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Grand Master

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Hey this build is quite nice :)

Whats up with the grouping on the messages?

Yeah that's annoyed some people. If you want to turn it off (ie have it as usual) go into options >> Messages >> Tick the one that says show contact says before every message. Restart messenger and you're good (Y).

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mad_onion

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Yeah that's annoyed some people. If you want to turn it off (ie have it as usual) go into options >> Messages >> Tick the one that says show contact says before every message. Restart messenger and you're good (Y).

why anyone would want to not group messages i will never know. it just saves space and looks better.

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lbuysers2

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Why can't my contacts see what music I'm listening to?

The feature that shows song information works together with Microsoft Windows Media Player, and you may need to turn on the necessary components manually.

  • 1. Start Windows Media Player.
    2. Press ALT+T.
    3. On the Tools menu, click Options.
    4. Click the Plug-ins tab.
    5. In the left pane, click Background.
    6. In the right pane, select Windows Live Messenger Music Plug-in.
    7. Click OK.

GL

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lordtinuviel

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Why can't my contacts see what music I'm listening to?

The feature that shows song information works together with Microsoft Windows Media Player, and you may need to turn on the necessary components manually.

  • 1. Start Windows Media Player.
    2. Press ALT+T.
    3. On the Tools menu, click Options.
    4. Click the Plug-ins tab.
    5. In the left pane, click Background.
    6. In the right pane, select Windows Live Messenger Music Plug-in.
    7. Click OK.

GL

using foobar here and it works fine

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BigCheese

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I think this build is an improvement over the other builds except for one major part. The colour scheme is still too light. The way you could recolour build 562 was absolutely perfect, and I really hope they bring that back instead of the really washed out colour schemes that are in this build.

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dreamon

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We are talking about Messenger Plus! Live aint we, not just the regular Messenger Plus!

It works perfectly.

I think I understood that we're talking abt Msg+ Live.

I just have this problem and can't read the "colored" pseudo

but maybe this option isnt in msg+live..

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