RSSMS Opens Live Messenger Beta to More
By the Betanews Staff | Published January 5, 2006, 8:40 PM
Microsoft began sending out additional invitations for its Windows Live Messenger client on Thursday, BetaNews has learned. The company had previously closed the test to a few thousand users, who have received only a limited number of additional invites over the past several weeks for friends and family.
"We'd like you to be among the first to try a new beta version of Messenger," the invite reads. "We need your feedback if there's anything that doesn't seem to working right, or that you would like to see done differently." No information has been released as to how many invitations will be sent out during this second phase of the beta test.
Also!! Whoever Gives Me The Invite To Dancing_Bear_Productions@hotmail.com I will reply a invite link to them to get Gmail!! it is a good program.
Thanks,
BrianTheGreat
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|Hello, I am Really Exited About The New MSN Messenger But Can't Use it Yet!!!! Will Some Good Person Please Send An Invite To The Msn live messenger to: Dancing_Bear_Productions@hotmail.com it would be great!
Thanks a Ton
BrianTheGreat
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|plases send me an invitation to: pjunior82@hotmail.com - thanks you
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|can someone please send me an invite
i will exchange a g-mail one for it
my e-mail is michaelwardsjk@gmail.com
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|come and leave a msg with your email at http://spaces.msn.com/members/zedwinkwokz/ if you want one
UPDATE: 10 INVITES AVAILABLE!!! Come get them now!
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|adnu88@hotmail.com
Please send me if possible
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|flysolo66@hotmail.com please baby baby please
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|beezevyl@hotmail.com if you could spare an invite please! Thank you!
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|Oi Billy Gates over ere, no no up here. Wheres my ****en invite you son of a b**** who turned out to be rich. Give it to me Billy uh huh uh huh give it to me Billy uh huh uh huh, your pretty fly for a invite guy!
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|chrisdysonmt@gmail.com pretty please
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|mirrebex@hotmail.com , do me.. do me... lol
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|Could you please sent me a invite: jazz_talk@hotmail.com
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|am hoping to get an invation for this, my email velton@hotmail.co.uk
thanks alot.
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|inclusao
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|I will take one if someone is kind enough to send me one.
Regards
chirayu@hotmail.com
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|ÎÒÐèÒªÒ»¸öÑûÇë
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|Hi, I'd like very much to receive an invitation. thank you very much in advance! Doela (doela@bluewin.ch)
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|Hi, if anyone doesn't mind i would appreciate a Windows Live Messenger invite. That is if anyone is kind enough to spare one. My email address on MSN is AMC_GH_Fan4Life@hotmail.com
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|Can someone send an invite over to phyco7625@hotmail.com thanks
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|I want 2 know how to invite friends? where/how/when do i do this?
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|I finally got an invite. I don't have any invites yet, but I'll keep an eye on Betanews for anyone wanting one when I do :)...
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|where and when do we exactly get our invites to give out? since i already been a tester for 2 days still have no clue on how to invite others
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|You can give out invites when Microsoft gives you invites to give out. You will get an email or Messenger Notification about it.
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|I'll invite anyone who adds me to their contacts-the email address to add is randomrune@hotmail.co.uk.
I don't have any invites yet- add me and I'll make sure you get one.
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|hey... can someone please send me an invite to
sonny_boy1@hotmail.com
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|Can someone send one my way?
Thanks!
zimzima_69@hotmail.com
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|i have been invited and i now can login without "MSNP13Downgrader.exe"... I want 2 know how to invite friends? where/how do i do this?
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|plases send me an invitation to: vichug01@hotmail.com - thanks you
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|Could someone please send me an invite to Windows Live Messenger? I have wanted an account for so long. My email is grantwall@gmail.com THANKS ANYONE
Also that is my current msn as well.. So if you want add me. And I can give anyone who sends an invite as many gmail invites as the want.. Though I know they are really common now.
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|can anyone send me a invite to live messenger plez my email is bmasse99@yahoo.com
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|I have sent messages to some of the people here requesting invites so if you see some strange person trying to add you to their list it's just me, I can send a few invites to some of you.
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|i have about 21 invites i will be handing a few out to friends and family should have a fair few left if people want one head over to my forum and sign up http://www.scifi-planet.co.uk/ and post ;) and i shall hand some out!
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|Tnak you GoodThings2Life!
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|You're very welcome!
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|shalom,
please can any one send me an invation?
my address is:
sliran@hotmail.com
Thank you a lot :)
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|Done deal.
