Hello everyone, happy new year!!!!

Patchou's going to be skiing a little for new year's eve. It's been a while.... I have a very very good news for all of you: I just solved the compatibility problem between Messenger 5 and Windows XP. You can now consider that Messenger Plus! 2 won't have any limitation of this kind anymore.

Yahoooooooooo!!!!!
Patchou

Great news, don't use WinXP, but i can imagine what a relief this must be for those who do

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I have a very very good news for all of you: I just solved the compatibility problem between Messenger 5 and Windows XP. You can now consider that Messenger Plus! 2 won't have any limitation of this kind anymore.

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* Guido is installing msnmsgr5 and waiting 4 the new alpha

I waited for Microsoft, they didn't helped... I had to do something by myself .

Messenger 5 XP compatibility is now in the current alpha version.... all alpha testers will receive it tonight.

It works, it works, it works! ))))
Patchou

WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! I've been waiting for this since the beginning of time!
* sock dances the La Cucaracha around his computer like a complete idiot.

<edit>BTW gfd I loved that MP2 icon in your signature.</edit>

* Menthix starts a little part too

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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THANKS PATCHOU!!! you are the best!

* MaxiKana give patchou a box of cookies

* MaxiKana salutes patchou

Thanks again!! cant wait to get the new alpha

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Originally posted by Patchou
Hello everyone, happy new year!!!!

Patchou's going to be skiing a little for new year's eve. It's been a while.... I have a very very good news for all of you: I just solved the compatibility problem between Messenger 5 and Windows XP. You can now consider that Messenger Plus! 2 won't have any limitation of this kind anymore.

Yahoooooooooo!!!!!
Patchou

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THANKS PATCHOU!!! you are the best!

* MaxiKana give patchou a box of cookies

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* Guido steals patchou that box of cookies and eats them because he's hungry while he waits for the new alpha....!

HELL YEAH!!!!

Thanks Patchou, I can't wait until we begin with the translations, and help you out a bit

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2003 TO YOU TOO PATCHOU !!!!

WDZ, Jhonny ???..... do something about those topics saying MP2 won't support MSN5+XP..... some topics on the forum are giving out false information


Wheeeheeeee

* Menthix want's a box of cookies too

HEHE Jae,

U never know, until the master speaks (P2daU)

great !
guess i'll be installing Messenger 5 in a few minutes

YAY! IM WAITING WITH THE REST OF THE ALPHA TEAM TO TEST THIS, GREAT WORK PATCHOU! WOO!!!!

What we all are asking ourselves is: How have you managed o get it working with messenger in XP without M$ help?

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What we all are asking ourselves is: How have you managed o get it working with messenger in XP without M$ help?

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Hehe, he promised me he wouldn't... but he's watching LOTR now

Well i have tested and found 11 major bugs, many more minor ones aswell and dicovering lots i am not sure this will be in the beat version of 4th of Jan it is really really buggy , however i was speaking to gingie and he has a diea that eh want to speak to pathou about so lets hope his idea can spead things up

Thats GREAT i was so dissapointed when i learned that it wouldnt work with messenger 5 on xp but im happy as hell now.

Yea YEA YEA!!! I can finally use MSN msgr 5 on my WINXP!!!! THX Patchou!!THNX!!!

Let's hope patchou can solve that bugs reysiboy found.

Good News before New Year Great ...Sure its a new beginning

What was the rough way that you managed to get it to work? I'm interested in the more technical aspect rather than just "it works"

hey all , i do not know if anyone of you know me but i am also a programmer for msn , now if u guyz just say how u guyz made ur program work on xp with msn5 i would mostly be appreciated . if patchoo is willing to help on behalf of the team i am in we will be most appreciate of your guyz work and also work out together to become more friends with both teams !! thanx and hope to see an answer to this !

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hey all , i do not know if anyone of you know me but i am also a programmer for msn , now if u guyz just say how u guyz made ur program work on xp with msn5 i would mostly be appreciated . if patchoo is willing to help on behalf of the team i am in we will be most appreciate of your guyz work and also work out together to become more friends with both teams !! thanx and hope to see an answer to this !

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Well i have tested and found 11 major bugs, many more minor ones aswell and dicovering lots i am not sure this will be in the beat version of 4th of Jan it is really really buggy , however i was speaking to gingie and he has a diea that eh want to speak to pathou about so lets hope his idea can spead things up

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Yahoooooooooo!!!!!


Good news

Wooooo
Couldn't this be the greatest news for new year?

