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Windows Live Messenger Final Released!

20 Jun, 2006, 7:55 pm IST | by Aalaap Ghag |

It seemed like the beta was going to last forever! Microsoft has finally released the final version of its latest Messenger avatar - Windows Live Messenger - after a lengthy beta period. Download Windows Live Messenger 8.0.0787 for Windows XP - direct download link!

Windows Live Messenger also happens to be one of the first products from the Windows Live family to exit beta. “In many ways Windows Live Messenger is one of the main hubs of Windows Live,” said Martin Taylor, corporate vice president of Windows Live and MSN. “Windows Live Messenger also is the first core service that incorporates the sleek user interface and look-and-feel that will be used across all of the Windows Live services.”

However, there's a bit of bad news for users of the leaked Messenger Plus! Live beta - the extension doesn't work with the final version of Windows Live Messenger. So if you're using any of the Plus! features such as logging or boss key, you'd have to stick to the latest beta release of Windows Live Messenger. Patchou had promised a public beta release of Messenger Plus! before the 21st of June, but this hasn't happened yet. Keep refreshing this link to see if that changes!

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Tags: Windows Live Messenger , MSN Messenger , Windows Messenger , MSN Messenger 8

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