Re: Should I Bother Upgrading to 6.2?

From: Chris (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/29/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:51:32 -0800

Jonathan,

Thank you kind sir. I will proceed with the upgrade,
purchase the camera and give it a try. I will also ask
my associate to set up a parallel install in Colorado.
My hope is that all of this will be easy!

Thank you again.
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Chris,
>
>Unles the WRT54G has support for Messenger file transfer
(as an ALG built-in), upgrading to
>MSN Messenger 6.x will allow you to send file transfers.
>
>I think however the biggest benefit in this scenario is
that MSN Messenger 6.x allows you to
>expand your video window (as shown here:
>http://messenger.jonathankay.com/screens/viewbig.gif
>
>In Windows Messenger 4.7, the video window is a set size
and quite small (176 x 144).
>
>MSN Messenger 6.2 actually has two video modes (both of
which are size expandable), a
>"Webcam" functionality (which gives you the best quality
and works on all Windows versions
>that MSN Messenger 6.x installs on) and "Video
Conference" (which is backwards compatible
>with Windows Messenger 4.7 and only works on XP).
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004
Jonathan Kay.
>You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
>"Chris" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:973601c4d517$323e3c00$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>>I will be soon purchasing a Logitech Quick Cam Pro 4000
>> camera for business communication with an associate in
>> Colorado. My Linksys WRT54G Router is Universal Plug
and
>> Play compatible and I have broadband access. My
current
>> OS is XP Pro SP2. I currently have Messenger 4.7
>> installed. Do you see a benefit in upgrading to 6.2
>> prior to purchasing and installing the camera? Should
my
>> business partner also have the same version of
Messenger
>> installed as well? I know he is running XP Pro SP2 as
>> well.
>
>
>.
>

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