ms_old2 Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 (edited) How to make the MSN Messenger 7.5 Installer, Windows 2000 Compatible. MSN Messenger 7.5 was only supposed to be installed on Windows XP. However, with a little bit of hex editing you can modify the installer so that it will work on Windows 2000. First you need to download a good Hex Editor, I suggest XVI32 ? extract all files from the zip folder into a convenient folder. Now you need to download and install WinRAR and finally the MSN Messenger 7.5 Installer, remember to save the file do not choose to open the 7.5 installer on successful download. Go to the place where you have saved the MSN Messenger 7.5 Installer, and open it up with WinRAR. Once opened, find and extract to a convenient folder, MsnMsgs.msi ? then open up your Hex Editor. Once the Hex Editor is open, go to File >> Open and then open up MsnMsgs.msi. Now do a text string search for all occurrences of VersionNT >= 501 and then change the code to VersionNT >< 501 (there should be 4 occurances) ? then save the modified MsnMsgs.msi. Now run the modified MsnMsgs.msi and it will install MSN Messenger 7.5 on a Windows 2000 machine. To download all the files mentioned above, please click here. I hope this was useful for you. -- Max Shanly Edited November 20, 2005 by Max Shanly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosal Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 thanks sooooooooooooooooo much it took me about 2 minutes and now i can enjoy msn 7.5 thanks :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_old2 Posted November 9, 2005 Author Share Posted November 9, 2005 I am glad you could do it. I am currently working on a tutorial for the same purpose but with Windows Live Messenger. ;) -- Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juan4Ever Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 there is a way to do the same thing but with wmp10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_old2 Posted November 16, 2005 Author Share Posted November 16, 2005 Probably, try searching for said text strings in the tutorial and changing them to the other text strings I have said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaredFrost Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 there is a way to do the same thing but with wmp10? 586815680[/snapback] No, WMP10 uses kernel entries that Windows 2000 does not have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_old2 Posted November 16, 2005 Author Share Posted November 16, 2005 This tutorial also works for WLM 8. -- Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riahc3 Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 or just look for the installer on Mess.be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_old2 Posted November 17, 2005 Author Share Posted November 17, 2005 Err no. Mess.be doesn't have the latest version. ;) -- Max P.S - I just wish people woulds stop spamming my threads with negative comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blake Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 Great tip, You should add that there will be 4 "VersionNT >= 501" text to change. (edited version 7.5.0311) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_old2 Posted November 20, 2005 Author Share Posted November 20, 2005 (edited) Great tip, You should add that there will be 4 "VersionNT >= 501" text to change. (edited version 7.5.0311) 586830608[/snapback] Yeah, I knew I had forgotten something and I know the links are dead at the moment. But that is because I am getting ready to update the tutorial. :) -- Max Edited November 20, 2005 by Max Shanly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibmfans Posted November 20, 2005 Share Posted November 20, 2005 the file can't download Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_old2 Posted November 20, 2005 Author Share Posted November 20, 2005 the file can't download 586831743[/snapback] If you had read the post above then you would know that they were dead. I will just do a bit of work on it now. :) -- Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shubhangam Agrawal Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Hi I used this on a legal version of windows messenger live 8 it installed perfectly but- when i run it- an error comes up- msnmsgr.exe - Entry Point Not Found X The Procedure entry point SHGetFolderPathAndSubDirW could not be located in the dynamic link library SHELL32.dll. Please Help What to do If you tell me how to run it i will send you an invitation free! ;) Please help me out Thanks Shubhangam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_old2 Posted January 23, 2006 Author Share Posted January 23, 2006 It won't work, I tried it on my Grandfathers PC. -- Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted January 27, 2006 Veteran Share Posted January 27, 2006 tried this on WLM8 and it worked fine the first time, but wouldnt run the next time - the second time it said "msnmsgr.exe is not a valid win32 executable" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_old2 