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Windows Live Messenger Beta 1 Ships

By Nate Mook | Published December 13, 2005, 7:10 PM

As expected, Microsoft has released Beta 1 of Windows Live Messenger to a limited group of testers, with plans to expand the beta in the coming weeks and months. The new IM client, which replaces MSN Messenger, includes "some elephant-sized changes," says Microsoft, including offline messages and PC-to-phone calls.

The Live Messenger development team plans to use its Spaces blog to ask for public feedback on potential new features. "We'll use pictures and descriptions so you can add your opinions whether you have the beta or not," the team says. A detailed and extensive feature list has been posted for those not lucky enough to have been selected.

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kamesh
Dec 27, 2005 - 3:38 AM edited

Please send me the invitation mail.

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gnnivla
Dec 25, 2005 - 2:20 PM edited

Invite me please!

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sctty2htty
Dec 26, 2005 - 8:22 PM edited

hi can you please send an invite to saifissafe@hotmail.com . thanks

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xxlove _your_eyesxx
Dec 26, 2005 - 6:08 PM edited

plz plz may i have an invite! pretty plz with a cherry on the top!:) xx

paola_michelle01@hotmail.com
xx paola

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Theolon
Dec 25, 2005 - 1:34 PM

I'd like to test this.
If you have please send one invitation to andu88@hotmail.com

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Juggalo_X
Dec 24, 2005 - 6:54 PM edited

if some one could be nice enough to share the experence i would apreciat an invite. Thank you in advance. Eamil: jeffjiggens@kwic.com

Jeff

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hateemo
Dec 24, 2005 - 5:23 PM edited

Send me an invite plz

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crp.roelfes
Dec 24, 2005 - 12:32 PM edited

Could somebody give me an invite, please?

Thank you very much!

crp.roelfes@home.nl

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diegobenti
Dec 24, 2005 - 1:27 AM edited

please invite =) el_benti@hotmail.com

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reallyreally
Dec 23, 2005 - 8:24 PM edited

can i have an invite please?....alex_brookes2000@hotmail.com

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myhremannen
Dec 21, 2005 - 1:18 PM edited

Can someone send me a invite at myhrekristian@hotmail.com
Would have been reeeaaally nice done!

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Cool_dude
Dec 19, 2005 - 2:05 PM edited

can sum1 send me invites 2.
email is
illbthere4ualways@hotmail.com

thanx in advance

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Bh@5kar
Mar 5, 2007 - 3:09 AM edited

edit

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jefelara
Dec 23, 2005 - 1:49 AM edited

Hello! He would like to do a request... An alone invitation for me to test Live Messenger! I am already testing him Dresses from Build 5048 and now I am Beta of Office12! But I still didn't get an invitation of Live Messenger! If somebody can order will be very grateful! Hugs

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»M!K3
Dec 22, 2005 - 10:24 PM edited

Hi everybody,

if you guyz by any chance have the Beta of the Windows Live Messenger, could you plz give an invitation?

greatly appreciated
(hurricanemike_2@hotmail.com)

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Practice
Dec 22, 2005 - 7:28 PM

Does anyone know, is Windows Live Messenger replacing Windows Messenger, MSN Messenger or both?

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myhremannen
Dec 23, 2005 - 10:14 AM

WLM will replace both.

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loveslash
Dec 22, 2005 - 6:19 PM edited

I have live mail and am interested in live messenger - any invites out there? (vicki_sunflowa@hotmail.com) or send to (x.horny.x@gmail.com) and get free invites to gmail.

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nvleafs
Dec 22, 2005 - 3:08 PM edited

I would be very happy if someone could send an invite to my e-mail (nvleafs@gmail.com). I would also give as many g-mail invites to someone if they send me a WLM invite.

Thanks :D

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virtuax
Dec 22, 2005 - 11:26 AM edited

Pleasse invite me, and get an account on my server for 500MB during 1 year !!!

Thnx a lot

michael.hemelaer@gmail.com

Me !

