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Why you are not deleting them?

Thanks Ray, I have to download the latest version to use WLM, with Resource Hacker I will always use this.

u can also just uninstall windows live messenger 2009 and then install the version 8.5 or less.

simply download the windows live messenger 2009 redistributable file from softpedia or any other site and save it somewhere ( e.g, Desktop )

now open command prompt and navigate to desktop and type

msiexec /x .msi and this will uninstall it

Now, u can install the old msn version.

another way is to go thru the registry and delete the files for the new version and then u can just install 8.1.0178 which is quite good too..the guide you can find it on google.. :)..anyways thanx raymond for this tip..it shall be helpful..

Thank you Raymond!!

I needed this!

*High Fives Raymond*

Great bit of work Raymond – thanks.

Thanks a lot Raymond. This piece of sh!t called WLM2009 should be banned for life from all pc of this planet. Big thanks again you saved the day!!!

raymond! as we hate the new msn version, we love you for your solution ;)

GREAT WORK!

i love you man, i got msn 7.5 to work with the same trick, badass :D

everything is ok but at last step it does not let me to “save” it. everytime it tried i was met an error like this “Cannot rename original file. Saving cancelled”.

after that i tried to save as msnmsg2.exe and replace it the original file. after cleaning original file, i deleted it and tried to run msn with new file. but it did not :(

what must i do. please help. coz i want to use xp n hate vista…

J like to install windows live messenger but j have problem.Please help me ! :(

I hate the new version of MSN, and managed to uninstall it and install an older version but my problem is when I open Resource Hacker, I can’t save the file. “Cannot rename original file. Saving cancelled”
Do you know how to save then?

wow man…..u solvd ma prblm…thnx alot!!!

I have followed the steps and successfully signed in with WLM 8.0.0812. But the problem is all my contacts are gone! What should I dooo??? Help please!

The resource hacker won’t work. I get to the compile script part then it won’t let me save it.

Thanks you SOOOOOO MUCH!!!!
Ray, I would give you a big, giant hug if I could! :D

to me do not work… always fixed the message . :(

hiiiii every one i neeeeeeeeeed help i did all the steps but when i saved this msg appear

the original file cannot rename??!!!!

it didnt work.. im still gettin the message i must install a newer version………..

Hai, I need help here, I got the same problem as EAMN, can anyone help???

thanks!

got the same problem, message error(cant save) in resource hacker..

*TO ALL WHO HAD PROBLEM SAVING THE SCRIPT*
simple solution: make sure you had ur msn messenger program closed, right click and exit it from your tray icon. that should do it.

It worked like a charm! I would hate to upgrade to the newer version of MSN which I’ve tried once.. Never again. Thanks!

I have the same problem as seana.. please help :(

my contact list is also gone!!

it still works for example @ meebo but not on my pc with msn 8.0 :(

help pls !! !!!!!!!!!! :D

Hey there. I followed your excellent instructions down to the last word, but I have a slight problem! When I try to save after changing the product version to 14.0.8064.0206, an error box crops up saying “Cannot rename original file. Saving Cancelled.”

What do I do?! AHHHHH! Please email me! I would be very grateful for your expertise!

Thanks man i needed this the new messenger doesnt let u view ur contact by email :@:@
I mean who’s the genious that came up with that idea…
Thanks again man :D

my computer already instal windows live messenger 9 but not open . one error messege. c”\programfiles\windowslive\messenger\messenger.exe”

messege dnt open only this error messege . please help
instal messenger9 arabic

Ah, I can’t thank you enough :*

Worked with 8.0.0812 on 21 september 2009 on winXP.
Contactlist and contactgroups intact.

Many thanx!

hi again i have just downgraded again 2 8.0 which copy of plus do i need 2 install thanx again x

Oh thanks, at last a solution, this wlm9 was getting on my nerves…!
If you could also do sth about the iTunes-popping-up-every-30-sec problem when selected “show what i’m listening to” I would be pleased (:
But you ‘re great whatsoever :P

Dude thanks….. I was really getting annoyed with an error message :):)

For some reason, I went to install the newest version because it seemed to not let me sign in 50% of the time. And since I could find no specific uninstall program, I just cleared out the folders. Then it continued saying I still had it installed. After using the zapmessenger I found somewhere else, it installed but gave me a different looking version that would say I couldnt connect before it even checked my password. After much aggrivation I tried using Trillian, but lack of custom emoticons suck. (bitches love smiley faces). So I looked more and found this.

