Windows Messenger 5.0 Release Candidate 2 Build 0337
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 22 July 2003 - 06:43 · 17 comments & 1176 views
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#1 Posted by Sim31 on 22 Jul 2003 - 06:52
- Thats what I thought, I thought there was a problem with the installation, took me awhile to install but i got it done
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#2 Posted by antny_uk on 22 Jul 2003 - 09:28
- does this version have any advantage over MSN messenger 6? I would have thought the two would merge into one application by now....
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#3 Posted by TooPackShaker on 22 Jul 2003 - 09:30
- doh I get an error and theres no uninstall
:edit: well I did a system restore, which for some reason left me with no windows messenger at all. so I finally installed msn messnger 6. its probably better all round anyway
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#4 Posted by Quick Reply on 22 Jul 2003 - 09:58
- I can't believe how they made it suck so much, and now that it's RC, it's official, it sucks.
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#5 Posted by DJ Prem on 22 Jul 2003 - 10:16
- hope they make a big diffrence in the final
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#6 Posted by DJ^TuRKiYe on 22 Jul 2003 - 10:22
- What more do you guys want them to add to a messenger. It does its job thats enough, if you want bloat use msn messenger 6
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#7 Posted by Quick Reply on 22 Jul 2003 - 10:24
- From the Newsgroups...
QUOTE Hi everyone,
Our new build (5.0.0337), RC2, is available for your testing enjoyment.
If you got ahold of 335, we recommend uninstalling it before installing 337.
As is mentioned on the betaplace website, there is only one very minor
difference between the two that very few people are unlikely to run into
that has to do with corporate deployments, so you shouldn't feel like you
need to move to the new build if you installed 335.
Some of the more important changes:
* Warn .NET users of possible spam and give them a chance to change
their default privacy option to block non-buddies.
* Fixes to setup to reduce the chances of needing a reboot plus offer an
accurate list of processes that need to be closed in order to avoid
rebooting.
* Fixed some connectivity issues.
Lots of smaller issues, working on the fit and finish of the product.
We have a very small list of known issues with Windows Messenger 5.0 that
are severe enough to warrant changes at this time, so although this isn't
the final build it is very close.
Thank you again for your hard work!
-- Andrew
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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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#8 Posted by danbalsh on 22 Jul 2003 - 11:14
QUOTE Warn .NET users of possible spam and give them a chance to change their default privacy option to block non-buddies.
How does this work exactly?
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#9 Posted by Drimacus on 22 Jul 2003 - 12:37
- damn, if WM is a stripped down version of MSN, how come this thing is twice as big, even in .rar format ??? lol
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#9.2 Posted by JaggedFlame on 22 Jul 2003 - 13:57
- Because it's a beta version that works on all OSes. Once they split it up into XP/2000/9x downloads, it'll be smaller.
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#10 Posted by NXTwoThou on 22 Jul 2003 - 12:48
- One of the things I've been waiting for is some method of reporting abuse.
I want to be able to get messages from people I haven't added to my friends list, but, I used to get 6-10 spam messages a day. When I emailed support/abuse, I was told to just block anybody but on my friends list.
Why not take a cue from Yahoo's web email? Put a big honkin button that says "this is spam". And if MS gets so many "This is spam" messages, terminate the account(or better yet, get some licensing for damages for using MS's network for their advertising).
Uhm, that, and offline messages would be nice at some point as well.
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#11 Posted by 802.11 on 22 Jul 2003 - 14:06
- Well, i prefer MSN Messenger, i am not a corporation... lol
Some of you may have noticed that we had a previous Release Candidate (Build 0335) out over the weekend. We found one deployment bug that we had to fix. This caused us to rebuild to build 0337. There is no difference in general functionality between the two builds and if you have the old 0335 build you can keep that one and you do not have to upgrade to 0337.
Important changes:- Warn .NET users of possible spam and give them a chance to change their default privacy option to block non-buddies.
- Fixes to setup to reduce the chances of needing a reboot plus offer an accurate list of processes that need to be closed in order to avoid rebooting.
- Fixed some connectivity issues.
Thanks to my buddy adek @ Techconnect for hosting the file for NeowinHi everyone,
Our new build (5.0.0337), RC2, is available for your testing enjoyment.
If you got ahold of 335, we recommend uninstalling it before installing 337. As is mentioned on the betaplace website, there is only one very minor difference between the two that very few people are unlikely to run into that has to do with corporate deployments, so you shouldn't feel like you need to move to the new build if you installed 335.
Lots of smaller issues, working on the fit and finish of the product.
We have a very small list of known issues with Windows Messenger 5.0 that are severe enough to warrant changes at this time, so although this isn't the final build it is very close.
Thank you again for your hard work!