MSN Messenger 7.5 Final

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Thanks to Larney for the heads up

The MSN Messenger team have just released version 7.5 of the client to the masses.

Among the new features are Dymanic Backgrounds and Voice Clips. Dynamic Backgrounds fill your MSN Messenger conversations and subtly animate during the conversation. Voice Clips allow you to send short audio clips (15 secs max) to your friends on MSN Messenger.

New audio improvements mean talking over MSN Messenger is far improved from recent versions.

You can also do the following:

Start a conversation with a contact: msnim:chat?contact=@hotmail.com
Add a contact to your contact list: msnim:add?contact=@hotmail.com
Send an invitation to start a voice conversation: msnim:voice?contact=@hotmail.com
Send an invitation to start a video conversation: msnim:video?contact=@hotmail.com

Download: MSN Messenger 7.5

View: MSN Messenger Home Page

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(3 replies) #1 Unwonted on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:35

How about "allowing me to send EXE files to friends without having to hack any registries"?

#1.1 dolimite35 on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:45

would it be better just to zip up the files.
this protects people who still click-click anything and everything like a small kb .exe file that can do some nasty things

#1.2 nw_raptor on 23 Aug 2005 - 21:14

Then can we at least get an option to unblock .exe, .mp3 and others? Why do we have to hack files?

#1.3 tm™ on 23 Aug 2005 - 22:55

I hope you know how many less-intelligent people there are out there...

#2 LispyGlitter2 on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:36

whoo hoo! Glad to hear!

(7 replies) #3 thenay on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:37

*waits for the mess.be patch* lol
7.5 got a bit more bloated from 7.0

#3.1 axious on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:50

Sounds about right!

Messenger is just way too bloated now. riddled with adverts, you have to watch a 10-15 second advert for a webcam before you can use your own webcam

How does that one work!

and they have the cheek to call Patchous software a adware!
Na, me thinks i'll stick with Trilian

#3.2 BBinder on 23 Aug 2005 - 20:01

well what do oyu expect you gotta give your pc time to connect to the other user so why not put an ad there

#3.3 axious on 23 Aug 2005 - 20:08

Well it used to connect within seconds before, now it is longer purely because of the advert no other reason.

#3.4 finalcoolman on 23 Aug 2005 - 22:28

That's why I use Windows Messenger

#3.5 Makeshift Hammer on 23 Aug 2005 - 22:59

That's what i use too. WinMess is much better. No ads, no silly searchboxes, no tabs, no this, no that. Just the pure necessities.

#3.6 denzilla on 23 Aug 2005 - 23:57

LOL...I tried MSN Mess a couple of weeks ago and felt like I had downloaded a never ending commercial. Would be nice if they offered a pay, ad-free version for like 10 bucks.

#3.7 drocnor on 24 Aug 2005 - 01:08

If you don't fancy applying patches (though MsgPlus does rock) here's how you can get rid of the ads yourself:
Removing the adverts from MSN Messenger 7.5

(1 reply) #4 metal_dragen on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:40

QUOTE

Start a conversation with a contact: msnim:add?contact=@hotmail.com
Add a contact to your contact list: msnim:chat?contact=@hotmail.com

Send an invitation to start a video conversation: msinm:voice?contact=@hotmail.com
Send an invitation to start a voice conversation: msinm:video?contact=@hotmail.com

Seems to me that both those pairs are reversed...

#4.1 creamhackered on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:43

Sorted, thanks

#5 rIaHc3 on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:41

Damn no public preview then?

#6 dolimite35 on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:43

website shows weird in firefox and opera. IE a-okay my friend

#7 Hypoxiaicon on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:43

Still hase the video conversation bug. MSN Messenger BETA Feedback @ connect.microsoft.com reported it as fixed by a code change.

If firefox is set as the default browser and you are participating in a video conversation, messenger will crash if you attempt to single-click on a link sent to you by any of your contacts, not specifically the one that you are having the video conversation with.

Last edited by 24846 on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:51

(2 replies) #8 matt546 on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:43

Omg.... Stupid MSN .... hope A-Patch is out soon. I hate how they keep stealing all of msgplus's ideas. They make it so Microsoft Antispyware marks msgplus as spyware then they steal his ideas.. really pisses me off. and I thought 7.0 was ban.. 7.5 IS HORSE MANURE!!! Im going back to gaim.
DIE MSN!

