Here we go again, skins for Windows Live Messenger are starting to appear, some are good, and some are, well, bad. However I've been searching the web for a while and I've found a decent list. Remember there are not as many skins now as skinning Messenger has become a lot more difficult, nevertheless there is a good selection you can choose from. Enjoy!


Important: LEARN HOW TO INSTALL SKINS HERE!

Note: The list below is directly taken from this page and I will try and keep this thread synchronized with that.


Windows Live Messenger 8.0 Skins:

Aqua Blue Skin

EvO [Recommended]

Mac Skin

Mess With Messenger

Messed Skin

Serbian Live Messenger

Vista Dark Blue Messenger

Vista Live Messenger [Recommended]

Windows Live Black Vista

WLMBlackVista

WLM Ixtli Skin

Wlm Zex

WMP 11


Windows Live Messenger 8.1 Skins:

Black Skin

DBZ Live Messenger Skin

EvO [Recommended]

Hello Kitty Skin

Mac Messenger Brushed

Mac Messenger Final

Minimal Messenger [Recommended]

Playboy Skin

SlanXP V2 FiXeD

Skins WLM Vista

Tokio Hotel

Unknown Messenger [Recommended]

Vista Messenger

Windows Live Ferrari

Windows Live Naruto

WLM Bluesky [Recommended]

Windows Office Messenger

Windows Vista Basic [Recommended]

Windows Vista Messenger

Windows Vista Messenger Black


Windows Live Messenger 8.5 beta Skins:

Akatsuki Live Messenger

Halo Live Messenger

Triforce Live Messenger

Windows Vista Black

Windows Vista Gris

Windows Vista Skin 8.5 Beta

WLM 8.5 Cleaned

Mac Skin

Windows Live Playboy

Windows Live Vista

Skins for Windows Live Messenger available via Messenger Plus! Live 4.5:

Evo 3.0

Nightfall v1

Apple Live Messenger

SkyLines

Grey Tucan

Beaver & Steve [Shapped Skin]

Uberultramegaawesomeskin

Office 07

[url=http://www.msgpluslive.net/skins/view/6-Old-School-Messenger/]Old School Messenger [Recommended]</a>

Nao Messenger

Ribbon Messenger

All of the Messenger Plus! Live skins are compatible with different versions of Windows Live Messenger [8.0,8.5, and 9.0 ALPHA]. The links provided will tell you which versions the skin is compatible for. You can visit the official Plus! Skin Database by clicking here. Documentation, tutorials, and everything you need to know can be found at the database site listed above.

Updated: 12/12/07

Those are really sweet... I'm installing Vista tomorrow, so I'll be bookmarking some of these.

THANK YOU, now my msn looks exactly as my Windows UI

Oh yeah, if you guys have any links that I could add to the list feel free to post them . CY and Baku, yall' are welcome.

Nice list mate!

Thanks for this list, installed EvO now

Wow, The Evo skin is excellent. I like that clean yet bright theme. Very well done! Thanks for posting the list!

Love the Minimalistic theme.

Thanks for sharing this! I downloaded Windows Vista Messenger Black skin and I love it so much!

Messenger looks alot better now, thanks !

Downloading the Vista one right now! Nice stuff!

Class thread.

wow never knew the Slan WLM skin existed thanks!!

this is so awesome
thnks m8

List Updated .

Thank you!
I like WLM BLUESKY!

IMPORTANT: How To intsall skins

That link is dead.

Indeed it is. We just moved over too the new version of the website which this list comes from. We're in the proccess of updating the guide and putting our tutorial system up. I'll let you know when it's fixed. Thanks for the report .

Awww, no 8.5 skins.
Although I guess 8.5 has its own thing going for it.

I'm using 8.5 and the majority of 8.1 skins work, I haven't had the chance to beta test them all. I'll let you know which ones work and which ones don't, I'll make a list. But Bluesky, Vista, and ev0 seem to all work .

There isn't many at the minute, but, you can find a list of Windows Live Messenger 8.5 beta skins at our
Skins for Windows Live Messenger 8.5 beta Section .

Added direct link for Windows Live Messenger 8.5 compatible skins .

Is it possible to use these skins and have a-patch installed at the same time, because i can't seem to get it to work.

Have you tried installing the skin, THEN patching your installation?

Hello Kitty Skin - so nice

First post updated with Windows Live Messenger 8.5 skins . Enjoy!

Skins for Windows Live Messenger 9.0 have been added, as well as a huge number of new skins available through Messenger Plus! Live. Enjoy folks!

Thanks. Installed one of these.

is there a way to "unskin" messenger? I would love it if messenger would not use a skin