Shoutbox

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Originally posted by Sherro
i dont know lol i spose if any1 wants it they can ask me

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   why would any1 want a Beta anyway? even though i had it, i wasnt gonna install it for the reasons that were posted warning users of security  flaws etc in the beta.

This is a bug that I had found in MSN Messenger 7.  I don't believe that anyone has reported it yet, other than me.

When I right-click on a contact who is offline, I get a series of options - 3 of which are separated into expanding menus.

The only disabled one is "Audio/Video".

The two that are enabled, "Send Other" and "Group Options" are expandable, but nothing inside them are enabled.

Why would they disable one from being expanded and the other two from not ?



My $0.02. 

- Mike.

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Originally posted by izcool
This is a bug that I had found in MSN Messenger 7.  I don't believe that anyone has reported it yet, other than me.

When I right-click on a contact who is offline, I get a series of options - 3 of which are separated into expanding menus.

The only disabled one is "Audio/Video".

The two that are enabled, "Send Other" and "Group Options" are expandable, but nothing inside them are enabled.

Why would they disable one from being expanded and the other two from not ?



My $0.02. 

- Mike.

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Sorry to report that it is not a bug. It is the way the menu is coded. Cause what happens if they are offline but have a Mobile number there, if you disable Send Other when the contact is offline then you wont be able to send a message to a mobile device. I hope you get what I mean.

Contact Offline - No Mobile Number
--> No options available in Send Others

Contact Offline - With Mobile Number
--> Send Message to Mobil Device.

See they wont disable the entire menu because of that, this just disable the ones accordinly to the contact.

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Originally posted by Matty.

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Originally posted by izcool
This is a bug that I had found in MSN Messenger 7.  I don't believe that anyone has reported it yet, other than me.

When I right-click on a contact who is offline, I get a series of options - 3 of which are separated into expanding menus.

The only disabled one is "Audio/Video".

The two that are enabled, "Send Other" and "Group Options" are expandable, but nothing inside them are enabled.

Why would they disable one from being expanded and the other two from not ?



My $0.02. 

- Mike.

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Sorry to report that it is not a bug. It is the way the menu is coded. Cause what happens if they are offline but have a Mobile number there, if you disable Send Other when the contact is offline then you wont be able to send a message to a mobile device. I hope you get what I mean.

Contact Offline - No Mobile Number
--> No options available in Send Others

Contact Offline - With Mobile Number
--> Send Message to Mobil Device.

See they wont disable the entire menu because of that, this just disable the ones accordinly to the contact.

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That could very well be.  I don't think it would take a lot of effort or time to write a few extra codes to see if they have a Mobile Phone, then enable the menu to be expanded.  I never would have thought of that. 

- Mike.

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Originally posted by BlackStar
I just saw this on Winbeta.org

After what seemed to be the shortest Microsoft leak, Microsoft has put an end to MSN Messenger 7 beta toll, for now.

After about a few weeks of the leak, no more users can login to MSN Messenger 7 anymore. If you try, you will get a prompt asking to upgrade to a newer version of Messenger, which in terms is a downgrade, to 6.2. You will have to un-install version 7.0 to re-install 6.2, as you will get an error about a later version of messenger already installed on your computer. It is said that Microsoft will ship the next beta, without the winks and nudges. After the wink exploit, many downgraded to 6.2. Read more here. More info will be posted, on MSN Messenger 7 BETA.

News source: WinBeta

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all you have to do is start msn explorer and sign in and you get signed in on msn messenger 7 also if it is running!! really simple

if u really want to carry on using msn 7 u can go to mess.be and download the cvr patch thats been posted. It should be somewhere in the latest news about carry on using msn 7

But how dangerous is it now to use msn messenger 7 ?

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Originally posted by find_your_spot
But how dangerous is it now to use msn messenger 7 ?

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To be honest, with all the exploits and bugs in the software that alone wouldn't make it safe. I suggest using MSN Messenger 6.2 until the final release of MSN Messenger 7

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Originally posted by Matty.

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Originally posted by find_your_spot
But how dangerous is it now to use msn messenger 7 ?

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To be honest, with all the exploits and bugs in the software that alone wouldn't make it safe. I suggest using MSN Messenger 6.2 until the final release of MSN Messenger 7

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a friend of my said that using a hardware firewall is enough.
but is that true?

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Originally posted by marissa

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Originally posted by Stijn
cause they told me that they don't release public beta's @ least that's what i heard!!

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It wasnt released as a public beta, it was leaked by some non-trustworthy person. If microsoft picked you to be a beta tester, wouldnt you feel good about that and not ruin their trust for you?

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duh i know that but that they wont release a public beta later on!!