#8.1 koocha on 23 Aug 2005 - 21:51

Calm down dear...

#8.2 Rekoil on 24 Aug 2005 - 07:48

what idea did they steal

#9 simeandrews on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:44

Cool!

#10 dreamon on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:47

Another MSN Messenger release....waiting for APatch too.

#11 M2Ys4U on 23 Aug 2005 - 19:57

Waiting for a-patch to make it bareable.

#12 King Mustard on 23 Aug 2005 - 20:06

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=362862

#13 vlsi0n on 23 Aug 2005 - 20:09

looks good to me

#14 caerma on 23 Aug 2005 - 20:33

woot.

#15 kiall on 23 Aug 2005 - 20:35

when will a patch be released i hate those ads

(2 replies) #16 Tommy2k4 on 23 Aug 2005 - 20:37

Start a conversation with a contact: msnim:chat?contact=@hotmail.com
Add a contact to your contact list: msnim:add?contact=@hotmail.com
Send an invitation to start a voice conversation: msinm:voice?contact=@hotmail.com
Send an invitation to start a video conversation: msinm:video?contact=@hotmail.com

typos

#16.1 WindowsNT on 23 Aug 2005 - 20:42

I would like to know what these are ment to be used in

#16.2 Tommy2k4 on 23 Aug 2005 - 20:46

internet explorer, eg you could link to them on a website/blog

#17 xpgeek on 23 Aug 2005 - 20:57

Waiting for A-Patch.

#18 Colin-uk on 23 Aug 2005 - 21:02

i usually dont updattetill theres a patch available

#19 plastikaa on 23 Aug 2005 - 21:14

Removed

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#20 [DGS] on 23 Aug 2005 - 21:17

Now.. THAT was fast.. out of nowhere!

#21 Lexcyn on 23 Aug 2005 - 21:19

I'm waiting for A-Patch.

(3 replies) #22 Amnesia on 23 Aug 2005 - 21:25

i want to know why no beta testers were told about this....

after they released build 0244 they just totally stopped listening to the problems if they weren't major

#22.1 DJ Prem on 23 Aug 2005 - 21:34

I agree + we were not even informed that it is final

#22.2 Th3-0n3 on 23 Aug 2005 - 21:43

I'm not a beta tester myself but I'm a bit surprised that they released the final already. Some days ago I read on mess.be that the pages on messenger.msn.com for the public beta were online for a bit. So I thought that a public beta would be released before the final.

Maybe it has something to do with Google launching an IM service soon?

#22.3 lbmouse on 25 Aug 2005 - 13:04

^ It probably does. Yesterday, over half the people in my MSN Messenger list activated Google Talk.

#23 Chanser on 23 Aug 2005 - 21:34

Could try Mastaline MSN 7 Universal patcher.

#24 slimy on 23 Aug 2005 - 22:04

stupid idiots, they released it way too early.

#25 i like chips on 23 Aug 2005 - 22:18

DAMMIT, where's that a-patch??

I almost forgot about all that bloat. My GOD microsoft, screw off with all the CRAP no one ever uses.

#26 Chrysalis on 23 Aug 2005 - 22:20

I get the feeling they rushed it out, and judging by the comments from the beta testers there is a few unpatched bugs left in place.

#27 Marduk on 23 Aug 2005 - 22:33

I'm confused by this 15-second voice clip stuff, how is it different than being able to simply use your mic to chat? or did they nerf that long ago and I'm just missing out?

#28 newhacker on 23 Aug 2005 - 22:36

Start a conversation with a contact: msnim:chat?contact=@hotmail.com
Add a contact to your contact list: msnim:add?contact=@hotmail.com
Send an invitation to start a voice conversation: msnim:voice?contact=@hotmail.com
Send an invitation to start a video conversation: msnim:video?contact=@hotmail.com

I try in firefox and dont work GRRRR

#29 Dogan on 23 Aug 2005 - 22:41

Swedish download: http://g.msn.se/7MESV_SE/SV/INSTALL_MSN_MESSENGER_DL.EXE

i like chips - You took the words out of my mouth

#30 Dodgy on 23 Aug 2005 - 22:55

wtf i cant install it on windows 2000. that sux.

