Re: Windows Messenger VS MSN Messenger


Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
Greetings,

Windows Messenger (not to be confused with Windows Live Messenger) uses a very very old
version of the protocol.

Back in MSN Messenger 6.0 (and in subsequent versions, including Windows Live Messenger), the
protocol was enhanced to keep the connection more and alive to specifically address this
problem.

As such, for this and other fixes that have been introduced and unless you have any specific
reasons for using Windows Messenger (like corporate access), it's recommended that you switch
to Windows Live Messenger.

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"BrendaJoyce" <BrendaJoyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:EBABC6F6-0141-4F77-BFEE-66605A643CD8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It seems that people using MSN Messenger are not having the problem with
getting signed out but the people using Windows Messenger are..


the easy solution is to change over to MSN Messenger

I'm sorry but I gotta jump on you for this one...

MSN Message and Windows Live Messenger drive adware...Windows Messenger
does not. That is why people don't want to change.

Is this going down the road of "Windows Message is obsolete and
unsupported" in order to force people to upgrade the the Live messager
with advertising?

.

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