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yeah, the Bug they fixed for me which i was having with the previous beta was, i always had to Kill the process in task Manager or windows thought it was still running when i had signed out. , i see that Big fat ugly Ad in the main contact list though

for all its worth, i still cant send messages to my Facebook People on it   still makes me sign into Facebook itself to  send messages. 

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Originally posted by Mike
http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-live-essentials-2011-beta-2-available-now

I tried downloading the web installer, but it doesn't say anything about updates for WLM? Was WLM updated?

EDIT: The full installer updates WLM after all.

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Don't think the web installer is updated yet. Still shows a 15.3.x setup, rather than the 15.4.x the full one is.

Lot's of small changes! Infobar now has a blue background, still no FB integration, default theme changed, ...

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Originally posted by Nagamasa
Don't think the web installer is updated yet. Still shows a 15.3.x setup, rather than the 15.4.x the full one is.

Lot's of small changes! Infobar now has a blue background, still no FB integration, default theme changed, ...

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did you click on the FB icon? 

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Originally posted by ICQ
for all its worth, i still cant send messages to my Facebook People on it   still makes me sign into Facebook itself to  send messages. 

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From MS:

"Note; Microsoft Facebook chat is currently available in US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, and Brazil."

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Originally posted by Willz
From MS:

"Note; Microsoft Facebook chat is currently available in US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, and Brazil."

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thanks Willz , i'll stick to Trillian5 till they enable the feature

Also, the Facebook chat is new, and you might need to enable it first in your Windows Live profile before it becomes available.

Go to http://profile.live.com/Services/Add.aspx?appid=1140906031 and check if "Chat with my Facebook friends in Messenger" is enabled (first of the three options under the first paragraph - if you don't have that option it isn't available to your local yet).

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Also, the Facebook chat is new, and you might need to enable it first in your Windows Live profile before it becomes available.

Go to http://profile.live.com/Services/Add.aspx?appid=1140906031 and check if "Chat with my Facebook friends in Messenger" is enabled.

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i did that Cookie, still no difference

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Originally posted by Willz

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Originally posted by ICQ
for all its worth, i still cant send messages to my Facebook People on it   still makes me sign into Facebook itself to  send messages. 

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From MS:

"Note; Microsoft Facebook chat is currently available in US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, and Brazil."

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lol thanks, read that afterwards on Neowin

Change your Windows Live Profile's country to one of the supported countries, and it should work.

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Originally posted by Mike
Change your Windows Live Profile's country to one of the supported countries, and it should work.

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Didn't even have to do that. Both Country/region and Contact Info are set to Netherlands for me. Regional and Language setting in Windows is set as Dutch as can be too. The only think I can think of is: I installed the English Windows Live Messenger beta (as well as my Windows 7 being English). Or they are really not restricting countries to only US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, and Brazil like they said in their blog post.


Took me a bit of fiddling around too though:

• Install Windows Live Essentials Beta 2.
  
• Make sure you are running Windows Live Messenger 2011 Build 15.4.3002.810. Apparently some people who tried to install beta 2 earlier still got an older build.
  
• Click on the Facebook icon on the bottom of the Messenger contact list. Or if you haven't attached your Facebook account to your Live Profile yet, go directly to the Windows Live settings to do so.
  
  
• Check the option Chat with my Facebook friends in Messenger.
  
  
• On the same page, if it is shown, hit the blue Connect with Facebook button.
  
  
• Hit Save.
  
• Exit Messenger and restart.
  
• After the Facebook account is properly connected you can also turn FB Chat on and off from Messenger's menu.
  

The only issue after that for me was finding people who are online on Facebook and not already on Messenger. If you have the same contact online on both Live Messenger and Facebook it will automatically default to a Messenger conversation. If you still want a Facebook chat, rightclick the contact's name -> Send IM (Facebook).