Updated: Windows Live Essentials RC RELEASED

[Sean B. Veteran]

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Edited December 16, 2008 by RebelSean

[SuperKid]

Is this WLM 9 Completed?

[Sean B. Veteran]

Is this WLM 9 Completed?

It's not the final build, no.

[acido00]

coooooooooool!!!

Downloading right now!

testing new features!!

[Unimatrix Xero]

88% done cant wait to see the new messenger

[Unknown_97784568745]

Awesome, installing it now. :)

[Rapier]

http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/F...wlsetup-all.exe

The Direct download link for the lazy ones

[Unimatrix Xero]

really liking wave3 of WLM, i really like the new sign in process

[insomniac9]

Downloading and installing now, many thanks for the heads up

[Fagutish]

Does Plus work?

[+John. Subscriber¹]

Thanks very much for the heads up! Looks promising.

[Unimatrix Xero]

Does Plus work?

yes

[Kevin.]

Thanks for the information! What bugs have been fixed, and have any new features been added to Windows Live Messenger?

[tomwarren Veteran]

Screenshots and more information:

https://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/12/15/w...wave-3-released

[JOHW]

In Windows 7, what's the point of having 2 entries for Live Messenger in the superbar? Is there a way to disable the one that just shows your avatar as a thumbnail?

[Unimatrix Xero]

one of my mates is reporting that he has a 'location' in his chat window, i dont have this, has anyone else got this?

[Kevin.]

Messenger plus does not currently work with this build.

There's a beta version of Plus! that's supposed to work with it, or does it not work with the RC?

[Unimatrix Xero]

messenger plus works fine for me

[ObiWanToby]

one of my mates is reporting that he has a 'location' in his chat window, i dont have this, has anyone else got this?

You just updated it in your profile.

Profile.live.com updates are streamed to your buddies.

For instance, I just saw "Education info updated The Ohio State University".

[Ryan437]

woot been waiting for this thanks for the update

[Elliot B.]

The 'signature sound' feature didn't seem to make it :(

[Kevin.]

The 'signature sound' feature didn't seem to make it :(

Boo! That looked like a useful feature too. Especially if one had a lot of contact in their list.

[Digitalx]

The 'signature sound' feature didn't seem to make it :(

That's good cause no wonder i had to hide on busy pretty much 24/7 cause f*** that was annoying all these garbage songs and stuff people added as their sounds.

[+Elі Subscriber²]

Weird, it doesnt let me connect under XP it gives me error code: "8100030d" We can't sign you in to Windows Live Messenger... I tried deleting my pre-cached info on Messenger and re-entering it, but still nothing, any ideas?

[Roger H. Veteran]

In Windows 7, what's the point of having 2 entries for Live Messenger in the superbar? Is there a way to disable the one that just shows your avatar as a thumbnail?

Not sure why but as i mentioned, if you run it in Win XP SP2 mode it works fine just with a UAC prompt.