefully never need to use, but it is there just in case.



Vista Presentation Mode - When you are in Presentation Mode on Vista Messenger will change your status to busy so you can avoid the embarrassing situation of everyone reading your IMs! Don't worry if you want to show Messenger in your presentation you can turn this off (Tools->Options-> Personal-> My Status -> Show me as "Busy"...).

*Anything else I should know? Yes. Vista users please follow the work around below to avoid the "DEP flash crash".

1. Uninstall Flash Player (Click Start->Control Panel->Uninstall a Program, then select Flash Player)

2. Close Windows Live Messenger and any other programs that use Flash

3. Open Adobe public Flash Player beta site

4. Click "Download Installer for Windows Active X" to install

lol my thread just lesap and ganti-ed by this eh...

because you're late

. Your display name, status and personalization roam with you to any computer
Good one! And I hope there's display pic roaming too! (but not so possible considering it's a picture instead of text information - consumes more storage)

There is a small problem with msn 8.X messenger.

Some people might experience adding contacts error.
When you delete a contact and re add him again, msn messenger won't add properly. It will keep saying the contact is not in your list or whatever. And you can't view him online.

I actually made a mistake on the above, Display picture actually roams with me to any computer! (of course you can set it not to do so)

you mean you use another computer but it still shows the same display pic of yours?

how do you do that?