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slasherx2
Dec 21, 2005 - 8:23 AM edited

someone invite me please.will be greatly appreciated slasherx2 AT gmail DOT com

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mikenjersey
Dec 27, 2005 - 10:54 AM edited

I am enjoying, after being invited by Microsoft, LIVE Mail. Can someone please invite me to Live Messenger 8.0? my email is:
mikenjersey@hotmail.com

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xgli
Dec 21, 2005 - 10:11 PM edited

Please give me an invite for BETA testing for the Windows Live Messenger program. Please send it to xuguangli@gmail.com

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Nicole.H
Dec 21, 2005 - 7:48 PM edited

Someone can send me an invite to Live Messenger?

my email: umanotaseusilvio@gmail.com

Thanks in advance!

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TheHated
Dec 21, 2005 - 4:04 PM edited

Hi, I'd like to get an invitation please. My e-mail is people__s***__@hotmail.com
Thank you!

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duracly
Dec 21, 2005 - 3:33 PM edited

Hey i really want to test WLM can someone give me an invite my email address is

dafelinator@gmail.com

I'm pretty sure you invite someone by going-

1. Click on help
2. Click beta invitations

But i'm not 100% sure of that.

Would be etternally greatful if someone invited me :-)

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dafuca
Dec 21, 2005 - 4:11 AM edited

I got an invite from microsoft, but i dont know how to invite people.. i been to live.com but it tells me i have 0 invites left.. but i never invited anyone.. can someone help me please?

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Jehan
Dec 21, 2005 - 9:10 AM edited

Please could someone give me an invite for BETA testing for the Windows Live Messaging program. If someone could kindly send me an invite, please send it to voodoochildjehan@hotmail.co.uk.

Many thanks,

Jehan Nithyanandan

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boombox2003
Dec 21, 2005 - 10:30 AM edited

If anyone does have a spare invite to live messenger it would be increadible, i would of course allow you to use one of mine in return

i would be eternally greatful

plz my email is jokes101lol@hotmail.com

Simon

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piccaso420
Dec 20, 2005 - 5:58 PM edited

I would like to test the newly released Beta 1 of Windows Live Messenger.
Thanks..

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fred80
Dec 21, 2005 - 7:58 AM edited

Invite to Windows Live Messenger would be very much appreciated

fmath@hotmail.com

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duneonline
Dec 20, 2005 - 5:14 PM edited

can you invite me plz? :)
duneonline@gmail.com

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Dec 20, 2005 - 6:12 PM edited

CAN I PLEASE HAVE THIS TO BETA TEST THANKS A BUNCH!

SNITBENDER@MSN.COM

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jordanbrad
Dec 20, 2005 - 10:06 AM edited

plz invite me...it would be greatly appreciated

jordanbrad@gmail.com

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LiquidMorphine
Dec 20, 2005 - 9:46 AM edited

I would love to test out the new msn messy and no, not just cuz it's my birthday but it would be a nice present :D Thanx in advance. lipman253@hotmail.com

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putteskrutt
Dec 28, 2005 - 6:09 AM edited

Invite me plz!

patrik.92[at]gmail.com

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plumerri
Dec 20, 2005 - 3:26 AM edited

Is there anyone who can invite me? thesunrawks@gmail.com. Thanks.

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tolgacakir
Dec 19, 2005 - 5:16 PM edited

pls invite me too
kumzirx@msn.com

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babykay
Dec 20, 2005 - 2:53 PM edited

i would like a invite please by email address is hypa_chick19@hotmail.com

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John4767
Dec 19, 2005 - 4:57 PM

if any one has in invite ill take one John4767@gmail.com

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volt22
Dec 19, 2005 - 2:45 PM edited

can i get an invite, people? :) voltusv@hotmail.com

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sunjovasie
Dec 19, 2005 - 9:35 AM edited

could someone also invite me, would be greatly appreciated. doodlebug_8@hotmail.com :)

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Shexo
Dec 19, 2005 - 6:04 AM

can someone please invite me haval_kocher@hotmail.com

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bilal.asif
Dec 19, 2005 - 3:59 AM edited

can any1 invite me as well? bilal.asif@dvcompk.com

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MrSmiles888
Dec 19, 2005 - 12:25 AM edited

can someone please invite me? it would be really appreciated. my email address is:

is.any1@gmail.com

thanks.

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Richard.S.
Dec 18, 2005 - 10:13 PM edited

rich220_is@yahoo.co.uk

Invite please!