At first the 8.000 hacked version thing let me sign on, but everyone appeared offline :|

So I then tried the 8.5 and changed the version and viola! It works. Thanks a ton man and FUUUUUCKKK YOU MICROSOFT.

when i try your method that you mentioned
then all my contact gone

please help

Thank you!-works fantastically!!! Had tried EVERYTHING.

I used the Zap messesnger tool and downloaded the first link you showed us. (so not the hacking thing) It worked. – thankyou very much, i can sign in and no pop up comes forcing me to download the latest version. I hope this carries on, only question I wish to ask is.. now that I have the version 8.0 Can i update it to 8.5?
My messenger didnt work since i downloaded 9.0 – ive tried EVERYTHING, went on their errors page, looked at every link. I had to click ‘run’ and enter cmd and enter all these long codes, lol but yeah i just wanted to ask will it be safe if i downloaded 8.5 now?
thanks

Thanks Raymond.. you explained each step very well and it worked for me! Thanks ju-ee for the tip.. that was the problem for me haha!

If you don’t wish to be MSForced or MSBullied into the upgrade, then at the Messenger executable file (C:\program files\MSN Messenger\msnmsgr.exe) Right click > Compatibility > Compatibility with Windows 2000. This avoids the update. Works for me!

Thanks mate! I hated it when upgraded to Windows Live Messenger 2009… quite lousy… I think mine (8.5) is better…

Anyway Thanks again!

I’d like to add to the chorus of people who says THANK YOU for this nifty little trick. It worked beautifully on my version of Windows Live 8.5. As a couple users have stated, Microsoft had made it mandatory to upgrade to Windows Live 9 as of yesterday (November 4) and it drove me absolutely friggin insane. Thank you so much!

I had the first option suggested above installed and working fine for about a month…than today it forced me to upgrade to WLM.

I tried the hack option suggested above and everything installed and worked fine but for some reason all my contacts are missing.

What did I do wrong?

Hey, for those who can’t save, try manually renaming the original msnmsgr.exe to something else (eg. msnmsgr_original.exe) then saving the modified script as msnmsgr.exe using Save As…
It worked for me ;)

Thanks for the tip! Searched half of my day the way to sneak pass that shit…mainly because installing WLM 9 to my pc had an error and tried to fix it all the ways….nothing worked. And now this little hack gave me a chance to sneak pass the download at all! Good! :)

Ughhh.
I had this working in September, and today it suddenly stopped and started telling me I need to update again.
I’ve tried both methods, neither have worked. I’ve also tried saving as and changing the compatibility etc and still no success.

You are the man… worked like a charm!! Now sharing folders can still exist with me and m’friends! Thanks, Dan.

Thanks it worked perfect,i was forced to update to version 9 and found webcams were running real slow or not at all,have gone back to 8.5 now thanks to your excellent instructions.

No one has an ideas as to why my contact list would be missing or how to retrieve it?

That’s good, I can use it finally. Thanks so much.

There is a work around for users that want to use 8.1
1. Right click on the shortcut of MSN
2. Select “Properties”
3. Select “Compatibility” tab
4. Check the Run “this program in compatibility mode for”
5. Select “Windows 2000″
6. Press “Apply” or “Ok”
7. Done

Raymond’s instructions are clear !!
However, it takes me half an hour to figure everything out..
THANKS RAYMOND !!
Upon this matter,i’ve registered myself as part of Raymond CC forum member. !

Hi, i downloaded messenger 8.0 and installed it, i tryed to connect but it asked me to update, then i downloaded reshac and i did what u said to do but then when i tryed to connect it just popped me out don’t send message and closed my msn, any help for that ?

Thank You

Hi
i was made to upgrade on friday an now i cant use webcam to see my friend..i hate this version …i ve done everything listed above an still doesnt work..im on xp like most….can u help?

I used Reshack to change the product version to 14.0.8064.0206 but when i start WLM 8.5 and try to log in it still prompts me to upgrade…help!

Nevermind! For those of you who may be getting this problem…use RESHACKER to change the product version to the LATEST version which is..

14.0.8089.726

Cheers!

founded way to retreive lost contacts, just install offering version and all of your contacts should be back.

If it prompts you to update again after you got it working, try changing the version number again to the LATEST version

awesome! thanks :D

Thanks, Raymond.
I’ll give this a shot, and hope it works.

well I delete and recompiled the file and now it works

This did work great for a while but yesterday it stopped working and I get the old ‘a nwer version is available’ window.

any ideas?

