How-to: Use Windows Live in your favorite language
Posted by mynetx on Tue 09 Nov 2010 (17:52 GMT) (130054 views)
Did you know that you can switch languages in Windows Live without having to reinstall the Essentials suite? In this tip, let’s take a look how this works:
  1. Exit any running programs of Windows Live Essentials (e.g., Messenger, Mail, etc).
  2. Click Start, Computer. (Windows XP: Start, My Computer.)
  3. Open Local Disk (C:), Program Files, Windows Live, Installer.
  4. Double click the LangSelector.exe file.
  5. In the appearing window, choose your favorite language.
  6. Now click OK to confirm your change. If the language pack is not yet installed, it gets downloaded automatically.
  7. As soon as the progress dialog has closed, you’re ready to use Windows Live Essentials in the changed language!

Tip: In your Control Panel, open the Regional settings section. You will find a shortcut to change the Windows Live language there as well!

You may change languages as often as you want to, without rebooting your computer. To follow the steps above, you need to have Windows Live Essentials 2011 (15.4) installed. This version is available for free download at explore.live.com and runs on Windows 7 and Vista.

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How-to integrate Twitter with Windows Live Messenger
Posted by absorbation on Wed 12 Aug 2009 (17:26 GMT) (14769 views)
Social networking website Twitter contains a rich and fruitful API for applications to access. As a result integrating Twitter with Windows Live Messenger is easy and works well, particularly with the aid of Messenger add-on Messenger Plus! Live.

Note: All these Messenger scripts require Messenger add-on Messenger Plus! Live in order to function


Update your Twitter status through conservation windows

There are essentially two ways to achieve this. You can use either Twitter Plus! or add Messenger bot twitt'd. Twitt'd does not require any add-ons in order to function, but Twitter Plus! is quicker to use as you only need to type "/twitter" followed by your message.

Download Twitter Plus!
Visit the Twitt'd bot website


Sync your personal message with your Twitter status

It is possible to sync what you write on Twitter with Windows Live Messenger, and when you change your Messenger personal message to show up on your Twitter profile. Use Twitter Psm Pusher to update your Twitter status using your personal message or Twitter2PSM to sync your latest Twitter and make it show up as your personal message. There is also Twit2MSN which appears to be a good all-rounder at this function.

Download Twitter Psm Pusher
Download Twitter2PSM
Download Twit2MSN


View your friend's latest tweets

Twit4Live like Twitter Plus! allows you to update your status on twitter, but it also allows you to view tweets and send them to your contacts as well set as your PSM. Overall this script is a good all-rounder, yet contains the specific function to receive toast pop-up notifications of other Twitter users you are currently following.

Download Twit4Live


Post your currently playing music track to Twitter

Windows Live Messenger contains the feature "Now Playing" which allows you to sync whatever your playing on your computer with your personal message. Twitter Music syncs this with Twitter by adding a new tweet with each track played.

Download TwitterMusic

So there is the definitive list of applications to enchant your Twitter experience within Windows Live Messenger. I suggest giving all of these a go to see what works for you, as many of these have similar features/functions and one will generally out-perform the other.



How-to receive Facebook notifications through Windows Live Messenger
Posted by absorbation on Sat 08 Aug 2009 (18:11 GMT) (6188 views)
Integrating Facebook with Messenger seems to be on everyone's wish list for any upcoming IM client release. However, for the time being there are some simple alternatives in the form of Messenger Plus! scripts to add some basic features and receive Facebook notifications and updates through Windows Live Messenger. Listed below are three scripts to enchant your Messenger and Facebook experience:

Note: These scripts require the Windows Live Messenger add-on Messenger Plus! Live in order to function.


Facebook Status Checker

This handy script will display a toast pop-up message each time you receive a new notification or update on your Facebook home page. Very useful for Facebook addicts who want to see what their friends are doing as soon as it happens.

Download Facebook Status Checker


Facebook Status

Syncing your Windows Live Messenger personal message and your most recent Facebook status has never been easier. Each time you update your status this script will automatically sync it between applications. Very cool.

Download Facebook Status


Facebook Notifications

This application detects any changes made within your Facebook account e.g. friend requests, emails or event invites and displays it directly within Windows Live Messenger. This allows you to check on anything you need to take action on within Facebook as soon as it happens.

Download Facebook Notifications



How to create your own Messenger bot in 5 minutes
Posted by absorbation on Tue 02 Sep 2008 (15:32 GMT) (10222 views)
Messenger bots have become popular over the past couple of years, and are a growing trend for most Messenger clients. Amit Agarwal over at Digital Inspiration knows a few things about them, and has created a tutorial on how to create your own Messenger bot:

This quick tutorial will show you how to develop your own functional IM bot that works with Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live and all other popular instant messaging clients.

To get started, all you need to know are some very basic programming skills (any language would do) and web space to host your 'bot'.

For this example, I have created a dummy bot called 'labnol' that listens to your IM messages and return related search phrases based on Google Suggest. To see this live, add labnol@bot.im to your GTalk buddy list and start chatting.



View the tutorial over at the Digital Inspiration blog



This is mainly a news post for reference, so that some frustrated soul can locate an answer to the issue of installing Windows Live Messenger 8.5 on 64-bit systems. Many thanks to WindowsItPro for supplying the answer:

The latest versions of Windows Live Messenger consist of a very small initial installer, which performs checks on the system and determines whether the system meets requirements. Then, the installer downloads the full Windows Live Messenger installation MSI file and proceeds with the installation automatically.

The initial installer won’t install on Server 2008, even though Windows Live Messenger itself runs fine on Server 2008. To install it, you need to bypass the initial installer that performs the OS check and directly install the MSI file. There are numerous methods to obtain the Live Messenger installer. First, you can go to a site such as www.softpedia.com and search for Install_WLMessenger.msi or Windows Live Messenger. Second, on a Windows Vista machine, you can perform an installation of Windows Live Messenger, then go into Windows Explorer and remove the option to hide protected OS files. Browse to C:Program FilesCommon FilesWindowsLiveInstallerMsiSources, and copy the MSI file to your Server 2008 machine. The latter is the safest option because you know the source of the files you’re using.