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Howman1
Dec 18, 2005 - 10:00 AM edited

Could some one please send me an invite also howiev@hotmail.com

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FoLL
Dec 17, 2005 - 5:31 PM edited

pls invite me too
shur4y@gmail.com
thx

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yzgulec
Dec 17, 2005 - 2:02 PM edited

may i take invite if you have one? yzgulec@yahoo.com

thanx very much. i will send the invitation of wlm 9 beta later to the one who sends me the invitation of wlm 8 beta :-)

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fabiopmattos
Dec 17, 2005 - 10:42 AM

Please invite me to windows live mail(hotmail,beta)
fabiopmattos@hotmail.com

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fabiopmattos
Dec 17, 2005 - 10:42 AM

plz invite me

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twiggy34
Dec 17, 2005 - 10:16 AM

Can anyone invite me to windows live messenger email ny_chick10970@hotmail.com Thank you

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germez@hotmail.com
Dec 17, 2005 - 4:25 AM edited

Please invite me to windows live mail(hotmail,beta)

very thanks

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leleleco
Dec 15, 2005 - 9:04 AM edited

Hello :)

Anyone could invite me ?

leopaiva@hotmail.de

Thanks

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microFawad
Dec 14, 2005 - 4:02 PM

Thats cooooooool. I had seen its screen shots. Live Messenger really looks good and contain many cool features which i wanted e.g. PC-to-Phone calls, Offline Messages.

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lilmegz
Dec 14, 2005 - 2:13 PM

http://img.photobucket.c.../LiveMessenger8BETA.jpg

Screenshot of my BETA

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lallous
Dec 14, 2005 - 12:00 PM

It works for me. If you can't log onto WLM, get the MSNP13 Downgrader from http://www.mess.be...

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michperu
Dec 14, 2005 - 11:30 AM

WLM sucks! I got an invitation but WLM doesn't work with my passport account.

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Mike162005
Dec 14, 2005 - 1:38 AM

People that were invited should have gotten an email in the past hour to download. =)

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jogygeorge
Dec 14, 2005 - 12:00 AM

I got some kind of invite, but everytime I click on it, I get a
"Oops, your invitations seems to be invalid ......" and some other stuff!

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Zulithe
Dec 13, 2005 - 10:36 PM

Nice step forward feature-wise... significant step BACKWARDS GUI-wise. Yuck!

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PC_Tool
Dec 14, 2005 - 8:56 AM

Beta 1.

'Nuff said.

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Mike162005
Dec 13, 2005 - 9:36 PM

Ya, it hasn't started for the people that got there invites yesterday. Still waiting. . .

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JacenSolo
Dec 13, 2005 - 9:27 PM edited

"The new IM client, which replaces MSN Messenger, includes "some elephant-sized changes," says Microsoft, including offline messages"

I don't like the idea of it replacing MSN, but it's about time Microsoft got offline messages which Yahoo has had for a long time.

EDIT: and Live.com doesn't work on Opera...

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thenay84
Dec 13, 2005 - 8:40 PM edited

Now only if they really release it, nothing on connect yet either or on ideas live :(

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jungle_man10000
Dec 13, 2005 - 8:10 PM

someone plz send me an invitation

i read even if u have the program u cant sign in unless u are invited/signed up.

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JacenSolo
Dec 13, 2005 - 8:59 PM

I found a leaked MSN8.

You can't sign in if you weren't invited, or don't have a special proxy software. I think the proxy contains spyware anyway.

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ibear
Dec 13, 2005 - 7:34 PM

in my connect account it says the beta has not yet started ...

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^DJ_Link^
Dec 17, 2005 - 12:00 PM edited

Can anyone invite me to windows live messenger email david_djlink@hotmail.com Thank you

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marmaluke
Dec 18, 2005 - 8:14 AM edited

Please could somebody invite me to the service. I rly wud greatly appreciate it. My address is marmaluke@gmail.com Thanks

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safcftm33
Dec 21, 2005 - 11:18 AM edited

I would LOVE a msn invite but i dont know anyone who has it. could someone be grateful enough to invite me please, thanks.

safcftm33@hotmail.com

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BogeyX
Dec 25, 2005 - 5:01 AM edited

I would be very happy if someone would send me a invite to windows live messenger, thx very much

kurt.hansen.dk@hotmail.com

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pethers
Dec 27, 2005 - 12:55 PM edited

Hey, i was just wondering if someone could invite me to beta test this program please

Thanks alot

~Andrew

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