Posted January 28, 2006 Author Share Posted January 28, 2006 tried this on WLM8 and it worked fine the first time, but wouldnt run the next time - the second time it said "msnmsgr.exe is not a valid win32 executable" Read the last post on Page 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shubhangam Agrawal Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 is there no way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_old2 Posted February 1, 2006 Author Share Posted February 1, 2006 is there no way? No, not ot my knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shubhangam Agrawal Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 k thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzle-Q Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 How to make the MSN Messenger 7.5 Installer, Windows 2000 Compatible. MSN Messenger 7.5 was only supposed to be installed on Windows XP. However, with a little bit of hex editing you can modify the installer so that it will work on Windows 2000. First you need to download a good Hex Editor, I suggest XVI32 ? extract all files from the zip folder into a convenient folder. Now you need to download and install WinRAR and finally the MSN Messenger 7.5 Installer, remember to save the file do not choose to open the 7.5 installer on successful download. Go to the place where you have saved the MSN Messenger 7.5 Installer, and open it up with WinRAR. Once opened, find and extract to a convenient folder, MsnMsgs.msi ? then open up your Hex Editor. Once the Hex Editor is open, go to File >> Open and then open up MsnMsgs.msi. Now do a text string search for all occurrences of VersionNT >= 501 and then change the code to VersionNT >< 501 (there should be 4 occurances) ? then save the modified MsnMsgs.msi. Now run the modified MsnMsgs.msi and it will install MSN Messenger 7.5 on a Windows 2000 machine. To download all the files mentioned above, please click here. I hope this was useful for you. -- Max Shanly I tried this and it installed perfectly but is there a way to get the Voice Clips to work? I get a message saying "We were unable to run Audio and Video setup at this time" I can recieve Voice clips but not send any, nor can I voice chat or webcam. Any h:unsure:nsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_old2 Posted February 25, 2006 Author Share Posted February 25, 2006 I tried this and it installed perfectly but is there a way to get the Voice Clips to work? I get a message saying "We were unable to run Audio and Video setup at this time" I can recieve Voice clips but not send any, nor can I voice chat or webcam. Any help? :unsure: Seems to depend on the Computer. It worked on one installation of Win2k I had, but not on the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzle-Q Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Hmm... did you check the differences of the computers that you installed them on... like was it a totally different hardware/software setup... or are they basically the same and you have no clue what can be causing the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ms_old2 Posted February 26, 2006 Author Share Posted February 26, 2006 Hmm... did you check the differences of the computers that you installed them on... like was it a totally different hardware/software setup... or are they basically the same and you have no clue what can be causing the problem? Totally different hardware setup. Tried it on my Grandfathers PC and my Stepsisters laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurince Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 I just have a proposal to change the concerned string to "VersionNT >= 401", instead of "VersionNT >< 501", and I've verified the former, it worked fine. How to make the MSN Messenger 7.5 Installer, Windows 2000 Compatible. MSN Messenger 7.5 was only supposed to be installed on Windows XP. However, with a little bit of hex editing you can modify the installer so that it will work on Windows 2000. First you need to download a good Hex Editor, I suggest XVI32 ? extract all files from the zip folder into a convenient folder. Now you need to download and install WinRAR and finally the MSN Messenger 7.5 Installer, remember to save the file do not choose to open the 7.5 installer on successful download. Go to the place where you have saved the MSN Messenger 7.5 Installer, and open it up with WinRAR. Once opened, find and extract to a convenient folder, MsnMsgs.msi ? then open up your Hex Editor. Once the Hex Editor is open, go to File >> Open and then open up MsnMsgs.msi. Now do a text string search for all occurrences of VersionNT >= 501 and then change the code to VersionNT >< 501 (there should be 4 occurances) ? then save the modified MsnMsgs.msi. Now run the modified MsnMsgs.msi and it will install MSN Messenger 7.5 on a Windows 2000 machine. To download all the files mentioned above, please click here. I hope this was useful for you. -- Max Shanly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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