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Guess wats back... Winks are back by lyonsp on 11-18-2004 at 12:08 AM
Yes the winks are back in the latest msn beta realse ( 7.0.0425 ) so it would seem microsoft have closed the security hole the winks caused. dunno wat else is new bout the the latest beta.
p.s. Msg plus still seems to work fine and iu still get the white bar at the bottom of the convo windows does anyone know if that has been fixed yet by patcho
RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by .blade// on 11-18-2004 at 12:26 AM
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Originally posted by lyonsp
Yes the winks are back in the latest msn beta realse ( 7.0.0425 ) so it would seem microsoft have closed the security hole the winks caused. dunno wat else is new bout the the latest beta.
p.s. Msg plus still seems to work fine and iu still get the white bar at the bottom of the convo windows does anyone know if that has been fixed yet by patcho
Knowing Microsoft, they probably think they've fixed the security hole, but in fact have made it shitloads worse.
To get rid of the white bar you must change some minor things within the .exe itself.
RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by Bradl3y on 11-18-2004 at 12:31 AM
with the new bet acomes a new featured Pack you can dl from within msn for free via the packs button, halo 2, it isntalls 3 halo 2 backgrounds and a few other things, and puts an advertisment in that white bar to the halo website, which only appears in that covorsation, and goes away after you close it... my guess is they are gonna make it hidden until a pack is installed
RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by Maniac on 11-18-2004 at 12:33 AM
there is a patch that takes off that white space.... but im not sure what will happen when you install a pack 
RE: RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by .blade// on 11-18-2004 at 12:39 AM
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Originally posted by Ningc_Maniac
there is a patch that takes off that white space.... but im not sure what will happen when you install a pack
RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by Hank on 11-18-2004 at 12:44 AM
download the Universal patcher from here to remove the White Bar http://www.mastaline.com/?pagina=nieuws&id=364
RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by ShawnZ on 11-18-2004 at 12:48 AM
Blade does this mean the patch disables the installation of packs?
RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by .blade// on 11-18-2004 at 12:49 AM
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Originally posted by Shawnz
Blade does this mean the patch disables the installation of packs?
I don't know, I have build 332 - I just tried to install the pack and got that message. You can try if you want...
RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by Concord Dawn on 11-18-2004 at 01:06 AM
I'm glad to say that I don't know or care! Well, from past performace, it would seem that some sort of Service Pack is going to come out for MSN 7 because of this winks thing. It would be better to just get rid of them all together.
RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by Concord Dawn on 11-18-2004 at 01:41 AM
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Originally posted by blade
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Originally posted by Chaotic_Shield
I'm glad to say that I don't know or care! Well, from past performace, it would seem that some sort of Service Pack is going to come out for MSN 7 because of this winks thing. It would be better to just get rid of them all together.
I agreeThey're fucking annoying
In the past, Microsoft has often released patches/fixes to repair holes in their products, but in doing so, they open up new ones
I'm not a Microsoft hater, more of disliker. You have to admit they do have some problems with security. Look at the Win2k source leak. Also, who the fuck would want such a fucking annoying feature anyways. It's bad enough having the stupid "Someone said something!!!!
" sound going when you're trying to do a project with someone over MSN and someone else is talking to you, but now Flash animations? O god, I can just imagine it now, Master Cheif blowing the shit out of some Jackals......that's going to go over REALLY well with my parents.So sure, it sounds like an M$ hater reply, but it's true. Flash animations would/are ANNOYING! (when they aren't games
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RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by .blade// on 11-18-2004 at 01:47 AM
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Originally posted by Chaotic_Shield
I'm glad to say that I don't know or care! Well, from past performace, it would seem that some sort of Service Pack is going to come out for MSN 7 because of this winks thing. It would be better to just get rid of them all together.
I agree
They're fucking annoying In the past, Microsoft has often released patches/fixes to repair holes in their products, but in doing so, they open up new ones
RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by Underlord on 11-18-2004 at 01:49 AM
They put in all these crappy features for n00bs who use MSN Messenger for playing games and such. Microsoft just want Messenger to be more useful to the average 13 year old User 
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RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by Dane on 11-18-2004 at 04:33 AM
Erm...The white bar at the bottom of your window isnt a glitch, and isnt caused by Messenger Plus!.
It is intended to provide some more content to users. Its unsure what the content is at this time. The only reason I am saying this as a Beta Tester is because its already been said by others.
RE: Guess wats back... Winks are back by FrozernFire on 11-18-2004 at 06:05 AM
the latest news from http://www.mess.be is that the white bar is more like some "advert" . a screeny shows a link to the halo 2 official website.