It seems that I can install Msg5 in Window$ XP around Jan. 4!
(I'm afraid that Micro$oft will say one day :
"Sorry, but we no longer support Windows Messenger.")

Thx oh allmighty Patchou!! I was looking forward to see the results of the Plus! 2. But unfortunately I am using XP and so I couldn't use it on messenger 5. You are really a programming God!!
All hail Patchou!!!

Patchou

woohoooooooo

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!

esp. Patchou

* mikezs hands out cookies for all!

*raddie takes sum cookies thankfully

Thanks!

Im soooo glad that it works on xp!!!!!!! I dont have XP but im fed up with ME crashing every 10mins, sooo im thinking about it now! especially now that Plus 2 works with it, sooooo YAAHHHOOOOOOOOOO!

YAYAYA! I've been using Msgr5 on WinXP, this rocks! Great work Patchou...

Also, Happy new year to you too.

  100 Cheers for Patchou 
             Sounds like a cool idea to me .... it can be much faster and all of us can come up with some nice cool features this way.

Hope the rest of the team  will like the idea too

now I'll upgrade to msngr 5

great news patchou, but i still dont like msn5 it has lots of bugs

what a nice support from everybody! so fast! lol... concerning the cookies, I'll wait to receive them. Concerning the Reisyboy bugs (and Jae's one too) .... hehehe... see, there is something they didn't told you: the version they has when reporting those bugs was a pre-distribution version that I sent to them only to test one particular thing: Messenger 5 global compatibility. After I went back from Lord Of The Ring, I corrected two more things and they still didn't got updated ..... so don't worry, those bugs belong already to the past. I insist on the fact that there will be NO major or medium bug in the public release (even in the beta). Just minor things, anyway, no program is perfect and I could continue to add features forever without releasing anything .

So, for all alpha testers: new version is 2.00.11, not 2.00.10.  And, one last thing: what Reisyboy (who works hard, that's not the problem) calls major bugs can be generally considered as minor bugs . You see, a major bug is something that would prevent Messenger to work as it does without Plus! (crash for example). a Medium bug is something that would prevent one important feature of MP2 to work (logging for example). A minor bug is that in some circumstances, one precise action doesn't give the expected result.

To conclude: Messenger 5 compatibility is 100% functional. How I did it? I won't tell you but it's very different from GingeAPI .

Patchou

Whee, that's GREAT news! Thanks, patchou!

Knew that you could do it!!

Just cant wait to get started on the translating part!!


Regards,
Chris..

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anyway 2.00.11 works fine

XP Home/Pro/Plus SP1
.Net Server
With 4.7 and Version 5
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I cant quite understand one little thing. Why do people think this is so gr8?? I mean msn5 isnt hundred times better then 4.7... So Whats the big deal??

no, but it's new, and for most people it's nicer... so we want to keep current, and if mp2 allows us to choose between two versions that's better. Before, we had to stick with 4x windows messenger anyway...
and msn5 has a couple of new features

This is the best news i've got in a long time!

I finaly got to register... Been reading this forum for quite some time!

yep, people are nie here, for sure. For Messenger 5/XP compatibility, it's for you, not for me . I prefer using Windows Messenger 4 and if it was only me, I would have waited that Windows Messenger 5 is released. But to make all of you happy, I've added a Messenger 5/XP compatibility mode (note that Messenger 5 in any other Windwos just work very fine, as in Messenger 4).

wow, great work Patchou.  Although i don't use windows XP at all but i can see how happy a person is like when the problem is solved finally!

great work, Patchou.
:many:

Well I think that MP2 will be the greatest add-on for MSN Messenger. I've been using other add-ons, but they only caused problems with the messenger. 6 months ago i downloaded MP1 and it was great, but I updated my MSN, to the newest version, and some things didn't work anymore , so i deleted it. i heard about MP2, and began to come to the forum more often, to read the newest updates. I must say that www.mess.be, is a great supporter of Patchou too. MP2 is free too, Patchou dedicated his time to make such a great add-on for us, we must be thankful for that, and be proud of him, dedicating his free time to make such a great add-on, although i didn't try it out yet, I've heard from people that MP2 is the BEST!!!!.

Happy new year to everybody!!!!

i am glad you like MP2, ThA-BoZniAn!
i totally agree with you, MP2 is the best add-on for MSN messenger!

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What exactly was the problem?

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How was it solved?
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Yeah kittyangel,

It's just i didn't get the chance to try out MP2 , but the time will come

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How was it solved?