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|would some kind person send me an invite please. thanks in advance pjm (at) e3.net.nz
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|still have 20+ invitations to give away
plz visit
http://spaces.msn.com/me...6prFQR1SbQpQ!1423.entry
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|I currently have 7 invites left...
I just sent invites to rspekin@hotmail.com
Jack
jack_77_77@hotmail.com
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|I just sent invites to the following people:
cbsim@hotmail.com
dairylee@gmail.com
robert.j.schultz [at] gmail.com
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|come and leave a msg with your email at http://spaces.msn.com/members/zedwinkwokz/ if you want one
UPDATE: 10 INVITES AVAILABLE!!! Come get them now!
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|crikey. those msgr windows are yoouge! i'm viewing the beta team blog over at http://spaces.msn.com/members/MessengerSays/
i'd appreciate an invite. rspekin (at) hotmail dot com and thanks in advance!
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|Hey if anyone has a spare invite, that'd rock and I'd owe you big. robert.j.schultz [at] gmail.com. Thanks!
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|Hey, if anyone has a spare invite I would love to get a chance to have a look at this. So if anyone's feeling generous my email is dairylee@gmail.com or lt_2k3@hotmail.com if they only accept msn or hotmail emails.
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|Send me invite please - cbsim@hotmail.com
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|OK, I got 5 invites today. I won't be around tonight, but in the morning I will send my invites to the following 5 people:
excy tanssu@msn.com
nastradamus myerz8@hotmail.com
coinjo coinjo@gmail.com
bolmedias randomrune@hotmail.co.uk
HurricaneGame bloodwolf@hotmail.co.uk
They were the first 5 people on this thread to request them. If these people already got one, please let me know, and I will replace them with the next ones in line.
To everyone else, sorry this is a one time offer. Please don't pester me.
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|These are sent.
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|What a waste.
I installed the beta on my home PC and laptop.
My wife can't sign in because she is not authorized. I finally found where the beta invites option was and it says that I have no invites to give. Priceless.
So now I have to uninstall everything so my wife can use messenger too. Useless.
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|Good to hear it's working for you now.
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|That was a quick response Just got an email from MSFT and suddenly it is working.
And not even 2 hours after my post. Almost as if someone from Microsoft saw it and fixed my account :)
Now I can do invites. Much better :)
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|i been using this for awhile now..i really like it!!! guy below does have good points but honestly...i have not noticed any new audio/vido options..to me it's the same sh1t as always, but all the other options are cool!
if a new build is released somebody plz let me know! so i can go online and find it hehehe
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|Wait, you were using this a while (which implies you have an approved invite to the program)... and yet you would have to go online and "find it hehehe" ? Something isn't adding up here.
The new audio/video features I am referring to are the new phone call features, and the fact that once again video capabilities have been "improved".
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|Alright, here are my first impressions about Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0365 (this will be a rather lengthy list, I'm sure):
The Good News:
1. They have added the ability to "Appear Offline" and still talk to people (a la ICQ). (It's about time!)
2. I really like the "Edit Contact" features... allows you to rename, and otherwise identify your contacts. The best part is that you can add "keywords/notes" to the contact and then use...
3. Especially useful for long contact lists... "Find a contact or number" to search your contact list.
4. It's fast... real fast. 2 seconds for my signins (including the list appearing, which beats my 5 second signins with 7.5.0322).
5. The ads... oh the ads... You know something? The Video Carousel thing isn't so bad. It doesn't automatically play them! It shows you a set of thumbnails that cycle through... along with a "Play Video" link. When you click on it, it streams the video. The good news is that they're actually more like the MSNBC/FoxNews/CNN/CNet videos... not product ads. So those who were concerned about bandwidth... don't be.
6. I like that there is a free anti-virus plugin for those of us that use anti-virus programs that don't already have a Messenger plugin.
7. Shared Folders is a really cool feature. Not really sure how to describe it though besides that it's like local folder sharing in Windows except through Messenger.
8. I haven't tried any of the new video or phone calling options-- no webcam or microphone-- but I really like the idea of it, and the features are available without being obtrusive.
9. Expanded Contacts Details... gives you quick access to the common right-click menu tasks... IM, Email, etc.
The Bad News:
1. The amount of Screen Real-Estate used by the new UI is insane. Everything is big. Really big. I operate a dual-monitor setup (19"LCD running at 1280*1024, and a 15" CRT running at 800*600) and I am really losing a lot of "space" when I have the windows opened up to a point where I feel "comfortable" with using it. Granted, this is a user-perspective issue... people who maximize their windows or only open the main contact list when needed probably won't have as big an issue with it, but even the IM windows are bigger than ever. It's difficult to be happy with having an IM window "Always on Top" when multi-tasking during a conversation.
