Shoutbox

Heh, thanks...was being dim there!!

But now, I select MSN messenger...what am I then supposed to see? Because it closes that window, so I select "patch" and I get an error "Error writing to file.. Make sure it's closed!"

Both msn messenger and windows messenger are exited... so what's this?

All I can really suggest to that is make sure it is deffinately closed (ctrl, shift, esc - go to processes - make sure msnmsgr.exe isn't there) and then try to patch again...alternatively you can download the Star Wars skin in this thread, which I have already patched...but you may not want to do that if you don't like Star Wars...sorry I can't be of more help

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Originally posted by Gin
Oops, posted this in a different thread a min ago, but seems appropriate here...

I've got a new problem today... I have now been told to install the previous version of messenger, so downloaded the patch needed. But I cant seem to get that patch to work. I extracted file, ran it and found the messenger folder in Program Files, but it's not showing anything inside the file, when messenger is clearly there as you can see from this screenshot. Any ideas what I can do??

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i know why, as you can see its looking for msnmsgr.exe BUT the file in your folder is named msmsgs.exe

msmsg.exe = Windows Messenger
msnmsgr.exe = MSN Messenger

Dont apply the patch to Windows Messenger.. that will screw it up . If you still want to (Which I very much doubt) use ctrl+alt+del to close it. BTW Patchou, I would hardly call it a CRACK.

Crack, hack, little difference... anyways, it hacks the file so that Microsoft don't know what you use, I would call that a hack/crack.

Cheers for the help all, got it sorted and patched now

Windows X now copied Siebe

Cracking and hacking are two different things, to start with. Patching is a whole other thing, too. In my eyes cracking is illegally obtaining software you should have paid for. For example, changing a trial's executable in a way you can use that trial as the full version without you paying.

Did you have to pay for MSN Messenger 7.. No? (If you did, you are brainless ). I consider this a patch, something that merely changes something in a program, without damagin the income of a company. Did we damage the income of a company? Don't think so. The whole community got hyped up, everyone is enthuastic about MSN Messenger 7 (Well, almost everyone). We even beta tested it for them for free.

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Crack, hack, little difference...

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.Wrong, there's a huge difference. It's the same kind of thinking that mixes adware with trojans .
Cracks are little programs thatchange data inside other programs in order to remove protections. Hacks are actions taken on a network to get access to resources you shouldn't have access to.

As for patchs, they are the same thing as cracks, only not illegal ... sooooo, all that to say that the CVR patch is, by definition, a crack .

Also, note that yes siebe, this is doing damanges... Microsoft didn't want a beta to be leaked, because it was leaked people started to complain that there were bugs and security issues and because of that,they had to take some measures toremove Messenger 7 from circulation... this kind of thing is very damaging and we saw it last year when Microsoft was forced torelease version 6.0 without all the features it was supposed to have because of this kind of pressure.

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Microsoft didn't want a beta to be leaked

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So who's fault is this then? Certainly not mine. If they dont want stuff to leak, then make sure it's not leaving the building! Funny isnt it how the msn-int.com servers went "down" maybe 15 or 20 minutes after it got leaked. They always put stuff on there, if they dont want things to be leaked then they should be more careful!

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people started to complain that there were bugs and security issues and because of that,they had to take some measures toremove Messenger 7 from circulation

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"Beta" say anything? If people can't understand that then they need some education on what software to use and what not to. I'm sure microsoft has enough abillity to reach the average John Doe.

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Microsoft was forced torelease version 6.0 without all the features it was supposed to have because of this kind of pressure.

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It's not like we seen any of those "features" in future builds (6.1, 6.2) anyhow, so I dont know what you are talking about. If there was pressure then I'm sure they could have included it with a future build.