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Am I to understnad that orignally, Messenger plus 2 was not goign to work with Windows XP?!? If so, I am glad you fixed it *sighs*

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Am I to understand that originally, Messenger Plus 2 was not going to work with Windows XP?!?

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Wow, This is really great news, 10 minutes ago i was thinking..."hmm, I gotta uninstall xp so i can get MP2 to work"
but then I Went here and found the fantastic news *happy*

ALL HAIL PATCHOU!

I think its a good job of Patchou making it compatible with xp and msn 5 combined. but i dont understand people becoming crazy coz it aint so much better (i must abmit it is better and im using it myself to ). Well, some people are just so strange...

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I think its a good job of Patchou making it compatible with xp and msn 5 combined. but i dont understand people becoming crazy coz it aint so much better (i must abmit it is better and im using it myself to ). Well, some people are just so strange...

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I think its a good job of Patchou making it compatible with xp and msn 5 combined. but i dont understand people becoming crazy coz it aint so much better (i must abmit it is better and im using it myself to ). Well, some people are just so strange...

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it IS a big thing really, because there are many millions of people using xp, and sure alot of people using both xp and msn5

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Isn't Patchou the best ?

No... you're the best, then Patchou.

This realy is the best community!!!

It's going to be nice to install MP2... 2 bad the mp1 don't work properly with msn 5... But... The good times are expected around Jan 4th!

Thank you VERY much Patchou, 4 this great job!!!

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No... you're the best, then Patchou.

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Hey People Just wanted to say what a great program MP2 is and how it has made my MSN msngr chatting a bit more fun

see ya

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Hey People Just wanted to say what a great program MP2 is and how it has made my MSN msngr chatting a bit more fun

oh yeah and how do ya add pics and that in ya messages and under ya name in the forum

see ya

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a bit!!? No its a whole fuckin world of difference!

User + MSN/Windows Messenger=
User + MSN/Windows Messenger + Plus! = (all hail to ye great Patchou)

Happy Easter!! But who's counting down for the New Year, were all counting down an anxious for msg Plus! 2.

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Messenger 5 XP compatibility is now in the current alpha version.... all alpha testers will receive it tonight.

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LOVELY the beta v. vill be avalible to all of us at the 4th of januaay?
i like it...
btw anyone that knows how to remove windows messenger wrom the pc? (in xp) ver. 5.0 just rock my world... but i cant get 4.6 out of it...

btw great job ppl!

I dunno if its the same in xp, but Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > MSN Messenger 4.6

Some one correct me if i am wrong

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Messenger 5 XP compatibility is now in the current alpha version.... all alpha testers will receive it tonight.

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and how can i become one ???

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Erm, i think you are a little too late thinking about becoming an alpha-tester...
You can become a beta-tester though!

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everyone can do beta-testing just download the beta-version when released

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everyone can do beta-testing just download the beta-version when released

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It's as easy as that!

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people are getting practice on it for the release so they can be familiar with the program like me !

MP2 Beta version OUT IN Less then 2 days

1 day 7hours 48min 56sec

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MP2 Beta version OUT IN Less then 2 days

1 day 7hours 48min 56sec

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Originally posted by ThA-BoZniAn
MP2 Beta version OUT IN Less then 2 days

1 day 7hours 48min 56sec

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Patchou said *approximately* 10 days... This could mean in 2 days; or more.
Just be patient; i'll be there when it is there!

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Please, I know you all can't wait to get the new version, but understand that Patchou also has a life Plus is very important to him, but don't push him that much After all, you wouldn't Patchou to become depressed because of all the mails he receives about Plus Ain't I right ?

lol.. for the record, my gf posted that message when I was playing to Mario Sunshine.... well, don't worry, I'm not depressed, I jsut have too much work with Plus! and monday, at work, I have a very important demo to do for a new product in the company (those who are interested to see what I'm doing during the day can check http://www.opmr.com )

Thanks for all your support!
Skiing-Patchou

so...
if I understand right the new Messenger Plus 2.0 supports MSN Messenger 5.0 under Windows XP?

just to make sure...

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so...
if I understand right the new Messenger Plus 2.0 supports MSN Messenger 5.0 under Windows XP?

just to make sure...

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How he got Windows XP to work with MSN Messenger 5 and MP2 is really simple..and quite TOO simple. By default, MSN Messenger is going to run under Windows 2000 compatibility mode. Therefore, features such as video-conferencing will be unavailable in Messenger. I recommend if you want to use this, you stick to Windows Messenger 4.7. I too look foward to the final release of MP2.

