gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » windows live messenger 8.5 http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:52:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Windows Live Messenger 8.5 leakedhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/28/windows-live-messenger-85-leaked/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/28/windows-live-messenger-85-leaked/#comments Mon, 28 May 2007 20:56:49 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/2007/05/28/windows-live-messenger-85-leaked/ If you can’t wait to use the upcoming Windows Live Messenger 8.5 you could try and download the leaked version of it which is not official of course. The language of the leaked Live Messenger 8.5 is Spanish but you could download the English language file as well to change the language to English.

The program itself got a complete new user interface better suited for Windows Vista plus additional changes which have not been announced yet. Windows Plus users should download the msimg32.dll and place it in the appropriate directory to add plus functionality again. Not everything will be working though as of now.

I would probably make at least a complete backup of my system before I would install this leaked version. The above version appears to be without the adware that was added by the initial leaker. You should still scan the downloaded files before you execute any of them.

You should also note that support for plugins (add-ins) has been dropped.

Update: The above download links are not working anymore, try the following mirrors:

  • Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Mirror 1, Mirror 2
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