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What happened to Windows Messenger 5?

When I went to the Windows Messenger site tonight to download Windows Messenger 5 (MSN Messenger is a bit to fluffy for me, and Trillian stopped working... more on this in a sec) I found that the download link there is for WM4.7.  Now why would I want to download an old version that doesn't even work anymore?!

So after a bit of digging around I found the real link to get WM5, and I now see that my friends actually ARE online. 

Could it be that Microsoft finally locked out all of the third-party clients who haven't taken the red pill?

Posted: Nov 11 2003, 10:51 PM by DanB | with 25 comment(s)

Comments

Jeff Julian said:

Sounds like it. My messenger went offline for about an hour and all the people who were away are still offline.
# November 11, 2003 11:06 PM

Shannon J Hager said:

I have been having a conversation with someone for the last hour even those MSN says they are offline. One of my contacts said they recieved a message that MSN was going to give him the boot for "maintanence" but I don't think I got any message like that before I was suddenly disconnected. (note, I am using the current versions of MSN and Windows Messengers)
# November 12, 2003 1:13 AM

Tariq said:

Trillian still works,
just fetch the patches from trillian.cc
Just a note if you use yahoo you would need to change the server to scs.msg.yahoo.com
# November 12, 2003 1:36 AM

naomi wilkins said:

i have recently had the internet installed on my pc, but it is not good enough to download the new MSN messenger. every site that i go on to try and download an older version only has the new version. what shall i do?
# January 25, 2004 6:08 PM

Crash Override said:

Find another messenger that will plug into the MSN 6 service. Odigo might be a good bet but it's a little buggy.
# February 1, 2004 7:03 AM

LoGiK said:

www.oldversion.com has all the old versions of MSN messenger, but no old versions of windows messenger.

Messenger 4.6 and below no longer work due to MSN using a different sing-on method now.

As for windows messenger 5.0, I have no idea. I presume not enough people could bother to sit through the 8mb download and that the changed it incorporated were not good enough to justify it being left available.
# March 18, 2004 2:35 PM

laura said:

lo voglio
# March 26, 2004 10:55 AM

G said:

Hi All

Found it!!! If you attempt to download Windows Messenger - you'll see a comment of:

"Need a different version of Windows Messenger? Click the link below for the version you need."

Choose the link for "Windows Messenger for Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003" - Voila - Windows Messenger 5
# March 31, 2004 12:40 PM

sephiroth said:

i have a windows 98 computer n can i download windows messenger
# April 26, 2004 1:01 PM

Bill said:

could have told em b4 i started the down load that it was only for xp!
# April 30, 2004 5:59 PM

djconnor said:

I cant get into windows messangers
# May 11, 2004 10:09 PM

jturnley said:

WM5 was really only intended for use with LC Server, so they pulled it and put links on the LC Server site rather than the general one.
# May 17, 2004 3:26 PM

crystal said:

were can I get msn from???
# June 7, 2004 6:51 AM

gene said:

i scratched my balls
# June 8, 2004 9:31 AM

gene said:

i bit my tongue...ohhh debbie... i love you
# June 8, 2004 9:32 AM

meseret said:

pls make it work soon.
# June 10, 2004 4:20 AM

Adryan said:

How can i download an older version on windows messenger.. i have 6.2 but i want an old version and i have a windows 98 computer.. what do i do?
# June 11, 2004 11:04 PM

abdulhaq said:

where i can get msn messenger 5
# June 12, 2004 11:17 AM

yas said:

Anybody had msn 6.2 crashing on them, while trying to view the cam??

started about a week ago....still crashing...trying to find an alternative..any ideas?
# June 21, 2004 6:23 PM

mozey said:

I don't have a bloody clue what's going on with 6.2 It's well fecked up. If you search for error 1603 and 1601 there's a bigblueball forums page that has millions of solutions that don't work as far as i can tell
# July 3, 2004 4:33 PM

daslam said:

Can someone tell me where i can download MSN messenger 5? thanks!
# July 9, 2004 12:25 PM

rach said:

whats happenin with 6.2, how can i download msn messenger 5 ?
# July 13, 2004 8:34 AM

beanboy89 said:

I got my MSN messenger 5 from http://www.oldversion.com . I find MSN Messenger 6.2 a little too slow on my computer.
# July 16, 2004 8:04 PM

beanboy89 said said:

مرحبا ممكن نتعرف اذا ما في مانع

# June 27, 2007 6:56 AM

abby brown said:

i think u should get windows messengersat motels and hotels so we can talk to our friends when we r in a different town

# July 17, 2007 2:57 PM
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