2. The new icons representing Online, Away/Busy/etc, Appear Offline are awful... they are no longer descriptive at all. They are dark-bold green for Online, light-faint green for Away/Busy/etc, and white for Appear Offline. To quote Mr. Horse on Ren & Stimpy... "No sir, I don't like it!" I definitely like the old status icons better.
3. I want an option to turn off the fracking Search box/buttons... they (moderators pardon the expression please!) piss me off! If I want to do a search, I will open a browser window and go to a search engine of my choice. I don't use an IM client for web search... I use a web browser.
4. The window-paint feature is useless now... it used to be that it would paint the entire window in the color-shade you selected. Now, it only paints the send button and main-window's "Your Status" pane.
5. Shared Folders icon on main window should disappear when Shared Folders function is disabled in options.
6. Main Contact List Window-- I hate how it, by default, shows Hotmail contacts... and I hope it's just a bug, but it also showed all the contacts I've deleted and blocked until I selected the "Filter List to Show only My Messenger Contacts" option. I would prefer the list be filtered by default.
7. Display Pictures has two sizes-- Small and Medium, despite the fact that Medium looks "large" to me. Perhaps the three sizes and adjusting Medium to in the middle like it's expected would be better.
8. With such a large interface, tabbed conversations would be greatly welcomed but are still missing. *Sigh* I suppose I should contact Patchou for the Messenger Plus! beta.
9. Expanded Contacts Details... I prefer the option of either showing details all the time or not showing them... not the auto-details option that is on by default. Thankfully, it can be turned off.
Bottom Line-- Worth upgrading? Maybe if you like/want/need the new Audio/Video features... or if you have a LOT of contacts and need the new list management features... but otherwise, probably not worth it yet. I'm going to revert back to 7.5.0322.
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|Thank you for this informative analysis. I would like to try this service as I am a windows messenger user. Do you, or anyone, have an invite for me? I have been pretty excited about this program from the beginning and don't really care that there might be a fee involved. I have like the Messenger program from the beginning. In spite of the negatives, it still sounds great and sounds like MS is still changing aspects as it progresses.
Is the size really noticeable at higher resolutions? I have mine set to 1280x1024. does it look the same?
Thanks.
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|Sorry, but I just got accepted yesterday and do not have any to give.
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|The size issue...out of curiosity:
Is this with the Windows XP UI enabled, or using the classic Windows UI? Is there a noticable difference between the two with this app? (Does it obey the current theme settings and not use it's own?)
Know you're busy. Hope you have the time...I sure as hell don't. :)
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|I keep Windows in Classic mode... Themes are disabled. So that aspect is not the issue... Look at MSN Messenger 7.5 in Classic, and then just picture what's inside the Windows frame to be bigger. :)
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|In that case, I think I'll pass.
Thanks for the info.
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|In regards to the resolution issues... I also run at 1280*1024 on my primary monitor (19" LCD). The minimum window size for MSN Messenger 7.5.0322 that allows me to see my **13-person** contact list without scrollbars appearing is 3" wide by 6" tall (give or take a few pixels). That same list in Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0365 is 4" wide by 11" tall (give or take a few pixels).
All of the "small" icons for the contact list are at a medium size between 7.5's small and large icons. I didn't even try the "large icons" setting!
Maybe it's anal-retentive and abusrd of me to put so much focus and complaint into the size of the UI, but I prefer things that are compact and allow me to maximize how much I can put on my screen at once... not things that maximize how much they, individually, put on my screen.
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|I agree 100%.
But it appears to be the way MS is headed. Clutter, clutter, and bubble-graphics. All it takes is one look at the next version of office and I shudder at what the future holds.
This Windows Live UI candy is just icing on the cake.
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|Actually, the new Office 12 UI looks damn good to me... I watched the 40-minute demmo video with the project rep a while back, and I was really impressed. The difference, however, is that the space used is used functionally rather than just for the sake of eye-candy. I also, generally, like the Vista UI, although I know there will be things I will turn off with it.
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|I have been using Office 12 for the past couple of weeks.....i really don't like the new interface at all. The toolbars takes way too much space. I've been using Office since the beginning and now i have to re-adapt to a brand new UI....not easy. At the least, if it was worth it.....it isn't....not much new ( toolbars and buttons available). The rest is OK.
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|athome, do you still want an invite? I have an extra one available if you are still interested. Just post your desired passport address.
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|Glad to hear your feedback... out of curiosity, what monitor size and resolution do you work with?
