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MSN Messenger 6.1 Final Released

Posted by Keldyn on 23 October 2003 - 08:12 · 89 comments & 17456 views

Thanks to Fantasy for his post in BPN.

After much anticipation Microsoft has finally released version 6.1 of their popular IM client.

MSN Messenger is an instant messaging program that lets you send instant messages with cool emoticons, send pictures and other files to your friends, call a phone anywhere in the world from your computer, see when someone is typing a message to you, page a contact's mobile phone, and much more.

Download: MSN Messenger 6.1.0155 Final

Thompson, who said he sent letters to Sony and Wal-Mart to drop the game before the shootings, said, "It's not like this is coming out of the blue, they chose to ignore this danger."

San Mateo, California-based Sony and Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart did not return calls for comment Tuesday. The lawsuit alleges the retail giant sold the game to the Buckners about a year before the shootings.

Douglas Lowenstein, president of the industry Entertainment Software Association, called the shootings "an unspeakable tragedy" but said blaming a game played by millions for the boys' actions was "misguided and counterproductive."

"There is no credible evidence that violent games lead to violent behavior," he said. "While video games may provide a simple excuse for the teenagers involved in this incident, responsibility for violent acts belongs to those who commit them."

Thompson has made similar claims in the past and lost, notably a $33 million lawsuit against video game makers stemming from the 1997 school shooting near Paducah, Kentucky, by a 14-year-old boy.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the case last year that it was "simply to far a leap from shooting characters on a video screen to shooting people in a classroom."

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(2 replies) #1 Posted by SirEvan on 23 Oct 2003 - 08:18: quite interesting.... there is no digital signature on this, but there was on the beta version.... very interesting.

#2 Posted by mipra on 23 Oct 2003 - 08:32: that's so cool...and Plus! also works on this one

(11 replies) #3 Posted by Fubar on 23 Oct 2003 - 08:40: all we need now is the add remover patch

#4 Posted by DJ Prem on 23 Oct 2003 - 08:52

#5 Posted by lucasvanos on 23 Oct 2003 - 09:09: Lol finally

(2 replies) #6 Posted by sebflipper on 23 Oct 2003 - 09:20: lol, why is it that the MSN web site takes ages to update! It still says version 6.0 on it!

#7 Posted by JediXAngel on 23 Oct 2003 - 09:31: What's new?

(3 replies) #8 Posted by AustinM1983 on 23 Oct 2003 - 09:54: this would have to be one of the weakest releases by MS ever there is a few new things like the colour changer in IM windows and a few others and it seems to run a bit somther but appart from that it is much the same

(1 reply) #9 Posted by Godzilla on 23 Oct 2003 - 10:12: wth, 8.0mb?, my copy of 6.1.0128 msi is 4.8mb

#10 Posted by carlito on 23 Oct 2003 - 10:15: The setup.exe that u download includes the msi engine for older versions of windows.

(4 replies) #11 Posted by Sushubh on 23 Oct 2003 - 10:44: well dont microsoft has any sort of changelog? the only difference quite apparent is the outer shell is now hidable. does not matter much . and a big big installer with the msi engine? they should have given 2 seperate installers for that...

(4 replies) #12 Posted by cakins on 23 Oct 2003 - 11:43: Does MSN Messenger 6.1 notify you when you receive new email like 6.0 did?

(3 replies) #13 Posted by Drimacus on 23 Oct 2003 - 11:52: hmmm, i remember when I first heard about them making version 6.1, there was a list of new features to be included in that version, one of em was custom smilie templates so ppl could make there own smilies that looked just like messenger's built-in ones................now where the f... is that feature ??? or am i totally crazy and imagining things in my head

(1 reply) #14 Posted by dazed73 on 23 Oct 2003 - 12:43: Okay nothing new like they promised what a joke waited for this one hmmm alll lies!!

#15 Posted by warr on 23 Oct 2003 - 12:43: subit the ad remover please.

(2 replies) #16 Posted by divertom15 on 23 Oct 2003 - 13:24: all we need now is the addremover and a games patch but i dont see the games.mess.be site updated

(3 replies) #17 Posted by ben_b on 23 Oct 2003 - 15:09: You all need to chill... it's better then nothing! Oh and if you could read wall installing Plus! you wouldn't have the ad stuff because you wouldn't install the sponsor now would you! For thoughs of you looking for a change log this will have to do for now, http://messenger.msn-int.com/Feature/whatsnew.aspx.

(8 replies) #18 Posted by XP-RTM on 23 Oct 2003 - 15:31: Here's the patch http://osme.home.comcast.net/MSN.Messenger...55.Ad.Patch.exe hosted by me

#19 Posted by James55 on 23 Oct 2003 - 16:10: Thanks for this one. Good work

#20 Posted by bangbang023 on 23 Oct 2003 - 16:44: Thank god they fixed the HUGE bug from 6.1 beta's that showed the TV Tuner insteado f the webcam no matter if you chose the webcam or not in the tune up wizard.

(1 reply) #21 Posted by Test Zero on 23 Oct 2003 - 17:15: As soon as Penguin MSN is avilable for this version of MSN Messenger, I'll get it.

(1 reply) #22 Posted by Espectro on 23 Oct 2003 - 17:33: WARNING the msn on their website (either on messenger.msn.com or the int site) actually downloads msn 6.0, its size being 4 megabytes. The true msn 6.1 can only be found (at this time) on the link provided by this article and it is 8 megabytes.

Don´t waste your time like i did.

(2 replies) #23 Posted by robpears on 23 Oct 2003 - 19:16: I a new Neowin tab going to be made compatible with 6.1?

#24 Posted by Mystical112 on 23 Oct 2003 - 19:20: oooo siiin and thx for the patch man....

#25 Posted by kagura on 23 Oct 2003 - 19:27: anyone know why my contacts appear as their email address instead of nicknames?

(1 reply) #26 Posted by DJ Specs on 23 Oct 2003 - 20:04: Did they fix the damn bug that erdically resets all the personal smilies you add, or yout avatar???

(2 replies) #27 Posted by Messengerweb on 23 Oct 2003 - 23:04: Is there a multi msn patch for this new msn 6.1 release?

(1 reply) #28 Posted by DeltaLima on 24 Oct 2003 - 00:52: MSN or Messenger is the best? Both have a newer version.. What are the differences?

#29 Posted by AshUK on 24 Oct 2003 - 00:57: Is there a patch without polygram?

(1 reply) #30 Posted by krazeguy on 24 Oct 2003 - 03:48: i get an error 0x81000301 when i try to sign in

(1 reply) #31 Posted by Nodiaque on 24 Oct 2003 - 04:16: Hey, I just installed it and... no more sound in msn messenger... you know the sound that notify you of an instant message when it's not in focus...

#32 Posted by Hekx on 24 Oct 2003 - 12:37: Hmm, upgrades.

(1 reply) #33 Posted by ghos on 24 Oct 2003 - 21:27: I have the sounds missing also and its checked to play them. How could they mess that up? The listing is still there in sounds control panel, but the sounds don't exist. I just re-mapped them to something else close that I have. Odd.

#34 Posted by riahc3 on 26 Oct 2003 - 14:51: does anyone know if the error pop-ups when msn 6.1 starts have been fixed? (it has to do something with Plus!) I still get them and have been dieing to get rid of them....

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