I refuse to upgrade
If you're like me, you have probably used mess patch to keep MSN messenger from displaying advertisements and being annoying in general.
Microsoft has been trying to force me to upgrade to MSN messenger 9.0 for a while now, but I refuse to upgrade on principle - I will not be shown advertisements on my desktop 24/7.
It seems like mess.be hasn't released a patch tool for 9.0 yet, and until they do, I will continue using 8.5.
I spent a few hours the other night trying to hack 8.5 so it wouldn't ask me to upgrade. To make a long story short, I found the solution on a forum somewhere:
Put msnmsgr.exe in Windows 2003 compatibility mode (right-click the file and go to properties). Looks like this keeps it from asking you to upgrade because it thinks your OS is too old.
Haven't been annoyed since.
Microsoft has been trying to force me to upgrade to MSN messenger 9.0 for a while now, but I refuse to upgrade on principle - I will not be shown advertisements on my desktop 24/7.
It seems like mess.be hasn't released a patch tool for 9.0 yet, and until they do, I will continue using 8.5.
I spent a few hours the other night trying to hack 8.5 so it wouldn't ask me to upgrade. To make a long story short, I found the solution on a forum somewhere:
Put msnmsgr.exe in Windows 2003 compatibility mode (right-click the file and go to properties). Looks like this keeps it from asking you to upgrade because it thinks your OS is too old.
Haven't been annoyed since.
posted by RML at
12:31 PM
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