Hey guys, Hey Pete

If it worked for some time with you and stopped working again, go to comment NO. 111 which says:

All you have to do is:
1- Open ResHack as Administrator again.
2- Change the number again to 14.0.8089.0726 instead of 14.0.8064.0206
and that’s it!

Good Luck everyone!

Thanks for everything. But i can still not save after compiling the script. And where do i need to right-click if i want to open it as an administrator. Thanks.

hey guys,

Zsoltisan, don’t worry, you won’t have to change it until they release a new version and it can’t be tomorrow.

Cedric, you have to right-click on the file “ResHacker.exe” and choose “Run as administrator” then click “Allow” when asked. That’s it and you’ll be able to save after compiling. Good luck!

Nikki, read my previous comment or read comment number 111. you’ll have to use ResHacker again to because there is a new version number.

How do I get a copy of the old windows live mail? New Windows Live just kills my computer whenever I install it (Windows XP).

Thanks for the great workaround by the way.

hi i followed raymond advice n installed again widows live older version 8.5 from above given link n it was working till yesterday when i again started getting message to upgrade 2 newer version now wat should i do?? please help……….is msn new version working finely or still those bugs there please helpppp

hi there guyss i did it after 3 hours, for those who couldnt save it delete the dots for example it says “.14.0.8089.0726.” delete the first dot and the last dot so its
“14.08989,076″ only and it will save it for u
use msn 8.0 it works well, ive just dont it and it worked yuppppyyyyyyyy am soo happy cuz i did not give you ive been trying for almost 3 hours cuz i hated the new msn soo much i wanted this to work and it did, anyone who needs anyhelp just drop me a line
good luck guys, cuz i now can see my love on cam better than that new msn version i hated soo much

For those that were unaware, Shareing folders was a single folder shared between your adress and one other , such as your best buddy. Either of you could put anything in it whilst signed in on your PC or take it out. No one else could see or touch anything in it. I had over twenty such folders with over twenty different buddies.They were the best and easiest way of giving a file to someone you know, even small film clips. the folders were not online they were in your Pc and the same folder was in your buddies. Everybody got that. Thankx live for destroying all my files without even a warning.

Hey thanks for the update! This also works with Version 8.1.178.0!! (which I am running) I did not want to update, this worked out perfectly! Much appreciated!

i hate the new way i like the old way better so bring it back.

Post 104 worked for me.All the others failed.Thanks Stephen, I hated not seeing contact email addresses.

idiots u cant save because you have to CLOSE WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER BEFORE TRYING TO USE RESOURCEHACKER

hell yeah m8 youre the best!

Raymond, thanks so much for this one! I’m really happy that I can use WLM8.5 again for now. I just wonder how comes this thread started already in march… Here in Switzerland we were forced to upgrade to WLM2009 now in November – but seems you guys had to do that already a half year ago… As ppl above are complaining, same happen to me: Cam didn’t work anymore properly when starting a Video conversation (mostly MSN crash) – only way to handle it, was to let the other send cam first, then send mine… Also extremly annoying the mirrored webcam… However, back on track now with the good “old” 8.5.130.1018 – Best regards!

i followed all steps and got the save message. noticed alot of people where having it. i red threw the other comments, and notice someone said to close the wlm first. pretty idiotic to think it would modify the file when ts actually running lol. Everything works fine, just make sure when trying to cave the changes you close wlm first :) thanks alot LIFE SAVER <3

reg add “HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers” /v “C:\\Program Files\\MSN Messenger\\msnmsgr.exe” /t REG_SZ /d “WIN2000″ /f

Viva Guatemala !!!

I had the same problem the day before, my windows live messenger crashes after signing in. I searched for the dozens of
forums and I applied the instructions, unfortunately none of them worked. I tried zapmessenger, deep cleaner, I uninstalled
and reinstalled it dozens of times, hopeless.. I tried registry cleaners, antivirus scanning, antimalware programs, I
installed MSN 8.1 by changing its version to the latest MSN 9 with resourcehacker ( it worked in a friend’s situation) didn’t
work too. I read in one of the forums that Acer notebooks have incompatibility with messenger and crash, so I installed Acer
MSN patch, as you can guess it didn’t work as in nightmares. I did uninstallation by revo uninstaller, nope… I also read
that Adobe flash player has incompatibility with MSN 9 I upgraded it to the latest version, useless…At last I created a new
computer user session in control panel and I switched on new session, surprizingly it worked. I didn’t stop fixing the
problem. I understood that it was neither a driver incompatibility nor a virus problem. I was suspected of registry problem
with my session.
Here is my solution: I scanned my system with System Cleaner 5 at first, then I opened system control then startup manager I
unchecked Adobe’s ( also its dlls) entries and others that I was suspected of. I am proudly saying that It worked (: I am
using MSN 9 now. I hope I am helpful, enjoy!

