A few Windows Messenger 4.7.2009 questions

[Stephen]

Hello.

I am a Windows XP SP2 user, and I downgraded from WM 4.7.3 back to 4.7.2009
(which supported the Addins feature). Would it still be possible to install
the MSN Add-in even though they've been discontinued?

Another thing (not about add-ins) is that the Microsoft Alerts tab seems to
no longer function. I receive the alerts in a popup in the corner and I can
click them to go to that alert, but I cannot view my recent alerts as a tab.
It gives me a HTTP 500 error. Is this a server-side issue, or is it due to
the age of WM that it's pointing to an old non-functioning URL?

Thanks in advance. :)

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Stephen,

Yep it'll still work on 4.7.2009 or 4.7.2005. The only two builds that will allow you to
sign in and still have this Add-In capability.

The Alerts tab is doing the same here on Windows Messenger 5.1. Looks like a bug on their
side. I'll try to make some noise about it, but unfortunately since the Windows Messenger
disbanded, it's nearly impossible to try and get any action on stuff like this.

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Associate Expert
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"Stephen" > wrote in message
...
> Hello.
>
> I am a Windows XP SP2 user, and I downgraded from WM 4.7.3 back to 4.7.2009
> (which supported the Addins feature). Would it still be possible to install
> the MSN Add-in even though they've been discontinued?
>
> Another thing (not about add-ins) is that the Microsoft Alerts tab seems to
> no longer function. I receive the alerts in a popup in the corner and I can
> click them to go to that alert, but I cannot view my recent alerts as a tab.
> It gives me a HTTP 500 error. Is this a server-side issue, or is it due to
> the age of WM that it's pointing to an old non-functioning URL?
>
> Thanks in advance. :)

[Stephen]

Hi,

I found the MSN Add-in installer file on my hard drive, but when I ran it it
said I don't have the latest version of Messenger. But the latest version of
WM does not support Add-ins, so I'm not sure why it's telling me that. :S

About the alerts tab issue: it appears it's not working with MSN Messenger
6.2 or 7.0 either, so it's not just a WM problem.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Stephen,
>
> Yep it'll still work on 4.7.2009 or 4.7.2005. The only two builds that will allow you to
> sign in and still have this Add-In capability.
>
> The Alerts tab is doing the same here on Windows Messenger 5.1. Looks like a bug on their
> side. I'll try to make some noise about it, but unfortunately since the Windows Messenger
> disbanded, it's nearly impossible to try and get any action on stuff like this.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows 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.
> --

[Stephen]

Don't worry about that MSN Add-in thing now - I'll just check my Windows Live
Mail manually. :)

"Stephen" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I found the MSN Add-in installer file on my hard drive, but when I ran it it
> said I don't have the latest version of Messenger. But the latest version of
> WM does not support Add-ins, so I'm not sure why it's telling me that. :S
>
> About the alerts tab issue: it appears it's not working with MSN Messenger
> 6.2 or 7.0 either, so it's not just a WM problem.
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Greetings Stephen,
> >
> > Yep it'll still work on 4.7.2009 or 4.7.2005. The only two builds that will allow you to
> > sign in and still have this Add-In capability.
> >
> > The Alerts tab is doing the same here on Windows Messenger 5.1. Looks like a bug on their
> > side. I'll try to make some noise about it, but unfortunately since the Windows Messenger
> > disbanded, it's nearly impossible to try and get any action on stuff like this.
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows 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.
> > --