Shoutbox

Hey guys, just having a slight issue with Messenger Plus. I've used Plus! before and it's remarkable, but, I'm now faced with a problem. Whenever I wanted to use MSN before, (i have 8.0), it used to tell me I needed to download the new one, after Googling a little, I figured out, that if you right click MSN --> Properties, and use "Run in compatibility mode for Windows 2000", it works like a charm without forcing you to update.

Well, I installed Messenger Plus and noticed that it will only "appear" and function if I don't run it in compatibility mode, but I have to run it in compatibility mode in order to not be forced to update.

Is there a method that I can use that will let me use Messenger Plus, but without updating MSN?

No..

It can run in vista compatibility mode and I think XP. Any lower than that and no it shouldn't work. Note: Even on XP or Vista mode Plus! may still have problems. It's best to keep up to date with them both

Just upgrade to the latest of the two.

In short, no.  You must update Windows Live Messenger in order to use the latest Messenger Plus! Live and should also do so for nyumerous other security reasons.