Well, although this is the first I've heard about this, I can't say it suprises me.

I haven't used 6.2 yet, basically because I haven't had time to download it yet, but the people I know that have used it aren't impressed.

* musicalmidget hopes the next version is better.

Im not really that impressed with it my self i was really looking forward for the animated display pics until they scrapped that
and also i was upset that plus didnt work at first but thanks to the person who fixed this it works now

Not the first post about this,

http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=24142

It has never been on the official site as far as i know? The official site is http://messenger.msn.com/ or http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/ if you wish. I never saw 6.2 there.

You probally are talking about msn-int.com which is not the official MSN site. It is owned by Microsoft, but they seem to use it as some kind of test site. It's not ment for public use, i think Microsoft should restrict IP access on that whole domain to keep people from getting confused about it .

I went on http://messenger.msn-int.com site just there and it says

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Originally posted by sparkymcg
Im not really that impressed with it my self i was really looking forward for the animated display pics until they scrapped that
and also i was upset that plus didnt work at first but thanks to the person who fixed this it works now

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thanks patchou anyway just i thought i read somewhere that someone else was fixing it

I went on the new site and clicked download, saved it to my pc and was angry to find out that the installer said messenger 6.1 setup (and some options to repair msn etc.) I did a web search and found 6.2.0133. It's workin ok, but where are those specials features expected
Wow, i am so impressed by the new icon for the games...not ...

btw, what is the connection manager for, how does it work, the button is blanked out

reply to menthix:
yes on the 22nd it WAS on the site but there were many bugs: for example, it kept linking me to german sites and the 6.1 setup kept accidently downloading instead of 6.2. I never got to downloading it, but it WAS up. it was the new orange looking site.
edit: the 6.1 setup was there probably because they realized it was dodgy so they took it off, but it took a little longer to return the origional look of the site.

reply to sparkymcg:
msn-int.com is the msn internal site. it is for work-in-progress pages (from what im told). Why would they make it the new messenger home page when theyve already got a perfectly good msn.com?

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Originally posted by jren207
It's workin ok, but where are those specials features expected

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ok i see now. It would have been nice to have them features...
So really its jus another version of msn messenger 6.1 with a few changed bits and pieces, nothing major...

Why are we excited over a minor release?

there still are SOME guaranteed xtra's, for example, the New Games in the fun & games, and the emoticons in the text box which nobody seems to like

Security flaws need to be fixed, generally for your, and your computer's safety

I live in the UK and see no new games or activities. Is this because i live in the Uk, or will they be in the final release. (I have the release that was removed.)

The games you get (in the action menu) depends on what regio/geographical location you've set in your .NET Passport settings. Normaly this will be your regio were you live (in your case UK), but you can easly set that to something else.

Also, if you've patched your msn messenger with the "custom games patch" or the "tabserv patch", you will get all the games including the extra games from mess.be regardless of your regio settings.

(this is because the link for the action menu is patched; In a original/unpatched msn messenger the link points to your .NET settings. But with the patch it points to the "custom games" from mess.be)

Any ideas when this could be active for UK users without patching the MSN exe (which is illegal )

And also, as the messenger.msn.com site is now looking like 6.2, when will 6.2 actually be on there? (i know this is in another thread but they sort of tie in)

thanx

What would happen if the custom games location didn't work or was hacked or accidentally removed or something. You wouldn't have any games (Can the patch be removed?)

* You wouldn't have games also if the site from MSN was down or hacked.... Just the same...

* A patch can always be removed... Reinstalling the program you have patched is the easiest way...

ok i understand now
what type of games are available?
And how many roughly?

*not about jren207's last comment*

Why have the UK not got games?
When will they have games?
Is it worth patching the exe (illegally) for the games?
Why are Microsoft not giving the UK the games?

Thanx, everyone is so helpful here - I try to be if i can

What TedoDude said about Why are

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