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How he got Windows XP to work with MSN Messenger 5 and MP2 is really simple..and quite TOO simple. By default, MSN Messenger is going to run under Windows 2000 compatibility mode.

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How he got Windows XP to work with MSN Messenger 5 and MP2 is really simple..and quite TOO simple. By default, MSN Messenger is going to run under Windows 2000 compatibility mode.

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u sure he runs in under Windows 2000 Compatibility mode???

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Therefore, features such as video-conferencing will be unavailable in Messenger. I recommend if you want to use this, you stick to Windows Messenger 4.7.

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How he got Windows XP to work with MSN Messenger 5 and MP2 is really simple..and quite TOO simple. By default, MSN Messenger is going to run under Windows 2000 compatibility mode.

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u sure he runs in under Windows 2000 Compatibility mode???

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The 16-bit system tray icon isn't the only setback. Features such as Windows XP's Remote Assistance, and I also mentioned video-conferencing, which is disabled in Messenger when it is not running under XP. So for now, your solution would be to stick to Windows Messenger, at least until Microsoft releases the MSN Messenger 5.0 API documentation, if they ever do.

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The 16-bit system tray icon isn't the only setback. Features such as Windows XP's Remote Assistance, and I also mentioned video-conferencing, which is disabled in Messenger when it is not running under XP. So for now, your solution would be to stick to Windows Messenger, at least until Microsoft releases the MSN Messenger 5.0 API documentation, if they ever do.

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The 16-bit system tray icon isn't the only setback. Features such as Windows XP's Remote Assistance, and I also mentioned video-conferencing, which is disabled in Messenger when it is not running under XP. So for now, your solution would be to stick to Windows Messenger, at least until Microsoft releases the MSN Messenger 5.0 API documentation, if they ever do.

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first its not 16-bit, its 4 bits and 16 colours
I think i never seen those features in MSN 5 with or without MP2... maybe i'm wrong...
*edit* actually i checked and at least the video conferencing is disabled when running mp2... sorry

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You cant have the best of both worlds in a sence, if you want MP2 for MSN Messenger XP, then you have to deal with MSN Messenger thinking its in 2000. Therefore, not having those features.

Wow wow, lemme get this stright... If I am running WinXP, and MSN5, I'm still able to use MP2. To use MP2, I have to set the compatibility mode for MSN to Win2K. By setting the compatibility mode to Win2K, I lose the features of asking/being asked for Remote Assistance and Video Conversations. Is that all?

I believe thats the deal atm... however someone is currently speaking to Patchou about another way to get around it.

think of what we have now as a temp fix!

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How he got Windows XP to work with MSN Messenger 5 and MP2 is really simple..and quite TOO simple. By default, MSN Messenger is going to run under Windows 2000 compatibility mode. Therefore, features such as video-conferencing will be unavailable in Messenger. I recommend if you want to use this, you stick to Windows Messenger 4.7. I too look foward to the final release of MP2.

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why would video conferencing unavailable?? If that would happen. Patchou wouldnt have said that he managed to get it working!

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why would video conferencing unavailable?? If that would happen. Patchou wouldnt have said that he managed to get it working!

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You can only have video conferencing in XP Messengers... This messenger is 2000 (even though its on xp) therefore video conferencing isnt avaliable according to it, however they may be a way to turn the options on.

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why would video conferencing unavailable?? If that would happen. Patchou wouldnt have said that he managed to get it working!

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You can only have video conferencing in XP Messengers... This messenger is 2000 (even though its on xp) therefore video conferencing isnt avaliable according to it, however they may be a way to turn the options on.

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What's the big deal with video? If you want video conferencing use Netmeeting cos that also works with people not running XP. Messenger on XP simply combines MSN and Netmeeting.

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why would video conferencing unavailable?? If that would happen. Patchou wouldnt have said that he managed to get it working!

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You can only have video conferencing in XP Messengers... This messenger is 2000 (even though its on xp) therefore video conferencing isnt avaliable according to it, however they may be a way to turn the options on.

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What's the big deal with video? If you want video conferencing use Netmeeting cos that also works with people not running XP. Messenger on XP simply combines MSN and Netmeeting.

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I cant use it anyway... I was just illustrating the point to "PlusFan".