Worked right out of the box! My humble thanks to you after my week attempts at loading 9! A long search for a solution ended here. !

Zapmessenger worked smooth and ResHacker was easy to use and did the job. Wonderful!

I tried about 4-5 different methods to get the old messenger to work till I came across the ResHack. Thanks for the help :)

Thnx body , it worked for me , with resour ResHack :)

I want my old version back but i don’t know how to do it

why people are spent time with MS products. USE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE IS THE FUTURE. SO CHOOSE IT from now!!! no problems. 100% free 100% opensource.
aniway great job. i’ve did it in 2007 with msn 7.5 LOL!

i did all the steps but at last it doesn’t work.

A newer version is available.you must install the newer version in order to continue.would you like to do this now?

im going mad with this.
someone help me please ! :(

Hi, I tried what you said to do, step by step, and it still doesn’t work for me!! A message still comes up saying “a newer version is available”. PLEASE help me, I have tried everything to fix this problem and NOTHING WORKS!! :(:(

I gave up trying to use any old MSN version. I succumbed to the newest one.

BUT… Now I can’t do sh*t without MSN crashing. I can’t change display picture, can’t click links, can’t send or receive files… if I do any of the above, MSN crashes and disappears from the interface within one millisecond.

Here’s a fix I found on the net, and I posted it on my forum. Here it goes (Copy-pasted from my forum) :

Hey people!

Some of you like to keep using the good old stuff, and I needed this patch for WLM 8.5 on an older machine. This XP installation was, for some reasons, not able to install the latest WLM 14.X. Normally Windows Live Messenger 8.5 stops working, asking you to upgrade to the latest one. When you click ‘No’, well WLM 8.5 closes itself. Good way from Microsoft to force people to upgrade.

This WLM 8.5 fix will allow you to keep using WLM 8.5 forever without being prompted to upgrade!

How is this possible?

Well in this download there is WLMFIX.exe, which is a WinRAR SFX file. Into that file, there is msnmsg.exe and fix.bat.

fix.bat will simply replace the original msnmsg.exe with the patched one.

Enjoy!!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/657816/Programs/WLM8.5_fix.exe

This has been a life safer to me I hope you guys enjoy it. :)

hey thnxs raymond
i have patched it any now using msn 8 but the problem in messanger doesnt show any of my contact why tht soo??

THX RAYMOND……!!!!i LOVE U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!haha just joke…THX UR HINT IS WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey….how to get back my contact list…??

thank you a lot of
its the best

hey raymond i tried saving after changing the version but it said file cannot be renamed.saving canceled. what should i do?
thanks

thanks dude, ur the best! u bring my life happy again! and for those wo cannot save the file.. the solution is U GUYS MUST CLOSE THE WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER FIRST.. THEN U CAN SAVE :)

OMG, what a brilliant get around! Thanks guys. Downloaded v 8.5 and then did the reshack thing and its all good now. I have spent about 6 hours over the space of 3 days working thru a load of suggestions from Microsoft support none of which worked. They have elevated my complaint about choppy voice on WLM 2009 but heard nothing back from them for weeks now. (The v8.0 didn;t work and I thought I had lost my contact list but when I installed v8.5 it was all there again) Thank you!!!!!

EXcellent solution, buddy! The Reshack thing did the trick! Now, I can go back (Happily) to Messenger 8.5 .

Thank you so much. you don’t know how much i appreciate it. Thank you, thank you!

okay , got it . I LOVE U FOR THIS ! (L)

hopefully this will work, im trying the 1st download 1st, my laptops quite old so the latest version doesnt install anyway :D hope this works! thanks ray! :P

hi raymond. i have windows 7… and reshacker isnt having any of it. any suggestions? i look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you, Raymond, your reghack hack helped me!
Btw I had an installer of 14.0.8064.0206 version and it still “forced” me to update, however I found a better solution :)

Thanks

Thanks Raymond .. but the last step it says can not save .. what should I do

To use wlm 8.1/8.5, google “wlm no update patch”. It’s basically an automated version of ResHacker method. Tried to post a link here but it was removed, probably because of anonymous hosting. Anyway, it’s hosted on Softpedia now.

