Windows Live Essentials 'beta' out now!

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I think that about all software that has the ribbon so they can jump on the "me too" wagon.

Certainly, I think the ribbon in photo gallery makes it all quite a bit more confusing to navigate and is kind of counter intuitive =/ Photo Gallery didn't really need it.

Mail, well I like it simply because I can collapse it and save a few pixels. ALl I need anyway are the reply, delete & Send/Recieve buttons in the quick access toolbar anyway :p

Heck, the fact that Windows 7 promotos the Ribbon is contradictory (though I do like the ribbon) - due to the fact that it's so icon based, and much of the other Windows 7 UI's removed icons in buttons and such =/

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really buggy, can't change my title in the new messenger and can't respond to messages, i press send but they don't get the messages :(

I've uninstalled it and gone back to the previous WLM, i'll try it again when the next beta is out.

Why would you think something is a bug when there is no presence of it in the program at all? I'm not trying to sound rude, I'm just trying to understand that way of thinking :) Not being able to set a 'display name' different to your own name was the idea - they don't want people using those silly 'display names' anymore, they'd like people to use their real names, just like Facebook.

From within the program it is no longer possible and changing it on the website doesn't always update properly.

That is supposed to be used for real names, anyway, even if it does allow 'display names' which aren't peoples' real names.

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If this has been said before, I apologize, I cannot take the time to go through 59 pages.

But if, like me, you're unhappy with the changes they've made, tell them!

Use this feedback form: https://feedback.live.com/eform.aspx?productkey=wlmessenger

I hate the fact JumpLists are no longer supported, and not being able to set a display name like you used to before.

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Thanks, sent them a suggestion for Live Messenger for the iPhone :)

Wouldn't it be cool to have the front facing camera act as a webcam? - would be like FaceTime, but should work over the internet using 3G (albeit slow I guess).

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Anyone else getting an annoying image ad when they first open a chat window? It can be closed but that has to go before final, it's annoyingly intrusive.

Also, is it me (wouldn't suprise me if it was!) or is there still no way/option to turn off the little yellow "ribbon" notes in the chat window that provide "Thank you, Captain Obvious" information, ie, are totally pointless.

Also the option to remember signed in status has either been moved or has disappeared, and as I don't have auto sign-in enabled, I have to manually choose "away" every timer I log in. Hope they fix that before final, because as small as it is, it's enough for me to choose another client that remembers. :p

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Anyone else getting an annoying image ad when they first open a chat window? It can be closed but that has to go before final, it's annoyingly intrusive.

Also, is it me (wouldn't suprise me if it was!) or is there still no way/option to turn off the little yellow "ribbon" notes in the chat window that provide "Thank you, Captain Obvious" information, ie, are totally pointless.

Also the option to remember signed in status has either been moved or has disappeared, and as I don't have auto sign-in enabled, I have to manually choose "away" every timer I log in. Hope they fix that before final, because as small as it is, it's enough for me to choose another client that remembers. :p

Yeah, the ads got annoying. But just go into More Options... Then Conversations... Then untick Expanded Footer. And they don't appear. Microsoft had to put it behind settings :/

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since ive installed the beta, everytime i have messenger opened my second monitor, with the classic view and i launch a game that tries to change the resoloution, i get a blue screen.

can anyone confirm/replicate?

i reinstalled windows because of it today panicking, but it still does it since ive reinstalled.

im hoping its the beta or im assuming something is wrong with my hardware haha.

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I can't install beta :( Error code: 0x80070643 ...

Is there offline installation pack?

I had this annoying error on my laptop. Try manually enabling the Windows Firewall service via services.msc. Install the software then disable it afterwards.

Seems the installer is looking for this, no idea why :wacko:

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I had this annoying error on my laptop. Try manually enabling the Windows Firewall service via services.msc. Install the software then disable it afterwards.

Seems the installer is looking for this, no idea why :wacko:

This worked for me too. Strange.

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