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Please reply to news group. - 30 Dec 2003 22:10 GMT

People have been talking about Windows Messenger 5. Does it exist, and
if so, where do I get it? How come Messenger hasn't told me an update
exists? I have Windows XP Pro with Windows Messenger 4.7. Thanks in
advance.

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Jonathan Kay [MVP] - 30 Dec 2003 22:29 GMT

Greetings,

It does exist, you can find it here:
http://tinyurl.com/ohq3

Windows Messenger 4.7 does not notify you of this as Windows Messenger 5.x does remove some
features from 4.7 (like Add-In support, hence no Hotmail, MSN Mobile, MSN Profile, etc.) and
as such, to avoid confusion, there is no automatic upgrade nor notification that 5.0 exists
in 4.7.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

> People have been talking about Windows Messenger 5. Does it exist, and
> if so, where do I get it? How come Messenger hasn't told me an update
> exists? I have Windows XP Pro with Windows Messenger 4.7. Thanks in
> advance.

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Please reply to news group. - 31 Dec 2003 01:39 GMT

Are there any benefits to upgrading, then?

> Greetings,
>
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>>exists? I have Windows XP Pro with Windows Messenger 4.7. Thanks in
>>advance.

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Jonathan Kay [MVP] - 31 Dec 2003 02:58 GMT

Hi,

Well besides built-in Exchange IM and SIP-based communications service support (like Office
Live Communications Server 2003), there's also support for digital ink (TabletPC "ink") and
UPnP file transfers.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

> Are there any benefits to upgrading, then?
>
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> >>exists? I have Windows XP Pro with Windows Messenger 4.7. Thanks in
> >>advance.

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Please reply to news group. - 31 Dec 2003 03:25 GMT

Thank you very much.

> Hi,
>
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>>>>exists? I have Windows XP Pro with Windows Messenger 4.7. Thanks in
>>>>advance.

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Jonathan Kay [MVP] - 31 Dec 2003 03:29 GMT

Hi,

You're welcome =).
s____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

> Thank you very much.
>
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> >>>>exists? I have Windows XP Pro with Windows Messenger 4.7. Thanks in
> >>>>advance.

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