Raymond you rock , you are the man , i did the trick as per your instructions and it works like ” A sharp knife in butter ” smoooooth . contct list intact , no problems , web cam works . i did it on WLM 8.1 on winxpsp2
any one who wants to keep his contact list safe before excute the trick must save the contact list first then if he lost it later can import it again.
i tried to do the older trick and changed the compatibility to win2000 and it worked but the cam did not work , so i revert back to ” no compatibility ” then the WLM installed itself again with my contact list intact then i applied your trick and now everything is more than fine thank you Raymond

thank u soooooooooooooooooooooooooo much…?

It won’t let me save it!!!Help please

Guys, there’s still 1 burning question that has been raised a few times here, that no one has bothered to attempt to answer… This works fine Ray, however for me, and from what ive read (and which has been ignored) is that MSN, opens, and then after a few seconds, it closes itself. The Icon in the task bar disappears too. Whats going on there, I can get all the old versions to work perfectly fine; well to login, but once loaded, it closes.

Any suggestions?

Thank you guys, I really got crazy coz i couldn’t sign in and suffered mcuh before founding tht website. But I tried it before with Vista but it didn’t work, now it worked fine with XP. thank you!!

Thank you all of you for ur help, but I still have a problem. After I followed all the steps and the msn opened but I can’t see my contacts. No contact appears and seems as if I just created account but in webmessenger I can see them. Could u help please? Thank you so much.

This Hack Not Working Now

It’s working, only the numbers have changed. New version = 14.0.8117.0416

hello;
my msn just send video call not give me choice to send web cam or video call i change my msn and the same problem .
by the way when i open my email from different computer he give my choices
what can i do ?
please i need to solve this problem

I just wanted to thank you. So far it’s working great. I did have the saving problem but as soon as I exited the messenger out it saved right away. So, thank you again I had given up on using messenger but now you have bought it back to me.

Thnx So Much , I always need this kind of webs,to learn things..

OK! …..webcam not fuction,not compatible

Eureka! I’ve got it! For all those who are stressing out over the loss of their contacts on 8.0 messenger, never fear, here’s what you can do:

Go to http://www.oldversion.com and upgrade to Windows Live Messenger 8.1 – download it and run it on your system. Your contacts list will display on this one! :-)

“everything is ok but at last step it does not let me to “save” it. everytime it tried i was met an error like this “Cannot rename original file. Saving cancelled”.

after that i tried to save as msnmsg2.exe and replace it the original file. after cleaning original file, i deleted it and tried to run msn with new file. doesnt work ”

This is also my problem, email me help please! :(

man when i save the changed files in “Resource Hacker” i get a message told me “cannot reaname ooriginal file. saving cancelled ” what should i do plz contact me . i have window 7

guys, you have to close messenger first so you can save.

before using zap messenger i went to search, all files and folders, typed in windows live messenger and then deleted everything it found. better safe than sorry. anyhow i then clicked on the here and voila, ive got 8.5 and all the contacts are there. also, before i downloaded 8.5 i went to add and remove prog and on the left side under add remove windows components i unticked the windows messenger box. after i reinstalled 8.5 i put it back.now all i have to do is get my contacts to do the same and we can cam again, i hope. thanx a jillion

This guide worked perfect. I was dubious as it involved editing an exe but it worked. Thank you author and I’d recommend it to those that need to use it.

Raymond you should put a warning at the top of the website that this method can cause some people’s contact lists to disappear. Or you could address the problem…

this didnt help the same problem is accuring and i cant enter the msn

I’ve tried it with 8.0 — > empty list. ( Now gonna try to download the newest one, save my list. Get on 8.0 and add the list.. and see if it works than )

I’ve tried it with 8.5 — > Kept saying the update stuff.

Than someone on this said, do the update and it works, didn’t work for me either.

fml.

Maybe I just have to sacrifice my one way camming.

Problem here: I can’t save the file in the “Recourse Hacker” program.

Whoever made this tutorial – thanks a lot.

it works as well with
“Windows Live Messenger 2011 15.4.3502.0922″
just do the same ((((( Look for the line VALUE “ProductVersion”, “8.0.0812″ and change the 8.0.0812 to 15.4.3502.0922 )))))

cheers mate~

To karem fathy EGYPT.

That version you said to download already has that ProductVersion listed.

Can someone give out real instructions please.

Guys if you unable to save in Resources Hacker, make sure you use “Run this Program In Administration”
;)

Good job it works, but how to restore the missing contact??

Can you help me Thanks

nedd to get old msn reastored back on to the computer

I have done it all. Multiple times. Just… version 8.0 keeps signing … keeps signing… keeps signing…. and does not ever open the messenger.

