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Get A-patch while waiting for Plus! Live by Triple6 on 03-29-2006 at 02:34 PM

This doesn't have much to do with Plus! Live. More of a recommendation for anyone like myself getting a little bored with Windows Live Messenger Beta.

As a beta user, I have to say as good as Windows Live Messenger is compared to MSN Messenger, it's still almost as boring. By now, I assume many people have used or seen the new Windows Live Messenger (WLM) and seen or heard of it's new features. When it was first released as a beta, it was bulky and many people I know didn't like it much. With the new release of WLM, it's nearly gone back to the now standard appearance, but keeping it's new features as well (minus at least one that I can think of).

Of course we all know Plus! Live is still under development, however there's still an option to give your WLM a bit more for it's buck.

If you visit http://apatch.ikhost.com/ you will find exactly what it says. A patch that has already been created for WLM, as well as MSN if you still have that (You can use Plus! and this patch together, it still adds more features).

The features on WLM's A-Patch is limiting compared to MSN's, but still offers quite a few. For example, you can use polygamy, set up to show when contacts are Idle, remove links on the login screen, and more.

I don't know how many people knew about this already, so I figured I'd introduce or REintroduce it. It's pretty useful if you're tired of waiting for Plus! Live to come out officially. Personally, I've been checking their site set for Plus! Live on a few occasions before reading the official statement. (Y)


RE: RE: Get A-patch while waiting for Plus! Live by Triple6 on 03-29-2006 at 05:22 PM

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Originally posted by nimicitor
screenshots?


Right, my bad. Here's a few links I've uploaded to my server. Three pictures, one shows the bottom links on the login screen is missing now, one shows polygamy supported, and one shows the instant message window. If you'd like to see the features on the new A-patch, let me know.

http://www.kryststudios.net/WLMwithA-patch.jpg

http://www.kryststudios.net/WLMwithA-patch02.jpg

http://www.kryststudios.net/WLMwithA-patch03.jpg

Oh, and the Mac theme is just flyakite 2.0 on my laptop.
RE: Get A-patch while waiting for Plus! Live by Triple6 on 03-29-2006 at 06:32 PM

*LMAO* My bad. Forgot about that one. Oh well


RE: Get A-patch while waiting for Plus! Live by Reload2 on 03-29-2006 at 09:28 PM

Personaly, I prefer Mess Patch (H)


RE: Get A-patch while waiting for Plus! Live by ~INVASION~ on 03-29-2006 at 09:44 PM

i have to aggree, mess patch kicks ass and is what ive already used, but apatch is also very good and ahmad is awesome at keeping it up to date quick, just my liking is with mess right now :)


RE: Get A-patch while waiting for Plus! Live by Triple6 on 03-30-2006 at 06:50 AM

Well, gents! I must say, Mess patch is quite alot better than A-patch, I do concur. Good call


RE: Get A-patch while waiting for Plus! Live by BeauG on 03-30-2006 at 07:08 AM

Mess patch now avaliable for WLM ;)


RE: Get A-patch while waiting for Plus! Live by qgroessl on 03-30-2006 at 12:28 PM

Eh :p... I'll stick with A-Patch ;)... First one I've used and I don't have any reason to use a different one.


RE: Get A-patch while waiting for Plus! Live by Eddie on 03-30-2006 at 01:45 PM

I think both A-Patch and Mess Patch are good patches :) Its annoying though becuase whenever i install them i obtain problems with Live Messenger :(, but they are both very highly rated patches :)


RE: Get A-patch while waiting for Plus! Live by Reload2 on 03-30-2006 at 09:29 PM

A-Patch is pretty good but when I install it for WLM (before mess patch for wlm was released) I get serious bugs and I lost all my messenger datas and some functions in the A-Patch just don't work (Unlimited nudge,etc) but with Mess Patch I never get bugs :)


RE: Get A-patch while waiting for Plus! Live by Triple6 on 03-31-2006 at 06:39 PM

On another note to bug errors, does anyone have the beta of Internet Explorer 7? I have it and each time I open my email from the WLM button, it crashes my WLM as the email loads. Though, I'm not too sure if it's IE7 or using Windows Live Mail...but after I close IE7, the whole computer seems to be running slower. And uninstalling IE7 is apparently not an option, so...yea. Just curious if others have noticed anything.