No more Hotmail new message alerts

[EJ]

I pretty only used Windows Messenger to tell me when I had received a message
in my hotmail account and who it was from. I have recently upgraded to SP2
and Messenger 4.7 and these alerts no longer appear. I also used to be able
to click the inbox link and it would take me to my inbox on the hotmail
website and this too is gone. Now when I click on my email inbox in 4.7 it
opens up Outlook which I don't want it to. Any idea how to change the email
inbox back to Hotmail and how to receive the new message alerts again?

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings EJ,

In Windows Messenger in SP2, the Hotmail functionality was removed. You'll need to either
install the previous version of Windows Messenger (see below) or install MSN Messenger
(http://messenger.msn.com/Download):

To downgrade back to Windows Messenger 4.7.2009:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b475d2d1-6266-4d82-bf78-14597545a6b4
and use the Add-In here:
http://microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=738f90c1-755e-433a-bcd3-0f9d0a705f55
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.

"EJ" > wrote in message
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>I pretty only used Windows Messenger to tell me when I had received a message
> in my hotmail account and who it was from. I have recently upgraded to SP2
> and Messenger 4.7 and these alerts no longer appear. I also used to be able
> to click the inbox link and it would take me to my inbox on the hotmail
> website and this too is gone. Now when I click on my email inbox in 4.7 it
> opens up Outlook which I don't want it to. Any idea how to change the email
> inbox back to Hotmail and how to receive the new message alerts again?