Can't sign-in MSN Messenger 5 without upgrading..

[Kaspers]

Hi all,

I want to use MSN Messenger 5,
Yesterday I could sign in, but today there is a message that I have to
upgrade.

I don't want to use msn messenger 6 or higher.

The reason I want to use msn messenger 5, is because it hasn't much buttons
in the user interface that msn 6 or higher has..

I know I have to upgarde for security reasons,
but isn't there any register tweak that I still can use msn messenger 5 ?

Thanks in advance (Y)

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

I'm afraid not, the only way to use MSN Messenger 5 is to use Windows 95.

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Kaspers" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all,
>
> I want to use MSN Messenger 5,
> Yesterday I could sign in, but today there is a message that I have to
> upgrade.
>
> I don't want to use msn messenger 6 or higher.
>
> The reason I want to use msn messenger 5, is because it hasn't much buttons
> in the user interface that msn 6 or higher has..
>
> I know I have to upgarde for security reasons,
> but isn't there any register tweak that I still can use msn messenger 5 ?
>
> Thanks in advance (Y)

[Kaspers]

Also not with a registry edit ?

Yesterday I was getting the same pop-up to upgrade,
and I did a systemrecovery to the day before yesterday..

So after that systemrecovery I could use msnmsgr 5 again,
so it's maybe somthing in the windows registry..

Anyone other ideas?


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I'm afraid not, the only way to use MSN Messenger 5 is to use Windows 95.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
> "Kaspers" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I want to use MSN Messenger 5,
> > Yesterday I could sign in, but today there is a message that I have to
> > upgrade.
> >
> > I don't want to use msn messenger 6 or higher.
> >
> > The reason I want to use msn messenger 5, is because it hasn't much buttons
> > in the user interface that msn 6 or higher has..
> >
> > I know I have to upgarde for security reasons,
> > but isn't there any register tweak that I still can use msn messenger 5 ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance (Y)
>
>
>

[William Arias III - [MVP]]

MSN Messenger 5 doesn't have a whole lot of features, I haven't used it in
quite some time, so I can't remember exactly what it is missing, but if you
really want to use something with less features, why not use Windows
Messenger instead?

--
William Arias III
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger


"Kaspers" > wrote in message
...
> Also not with a registry edit ?
>
> Yesterday I was getting the same pop-up to upgrade,
> and I did a systemrecovery to the day before yesterday..
>
> So after that systemrecovery I could use msnmsgr 5 again,
> so it's maybe somthing in the windows registry..
>
> Anyone other ideas?
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I'm afraid not, the only way to use MSN Messenger 5 is to use Windows 95.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>> "Kaspers" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I want to use MSN Messenger 5,
>> > Yesterday I could sign in, but today there is a message that I have to
>> > upgrade.
>> >
>> > I don't want to use msn messenger 6 or higher.
>> >
>> > The reason I want to use msn messenger 5, is because it hasn't much
>> > buttons
>> > in the user interface that msn 6 or higher has..
>> >
>> > I know I have to upgarde for security reasons,
>> > but isn't there any register tweak that I still can use msn messenger 5
>> > ?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance (Y)
>>
>>
>>