I don't mind learning the new interface... again, based on what I saw, I enjoy the changes, since from what I saw they seemed intuitive... and I certainly like the dynamic previews. Hopefully my opinion won't change when I sit down at the helm with it.
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|GoodThings2Life, sorry about not getting back quickly to you, but have been ill with flu. Hope I am not too late.
email removed 1-15-16
thank you in advance, but if you already have given it out, thanks anyways.
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|I agree also. Too much clutter really gets me.
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|Well, I finally got an invite and I have to say I don't think it's that big of a deal.
It looks better, has offline messaging, and you can rename your contacts. Oh, it also has timestamps that you can turn on and off.
I guess all in all it's pretty good, but I guess I expected more because it's been so hyped up.
Do I think it's worth upgrading to? Yes.
Was it worth all the invite hype? No.
Hopefully they will improve on this further before releasing it to the public.
Right now it's using 32MB of RAM. Not bad.
Lastly, the video carousel thing is fine. Some of the video's that come up are actually kind of cool. Plus they don't play unless you click on 'em.
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|You have invites? please, send me one at randomrune@hotmail.co.uk. I'll send you a gmail one in return!
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|Give it a rest... you are becoming annoying.
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|To those of you begging for invites... stop it! Beggars can't be choosers, in case you haven't heard.
If people have them and are willing to share them with people they don't know... they will post it without you pestering them all the time.
That being said, after spending some time with it this morning... it's really not worth all the fuss yet anyway.
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|Send me invite please - bloodwolf@hotmail.co.uk
ta!
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|my adde is mark_hard123@hotmail.could some one please send me a beta messanger invite please please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????
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|I got an email about this :)
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|we 5 friends recieved 50 or so invitations and we shared them with our family, friends and freely to anyone on our community at orkut
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=3595792
we are hoping to have more invitations and if you can leave ur email address at
http://spaces.msn.com/me...6prFQR1SbQpQ!1423.entry
and we will send u an invitation as soon as we will have them :)
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|What? You're giving them away instead of auctioning them on Ebay?! lol...
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|I've asked once already, but please, I would like an invitation, and I am prepared to give out gmail invitations in return.
randomrune@hotmail.co.uk
OR
BolmediasSteelClock@gmail.com
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|Sorry, but a) I don't have invitations to give, b) If I get any, I would share them with family and friends.
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|I have received an invitation from the messenger team (msnbetax@microsoft.com), but the mail doesn't have any links! WTF? Is this normal? It only have a link to msn alerts at the bottom.
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|Make sure that whatever you're using for e-mail doesn't have links disabled.
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|I use thunderbird to read the mail, but probably isn't the problem, because i can see the mail at gmail too, and it doesn't have any links at there...
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|*shrug* I had a big red-orange JOIN NOW link to click on :)
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|Had the same problem, when I was using FireFox to view my email, Used IE to view it and the link worked fine
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|I think microsoft sends the invites unlike the way Gmail works
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|I also need an invite so can anyone please send me one at coinjo@gmail.com
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|Hope to get mine soon....
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|I've been testing Live Messenger as part of a cooperative test between MS and my unnamed communications company for about a year. I've found it to be a great improvement over MS Messenger...both the PC-to-PC and PC-to-POTS calls work well...and quality is very good. My company is going "live" with this being our primary IM software in the next month or two... so more later.
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|Oh darn, I didn't get one. It looks fun to try at the very least.
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|I got mine too finally.
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|the only problem ive had is people telling me im offline, when im clearly online and can see them on my contact list :S
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|I finally got an invite this time around. I installed it, but confess I haven't had a chance to play with it yet. I'll post some opinions tomorrow though.
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|yeah i got mine as well.
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|Would anyone want to send me an invite if they have one left? =D...it would be greatly appreciated.
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|yeah, me too... And what's this i hear about phone calling? I heard you get some amount of PC-to-landline free?... I've been looking for that lately.
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|lol they sent me three seperate invites :P the first two were for the ridiculously crappy betas, but build 0365 (can't be bothered to look) is awesome.
Ask for invites in about 1 - 3 weeks if people still need some.
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|can someone spare an invite , im sick of using this proxy to sign on to live messenger :P ty very much in advance .. myerz8@hotmail.com .. by the way do they just randomly pick emails to send invites out to or what ?
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|an invitation would be good.
Thanks in advance
tanssu@msn.com
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|come and leave a msg at http://spaces.msn.com/members/zedwinkwokz/ if you want one
UPDATE: All invites have been given out! Sorry!
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|Hey can you please send me a windows live messenger invite to NiK_RuLeZ@Hotmail.com, thanks very much appriciated
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