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I mite do whn i get XP

it could be fun

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I mite do whn i get XP

it could be fun

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I mite do whn i get XP

it could be fun

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there should be another way to do it... i poked around for a few days, and this is basicially what I came up with (all for XP):

MSN Messenger 5 does not register its own COM objects. It has type libraries in the program, just like Windows Messenger, but the typelibraries are the same, so MSN 5 API goes to Windows Messenger. Changing the registry entry is one method, which works for some and not for others. Another possibly better method would be to add a second API entry with some sort of wrapper. it is definately possible to access the API, since Outlook Express does it...

I Am going to clear up a few issues as a result of my post.

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Pathetic. Making ppl wait even longer for MP2.

Fair enough, ppl might need more time, but whats the point in setting a date to release then changing the date.

Not like patchou at all.

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Pathetic. Making ppl wait even longer for MP2.

Fair enough, ppl might need more time, but whats the point in setting a date to release then changing the date.

Not like patchou at all.

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coleman01, try and amke mp2 in a few mounths

The icons don't matter much to me. Then again, I would be hacking into the exe and changing the icon pictures to the XP style. Doesn't matter to me at all.

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...and changing the icon pictures to the XP style.

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I was just wondering if a help file will be included with MP2 beta, because i am not all that familiar with MIRC commands, which Pathou has included in MP2. I have been reading what he has added such as /away, /busy, ...). So what will be all the features or do we have to try and figure them out ourselves?

well, er, there aren't exactly a lot of IRC commands.  read the RFC and you won't find many... /me is probably the most 'famous' one... i think this was just irc-style though... *shrug*

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I was just wondering if a help file will be included with MP2 beta, because i am not all that familiar with MIRC commands, which Pathou has included in MP2. I have been reading what he has added such as /away, /busy, ...). So what will be all the features or do we have to try and figure them out ourselves?

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try! lol you can't... winxp icons are already in the exe, and you can't swap 16 color icons with 32 bits ones... because they have different sizes... and btw thats illegal

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Arighty, here are the images. I'm going to replace them right after this post and do a check in all compatibility modes, making sure the images I replaced have infact been replaced.

Test 1 Results:

Messenger runs properly
WinXP: Yes
Win2K: Yes
WinNT: Yes
WinME: No
Win98: No
Win95: No*

Icons changed in working Comp. Modes
WinXP: --
Win2K: Yes
WinNT: Yes
WinME: --
Win98: --
Win95: --

*MSN5 is originally not compatible with Win95.

I thought they already corrected the Windows XP Issue... Why was this necessary?
Am I wrong in this assumption

Anyways, if it isn't corrected, then good work! Can you get the Video to work now

LoL your assumtion is correct.. This wasn't necessary. But thanks for the Good Work comment. Will (wtbw) has resolved this issue so we don't need to worry.

Just one more thing I'd like to add before my theory dies: I dom't think MSN5 would work in WinME/98 compatibility mode because there is a special download for WinME/98 on the MSN Messenger site. LoL ok I'm done I'm done.

This one is to TheProfessional

You were mentioning before something about if XP and MSN5 were being used with MP2, then the icons (little pictures) would revert to their old 2000 selves.  I could not find the end result of your research anywhere on the board...can u update me please.

Thanx,
Marconicus

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This one is to TheProfessional

You were mentioning before something about if XP and MSN5 were being used with MP2, then the icons (little pictures) would revert to their old 2000 selves.  I could not find the end result of your research anywhere on the board...can u update me please.

Thanx,
Marconicus

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Pathetic. Making ppl wait even longer for MP2.

Fair enough, ppl might need more time, but whats the point in setting a date to release then changing the date.

Not like patchou at all.

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Well, while we wait for Patchou finish his creature, anybody can explain to me the best path on Windows XP?
At this moment I have Windows Messenger 4.7.0105
What need I do? First uninstall Windows Messenger 4.7 and then install MSN Messenger 5? Install MSN 5 without uninstalling Windows Messenger? There are somethink special on MSN Messenger installation? (like Windows 2000 compatibility an so one...)

If someone knows the best path to follow, please....

Josep M.

messenger 5 is installed seperately from windows msngr 4.7
I now have them both on my xp machine and they work gr8

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Install MSN 5 without uninstalling Windows Messenger? There are somethink special on MSN Messenger installation? (like Windows 2000 compatibility an so one...)

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Well, while we wait for Patchou finish his creature, anybody can explain to me the best path on Windows XP?
At this moment I have Windows Messenger 4.7.0105
What need I do? First uninstall Windows Messenger 4.7 and then install MSN Messenger 5? Install MSN 5 without uninstalling Windows Messenger? There are somethink special on MSN Messenger installation? (like Windows 2000 compatibility an so one...)

