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Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Beta 2 Released

Posted by Philip Philip is offline on 09-06-2007, 10:16 PM  

Beta 2 is the latest version of WLM8.5. There's not much difference from Beta 1, aside from the fact that it's available in 35 languages, compared to 6 for Beta 1. You can download it from the official site here. NOTE: this is a Windows Live Installer, not a self-executing .exe file. I'd personally uncheck every box if all you want is WLM itself.

Be aware that this is still a beta, so if you're happy with your present build of WLM there's no urgent need to upgrade yet.
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Jeff says
09-07-2007, 11:06 AM
Thanks for the post, Philip. Is there anything else new aside from the added language support?
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Philip says
09-07-2007, 11:27 AM
No significant changes in this Beta 2 version, Jeff. Just a slightly darker default header color and when you click Help > About Messenger it displays Version 2008 instead of 8.5.
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smileycam says
09-11-2007, 05:07 PM
How can we go back a version on Windows Vista please? I can only see a short list of my friends in the groups.
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Philip says
09-12-2007, 03:46 AM
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How can we go back a version on Windows Vista please? I can only see a short list of my friends in the groups.
I'm not sure what you mean when you say you can only see a short list of your friends in the groups. If you could kindly clarify, I'll try to help you out.
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smileycam says
09-12-2007, 09:01 PM
Previously in one of my created groups I had close to 160 people in this list. Now I look at it and it contains only 50 members.
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Philip says
09-13-2007, 05:15 AM
This could be due to a corrupted contact list at the WLM server end, which has nothing to do with your computer. Or unless a lot of your contacts have deleted or blocked you.
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smileycam says
09-13-2007, 11:06 PM
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Or unless a lot of your contacts have deleted or blocked you.
It could be possible... However, I think you are right. If the contact list is corrupt on the server, is there anyway I can fix this?
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Philip says
09-14-2007, 12:13 AM
I don't think so, unless you've saved your contact list beforehand. In WLM8.1 and above, go to File > Contacts > Save instant messaging contacts.
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