#31 sholmes1 on 23 Aug 2005 - 23:02

What happend to the File Sharing Activity that was on version 7.0 that I could never get to work? It always crashed.

I guess if you can't fix it....remove it.

(1 reply) #32 lunamonkey on 23 Aug 2005 - 23:04

Any way to get this working on Win2K, 7.0 is working fine but this errors on install saying I need Xp.

#32.1 Zaarin on 24 Aug 2005 - 03:28

7.5 doesn't work in anything less than - quoting the program manager "XP Gold" - maybe XP SP2? Never heard the "gold" term.

Apparently to remove some of the bloat. From now on, all new messenger releases will be for XP and above only.

#33 sholmes1 on 23 Aug 2005 - 23:08

Voice between 7.5 and 7.0 does not work. I tried talking to someone that has Win98 and MSN 7.0 and it can't connect via voice now. I guess have to wait until 7.5 is avail for Win98. We get a "Your invitation to start a Voice Conversation cannot be delivered to...."

#34 Unwonted on 23 Aug 2005 - 23:15

I hope they release that A-Patch/Mess Patch soon so some of you can dry your tears and/or take some high blood pressure medication. Geez...it's just a messaging client. Relax.

#35 BigCheese on 23 Aug 2005 - 23:19

Wow. This is a load of rubbish. When build 244 came out, I thought I'd wait till the next version, because it was a bit buggy.
But this version doesn't even work. After a fresh restart, it works fine, but then crashes shortly after. If I then start MSN Messenger again and try to open a conversation window, the windows becomes invisible and I can't see anything.
Also, after signing in successfully, the sign in page just stays there and doesn't change to the contacts list.

This is just unacceptable, and they've just made it much worse. I can't wait till Google Im comes out tomorrow, maybe that will be better.

(1 reply) #36 djtaylor on 24 Aug 2005 - 00:04

Anyone care to try my own version? No bloatware and it's certainly a lot more stable than their POS. I'm looking for more testers too, if anyone would like to help?

http://www.djtsoft.com/software.php?id=msngr

Brief feature list:
- Sign in with mutliple accounts
- VERY fast sign in (compared to Messenger 6/7 - they take bloody AGES!!)
- Rename contacts
- Resumable file transfers
- No ActiveX crap for 3rd party apps to plug into (security)
- Date/time stamp for each message
- Delivery reports
- Helps prevent worms that spread via Messenger

#36.1 MrCobra on 24 Aug 2005 - 03:27

Why do I need the .NET Framework? Will Dave's Messenger work without it?
Dave's Messenger is written in Visual Basic .NET 2003. Any program written in this language requires the .NET Framework 1.1 or higher. In other words, it will not work without it! There is nothing I can do about this, short of writing it in another language (such as C++).

I can help test if you want. I can also help rewrite the code in C++ if you don't know how or for maximum speed and size, x86 asm.

(1 reply) #37 stephen_0002 on 24 Aug 2005 - 00:06

HEY! the clock is correct on this build on the Clock Dynamic Background ...wicked.... build 244 or even 162 didn't have the right time

only bad thing now is that Blue Mountain makes us pay for the Dynamic BG's ... before they were all free

#37.1 net-cruizer on 24 Aug 2005 - 07:36

Build 0244 had the same clock background and it worked.

#38 Mystical112 on 24 Aug 2005 - 00:07

a-patch is out...

#39 rIaHc3 on 24 Aug 2005 - 00:18

Im waiting for Mess.be Patch for this before I download it....

A-Patch for people who use it: http://www.apatch.tk/

#40 EduardValencia on 24 Aug 2005 - 00:23

wowwwwww 7.5 on the block

#41 Mocosoft on 24 Aug 2005 - 00:35

geez, what's up with that memory leak anytime u set a dynamic background? 78mb!? wtheck? and the are not enough asteriks when u set the password of ur account in the login window

edit: hey, and the mastaline patch is working fine with this "final" build

#42 Sticktron on 24 Aug 2005 - 03:35

Strange how they sort of forgot about us beta testers. I had unresolved issues posted, as did many people. No "thanks for testing, final is out now" nothing.