If someone knows the best path to follow, please....

Josep M.

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bah. now i need to try it.

under xp it is loaded in both 4.7 and 5 at the same time, I dunno for win 98

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Well, while we wait for Patchou finish his creature, anybody can explain to me the best path on Windows XP?
At this moment I have Windows Messenger 4.7.0105
What need I do? First uninstall Windows Messenger 4.7 and then install MSN Messenger 5? Install MSN 5 without uninstalling Windows Messenger? There are somethink special on MSN Messenger installation? (like Windows 2000 compatibility an so one...)

If someone knows the best path to follow, please....

Josep M.

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a sorta offtopic question: would mp2 work with both msn 5 and 4.6 running at the same time under win98 (not xp and not windows msgr, )? or is there a 'priority' thing here, like if the program detects msn5 it would not load with msn msgr 4.6 or any other lower versions?

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Originally posted by buqingzi
a sorta offtopic question: would mp2 work with both msn 5 and 4.6 running at the same time under win98 (not xp and not windows msgr, )? or is there a 'priority' thing here, like if the program detects msn5 it would not load with msn msgr 4.6 or any other lower versions?

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Originally posted by buqingzi
a sorta offtopic question: would mp2 work with both msn 5 and 4.6 running at the same time under win98 (not xp and not windows msgr, )? or is there a 'priority' thing here, like if the program detects msn5 it would not load with msn msgr 4.6 or any other lower versions?

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Donno if it helps, but to uninstall Windows Messenger under WinXP, u could use this very simple solution :

http://www.clubic.com/n/gen/n4884.html

Sorry, donno anything about Win98... :/

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Originally posted by Incubus
Donno if it helps, but to uninstall Windows Messenger under WinXP, u could use this very simple solution :

http://www.clubic.com/n/gen/n4884.html

Sorry, donno anything about Win98... :/

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Originally posted by MoRiA

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Originally posted by buqingzi
a sorta offtopic question: would mp2 work with both msn 5 and 4.6 running at the same time under win98 (not xp and not windows msgr, )? or is there a 'priority' thing here, like if the program detects msn5 it would not load with msn msgr 4.6 or any other lower versions?

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This probably belongs in the MP2 Support Board, but I'll reply here cos this is where it is.

Why would you want MSN 5 and 4.6 running at the same time? I can understand using some form of polygamy prog to open more than one copy of MSN 5 or MSN 4.6 but there doesn't seem to be a reason for having both loaded similtaneously...

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Originally posted by TheProfessional
You actually don't need to have WinMessenger running to get WinXP features in MSN5. Just installed.

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LoL I said that...

Oh Im sorry... I thought you meant that you don't need it instlaled either...

Also, he was talking about running it under the Windows 98 environment. So he can't have both 4.7 and 5 installed.

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Originally posted by buqingzi
So, the thing I'm wondering about is if mp2 will work will both versions of msgr together.

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Originally posted by fleetadmiralmatt
I don't think you can have both... MSN 5 replaces MSN 4.6 Its the same program that just overwrites the other like an update.

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Originally posted by fleetadmiralmatt
I don't think you can have both... MSN 5 replaces MSN 4.6 Its the same program that just overwrites the other like an update.

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Originally posted by yunnyboy
That's not right. Up to 4.6 it DID replace the older version, but MSN 5 seems to be a completely different installation. Wonder if u have noticed, but if u check u 'program files' folder u notice there are two folers:

'Messenger' and 'MSN Messenger'

'Messenger' folder is the 4.6 version, and 'MSN Messenver' is the version 5. So if you run msmsgs.exe and msnmsgr.exe, you can run both. (tho it appears to be that u can't log in with two different accounts on them, i dunno)

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Originally posted by yunnyboy
(tho it appears to be that u can't log in with two different accounts on them, i dunno)

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Originally posted by Bugz

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Originally posted by fleetadmiralmatt
I don't think you can have both... MSN 5 replaces MSN 4.6 Its the same program that just overwrites the other like an update.

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It is possible, my cousin is running win ME and he has msngr 4.7 & 5 at the same time

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I had both MSN messenger 4.6 and 5 installed on win 98

I have 4.7 and 5.0 on this 98se.,......

Actually yunnyboy is correct sock. It is perfectly possible to have both MSN Messengers (not Windows Messenger) on ur harddisk running at the same time on the same platform. I have both 98 and 2k and on both systems it seems to work.

Greetz