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Windows 7 compatibility by Jamesd00d on 06-01-2009 at 02:01 AM

is Messenger Plus compatible with windows 7?
if not will there be any releases in the near future so that it is compatible?


RE: Windows 7 compatibility by matty on 06-01-2009 at 02:04 AM

It works but is not supported. If you find issues they are expected and will not be addressed until the next release.


RE: Windows 7 compatibility by Jamesd00d on 06-01-2009 at 02:09 AM

thank you for the info matty
do you know when the next release is expected
or have no dates been specified as of yet?


RE: RE: Windows 7 compatibility by Vilkku on 06-01-2009 at 05:22 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Jamesd00d
thank you for the info matty
do you know when the next release is expected
or have no dates been specified as of yet?
I can say that it hasn't even entered beta yet, so it will be quite some time before it's officially released (based on previous experience, I actually have no idea at all).

I'm using Messenger Plus! Live on Windows 7 myself, and I haven't found anything that bothers me. One issue you might want to know about is that, due to the way WLM is no longer in the system tray but in the task bar, you can no longer lock messenger (afaik this can be done by running WLM in compatibility mode for Windows Vista, which will result in WLM appearing in the system tray).

Another issue is the old problem where you can't see the content of chat window with tabs enabled when you use something like alt-tab or Aero Peek. My solution has been to simply disable tabs, as Windows 7 by default keeps the different windows tidily hidden behind one icon.
RE: Windows 7 compatibility by NanaFreak on 06-01-2009 at 05:50 AM

i have had like no real problems with windows 7 and mp!l.. only thing is what Vilkku said and also when using a skin and then minimising with tabs they are sometimes left behind on the desktop... though there is a small fix for this, you just have to click the show desktop button 2 times and it will restore your windows to how they were without the image on the desktop...


RE: Windows 7 compatibility by stuartbennett on 06-03-2009 at 01:12 PM

iom using windows 7 release candidate build 7100 and messenger plus works fine and so does the skins, im using the fuse skin created by willz and to be fair it works better on windows 7 than it did on vista, with vista i occassionally got an issue where the min max close buttons displayed the regular vista graphics when hovering over them using it on windows 7 has solved that issue somehow so in my opinion it works great.


RE: Windows 7 compatibility by Jamesd00d on 06-03-2009 at 04:07 PM

Thanks for the help guys

by the sounds of thing tabbed chat doesn't work on windows 7 then?
the locking of msn i never used much so that feature wouldn't be a particular big miss to me, but tabbed chatting was useful as when running lots of programs at once your chat aint all over the desktop.

im thinking of upgrading my system to windows 7 atm, but gota wait a few weeks for work and that to be backed up on my server, is worth the upgrade? from what ive been told of it so far, the upgrade is well worth it as windows 7 is like the next "proper" upgrade from an xp system.

Thanks for the help again


RE: Windows 7 compatibility by Patchou on 06-03-2009 at 07:08 PM

The version that will be officially compatible with Windows 7 will be out in 10 days :)


RE: Windows 7 compatibility by stuartbennett on 06-03-2009 at 08:04 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
The version that will be officially compatible with Windows 7 will be out in 10 days :)

thanks patchou i look forward to it.
RE: Windows 7 compatibility by Jamesd00d on 06-03-2009 at 09:06 PM

Thanks Patchou :)
much appreciated

guna be upgrading to windows 7 within the next 7-14 days depending on when i get chance to upload everything to server

Thank you again :)


RE: Windows 7 compatibility by Voldemort on 06-03-2009 at 09:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Vilkku
(afaik this can be done by running WLM in compatibility mode for Windows Vista, which will result in WLM appearing in the system tray).
true
RE: Windows 7 compatibility by limeares on 06-04-2009 at 01:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
The version that will be officially compatible with Windows 7 will be out in 10 days :)
Version 5? Pleaseeeee! :D
RE: RE: Windows 7 compatibility by Vilkku on 06-04-2009 at 07:21 AM

quote:
Originally posted by limeares
quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
The version that will be officially compatible with Windows 7 will be out in 10 days :)
Version 5? Pleaseeeee! :D
No :p
RE: Windows 7 compatibility by stuartbennett on 06-04-2009 at 07:29 AM

quote:
Originally posted by limeares
quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
The version that will be officially compatible with Windows 7 will be out in 10 days :)
Version 5? Pleaseeeee! :D

it will not likely be version 5, but will probably be a 4.9x build and windows 7 compatability and maybe a few bug fixes here and there will be all that it contains, this is most likely patchous way of getting the masses of his back so he can then devote all his time and attention to building version 5.
RE: RE: Windows 7 compatibility by Moh on 06-04-2009 at 07:35 AM

quote:
Originally posted by stuartbennett
quote:
Originally posted by limeares
quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
The version that will be officially compatible with Windows 7 will be out in 10 days :)
Version 5? Pleaseeeee! :D

it will not likely be version 5, but will probably be a 4.9x build and windows 7 compatability and maybe a few bug fixes here and there will be all that it contains, this is most likely patchous way of getting the masses of his back so he can then devote all his time and attention to building version 5.

quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
As mentionned in another post, I was conducting some auto-update tests on my servers for a couple of days. This is now over, sorry for the disturbance. The real next update, version 4.82, will be out in June :).

RE: Windows 7 compatibility by stuartbennett on 06-04-2009 at 07:44 AM

fair enough so itll be 4.82 i didnt know if hed do that number of it he would class windows 7 compatability as 4.9 worthy i had no way of knowing lol.