(1 reply) #43 chrischua83 on 24 Aug 2005 - 04:07

Please help, how the **** I can install this build in Win2k, thanks

#43.1 MajinDark on 24 Aug 2005 - 05:04

You can't. It's for WinXP only.

(1 reply) #44 unbalance on 24 Aug 2005 - 05:29

........... NOT FOR WIN 98! Screw this! i was looking forward to it just with the glimps of hope that it would finally make my laptop work with msn, i cant use msn 7.0 cause some DDL files messed, and i cant use 6.2 cause it wont let me sign in without updating =_=

#44.1 Laser_iCE on 24 Aug 2005 - 07:03

What version of 6.2? I still use it on the odd occasion when something plays up and I have 6.2.0205...

#45 chrischua83 on 24 Aug 2005 - 07:07

any hack can install in Win2k?

#46 Devon_Spencer on 24 Aug 2005 - 08:14

Good news. This client is sooo awesome.

(2 replies) #47 Stew Gilray on 24 Aug 2005 - 08:27

I'm getting sick of this, STILL getting error message 80048820... Someone MUST know how to fix this!?

v7 and previous all work fine, but 7.5 doesn't and it's starting to tick me off :@

#47.1 myxamatosis on 24 Aug 2005 - 09:15

Messenger Plus! 3.54.132 is causing these connection problems... kill your "msgplus.exe" and "msnmsgs.exe" processes in task manager and restart Messenger 7.5!

Messenger Plus! v3.54.135 beta (leaked) should be used with Messenger 7.5

#47.2 Stew Gilray on 24 Aug 2005 - 14:48

Cheers for that...

One small problem, I don't have Mess+ installed, and NEVER have had it installed.

Thanks though, at least you offered a decent reason for the problem, even if it's not correct in this case.

Appreciated.

#48 Stevieboy84 on 24 Aug 2005 - 12:36

FFS i just installed it and i can't even open a conversation with anyone, the outline of the window opens but nothing inside.. and the main contact list messes up too!!

(2 replies) #49 dwergs on 24 Aug 2005 - 13:00

Since so many Neowinians were waiting: Mess Patch is here.

#49.1 Kushan on 24 Aug 2005 - 15:26

I love you, dwergs

#49.2 Mad_Griffith on 24 Aug 2005 - 17:17

gr8

(1 reply) #50 gauravpatel on 24 Aug 2005 - 14:50

You might want to update the link on the right-hand side of the site!

#50.1 el22 on 24 Aug 2005 - 15:32

left?

(1 reply) #51 sensitive_dvbsat on 24 Aug 2005 - 16:30

must be skin support

#51.1 Mad_Griffith on 24 Aug 2005 - 17:17

****in' right, m8

#52 jwjw1 on 24 Aug 2005 - 20:22

A-Patch is available for 7.5.0299

Current Version: 1.2.2 (updated 24/8/2005)
Total Features: 62

With the surprise release of the MSN Messenger 7.5.0299 FINAL I have updated A-Patch to support this version!

Scroll down for a list of features.

Now it is able to patch MSN Messenger:

-6.0.0208
-7.0.0816

and

-7.5.0299

http://apatch.alphalink.com.au/

#53 aberflasm on 24 Aug 2005 - 21:29

i dont see where to sign in as has gone. i like signing in offline cuz i got family that likes to bug me.

nevermind i see it now

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#54 brent3000 on 24 Aug 2005 - 21:31

anyone know when mess patch will be out? i hate the dam adds in it and i want to get rid of them as fast as i can

(1 reply) #55 Shining Arcanine on 24 Aug 2005 - 21:48

The MSN Messenger team have just released version 7.5 of the client to the masses.

So Tom, they released MSN Messenger 7.5 to the Chinese, Vietnamese, Koreans, Cubans, Iranians, Libyans, etc? The American people are free people, and never in the history of freedom has it been appropriate to refer to free people as the masses. Please watch your choice of words in the future. Certain words can be very offensive given the circumstances, such as "the masses" in reference to the American people.

#55.1 Syphonic on 25 Aug 2005 - 13:16

Put your crack pipe down, open your eyes and stop living in a dream world.

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