I have a feeling it’s not working out this time, maybe after they made Windows Live Messenger 2011…
Mine doesn’t sign in neither.

Raymond, care to comment?

Can’t thank you enough, you are a bloody genius :)))))

How do I not upgrade to windows 11 ?? please reply..I cant use any of the versions as it says i must upgrade to live messenger 11 !!!

Just copy and paste this code from now on:

1 VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 15,4,3508,1109
PRODUCTVERSION 15,4,3508,1109
FILEOS 0×4
FILETYPE 0×1
{
BLOCK “StringFileInfo”
{
BLOCK “040904B0″
{
VALUE “CompanyName”, “Microsoft Corporation”
VALUE “FileDescription”, “Windows Live Messenger”
VALUE “FileVersion”, “15.4.3508.1109″
VALUE “InternalName”, “msnmsgr.exe”
VALUE “LegalCopyright”, “Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.”
VALUE “OriginalFilename”, “msnmsgr.exe”
VALUE “ProductName”, “Messenger”
VALUE “ProductVersion”, “15.4.3508.1109″
}
}

BLOCK “VarFileInfo”
{
VALUE “Translation”, 0×0409 0x04B0
}
}

it worked for messnger 2009 but messnger plus is not showing!!!

Raymond, just to let you know that you are amazing, man!
NO OTHER blog came even close to solving that prob.
BTW, it works also to stop the MANDATORY installation of the new version of MSN 2010/11…you just need to replace the version number with this one: 15.4.3502.0922
i had my first lesson in script compiling and it went great!
i also must had that you use such an easy to understand language that maybe you should consider giving classes!
All the best!

danload msn

Did anyone get this work with cam using 8.5 msn with “ProductVersion”, “15.4.3508.1109″??

it seem like the cam not working.. only work for sending files.

Hey Guys.
This WORKS !!!
also for the LATEST version.

IF the “Just copy and paste this code from now on” from Dman doesn’t work ? !

===> just change the FILEVERSION and PRODUCTVERSION to ===> 15.4.3508.1109

Now enjoy the old fashion wlm.

Thank You For This WoNdErFuLL info.

Greetz D

thanksss this worked for the new 2011 versionn, but I can’t get windows plus live to work..

does someone know how to get that to work?

thanks

when i press save, i keep getting the following message: Cannot rename original file. Saving cancelled.
if anyone can tell me what to do to get it working. i tried to set compatibility to windows2000. msn works but my camera wont work. please guys tell me what to do..

I have tried all this and it’s not working for me :(

I get this message every time I try to compile

Compiler Error in line 4 at offset 18
Invalid statement: integer expected

Its driving me insane
Please help me

nice job….very nice.

it works , but do you get the webcam feature to work??

thx man nic work (Y) and what (to soraya) said are correct 100% thx man too

just like Davo above change version to 15.4.3508.1109 and it will work as of today (jan/27)

yea so how do you fix the webcam feature anyone???

Im trying to use MSN 14.0.8089.726 by masking it as 15.4.3502.0922 on XP pro sp2

no joy :(

i successfully logged in with my old WLM 14.0.8050.1202 by setting the product version to 14.0.8117.416

I tried getting that version quoted above but when I try to install it, it just wont do anything, after clicking on ¨run¨ it wont do anything else

very nice tutorial, i also downgraded, havent tested the webcam options though, im in win 7 x64 using 14.0.8089.0726 in my pc thanks to this

thanks

Not working for me, fresh Win 7 64 install.
Tried with both 8 and 8.5.

everything worked except the last part. it wont let me save :S

so i’ve done all the hacker steps, but when it comes to saving it wont let me. “Cannot rename original file. Saving Cancelled” help please?

hi to all pls my problem is the webcam when i connect to yahoo working and skype and windows live messenger new version video call working and when i back to the old version of msn the cam not working when i send my cam with my friends or trying to view the cam then the cam start downloading and stops, then the only problem i got is the webcam not working with old version my old version is 8.5 windows live messenger and i try all old version and always the same problem when i do cam to cam start downlaod and then stop with message cannot connect to cam try another time and now i got that problem for a week, thx for anyone who got solution

It. Does. NOT. Work

Cause you can’t save it. >.<

I CAN SAVE IT. Anyway, it does NOT WORK. Microsoft have found a work around for this little hack.

I CAN SAVE IT. Anyway it does NOT WORK. MSoft have found a work around to this little hack.