Windows Live Messenger 8.5 leak is now a public beta


Posted by absorbation on Thu 31 May 2007 (19:50 GMT) (7986 views)
The leaked Windows Live Messenger 8.5 beta that seemed to have got a bit of attention this week (bringing down our site with the amount of downloads it had) has now been released as an official public beta.

MessengerSays mentions nothing on the leak, but talks about the build. You could question the release, most MVP's and interns believed 9.0 was the only version in development. The build no longer supports machines running anything older than Windows XP SP2, and finally moves settings into a new directory (Program Files/Windows Live/Messenger), which is creating problems for 3rd party addons.

Messenger Plus! Live will have an update to support the new beta soon, however there are problems where Plus! installs itself (if you re-install WLM, Plus! may no longer hook correctly because it is installed in a different directory).

I just want to note the public beta is no different than the leak of the other day. If you're having trouble installing the new beta, read this (apparently there are a few issues with the new installer).

Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta (English/UK)
Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta (English/US)
Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta (English/India)
Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta (French/France)
Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta (German)
Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta (Spanish/US)
Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta (Spanish/Spain)
Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta (Chinese [Simplified])
Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta (Japanese)

Tags:   Windows Live Messenger  Beta  Release    

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Comments:


Comment by keeeeeeeeeeeel
Posted on Thu 07 Jun 2007 (11:52 GMT)
www.msgair.net -- interesting.


Comment by Karla
Posted on Sun 03 Jun 2007 (04:25 GMT)
Estou gostando muito desta versão, muito interessante, mas, realmente poderia ser em Português!
um abraço,
KARLA


Comment by Matti
Posted on Fri 01 Jun 2007 (16:26 GMT)
I want the Dutch version! They should get CookieRevised to translate Messenger, then we'd have much faster releases!


Comment by the andyman
Posted on Fri 01 Jun 2007 (14:11 GMT)
the public beta is no different than the leak
Actually I've found one difference so there could well be more (although the difference I found could just be due to the proper English language pack)

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