Please do not use version 8.5 anymore.
There is a reason why they depricted it, and it isn't just to "force you using their bloated software" (like some people describe it). It also has to do with bugs and security issues!!!
Please, at least install WLM 2009. Like djdannyp explained: it is of no use using a hacked version when trying to troubleshoot the problems you have. The first step in such situation is to use the intended version without any hacks/addons/etc...
Time and again, year after year, people try to hack their Messenger so they can keep on using it. But not everybody succeeds. Of course, the people for which it does work claim by high and low that it "works" and that "there are no problems at all". But in almost every single case, those people do NOT have the full and proper knowledge to properly diagnose or recognize possible problems. And again and again, after some time, people start to experience problems. But by that time it has been so long ago since they tampered with stuff that they actually forgot what they did and thus blame the problem on something else than their own tampering.
I can go on and on about this. But the bottom line is:
Hacking Messenger in any way or form, yes even simply changing a version number, can cause problems (and not just for you btw, but also for your contacts and even the Messenger service in general!!!!!) and should never be done! Your Messenger will not be working properly 100% and you will experience problems, if not now, then later on...
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Originally posted by vaccination
Um, changing one string to change the version number isn't exactly a massive hack
Indeed, but that does not change the fact that it would still be using a possible depricted protocol and other possible incompatible services, ports and methods to connect to the Messenger service and do some stuff. Which CAN cause troubles (especially since quite a lot of fundamental inner workings are changing or have already been changed since then). Of which it is quite possible you wont notice it at first when something goes wrong or you wont think it is related to something like this.
eg: contacts being auto-blocked when you add them, etc, to simply name an example (I'm not claiming it is related, but just giving an example of how things can be related).
bottom line: even simple stuff like changing a version number can cause bigger problems than one might think. Especially when dealing with depricted versions.
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Originally posted by CrazyGurl
Okay i installed the newest msn and it still didnt work, so i've gone back to the 8.5. i reaaly do not like the new msn.
what else could be causing the problem?
Unless you start using Windows Live Messenger 2009 (a complete clean install), there is unfortunatly no proper way to properly diagnose your problems...
Even if there was a problem found with 8.5 being installed, and it could be 'fixed', you would still have other problems when you keep on using 8.5.
Note that it is not because 2009 didn't work when you installed it, that the reason behind it not working is the same as why 8.5 doesn't work! It might be, but it might also be something entirly different.
Also "
it didn't work" isn't realy telling a lot. Always give as much details as possible; what exact step didn't work when you installed 2009?, what exactly did you do?, do you get error messages?, what happens exactly?, etc, etc....
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