MSN Messenger 7.0

Cool Stuff.

Published on April 30, 2005 By Jamie Burnside In Internet

I usually do my IMing via MSN Messenger. I like it because it is popular among people I know, and it has lots of features. My wife has access to a different computer now, and she downloaded the new MSN Messenger 7.0. (I didn't even know that it was upgraded.) Once I saw what she could do, I rushed to download it on my own computer.

The new MSN Messenger allows for: handwritten text, personalized emoticons, moving graphics (called "winks"), a buzzer (called "nudge"), a personal weblog with photo storage capabilities, and a bunch of other stuff that I haven't discovered yet.

If you're still using an older version of MSN Messenger, I'd recommend that you "bite the bullet" and download the updated version. (It takes slightly less than a half-hour on dialup.) There is more fun stuff for you and your friends to enjoy.

Comments

paxx

on Apr 30, 2005

My wife uses it, and frankly I find those winks and nudges quite annoying. I'll stick to Trillian to IM my MSN (and my ICQ and AIM) friends, thank you.

d0p3y2k4

on May 01, 2005

My wife uses it, and frankly I find those winks and nudges quite annoying. I'll stick to Trillian to IM my MSN (and my ICQ and AIM) friends, thank you

i use a patch that disables & blocks winks & nudges the nudges get annoying winks was ok when i 1st installed it

Manopeace

on May 01, 2005

Thanks Jamie... just did my download...took about 2 minutes with cable connection.... DIALUP SUCKS!!

Double Zero

on May 01, 2005

My wife uses it, and frankly I find those winks and nudges quite annoying. I'll stick to Trillian to IM my MSN (and my ICQ and AIM) friends, thank you.

LoL..I kinda feel the same way about Emoticons, what can I say, they annoy me..it's like "Wal-Mart has taken over the world"..LoL!

But ah well, what are you going to do, they arent going away so may as well get used to them.

Zero.

EventHorizon

on May 01, 2005

Man, I think Ill hop over to DeviantArt...Their smileys arent as annoying.

Double Zero

on May 01, 2005

Yes they are..Actually worse! LoL

Death to the smiley..grrrr!..

LMAO, Actually, MSN is FULL of them..So is Trillian..Thank the godz we have the ability to turn them OFF..

What few there are here is acceptible, I have even used one on occassion. Very rarily though, and most of the time accidently.

Essencay

on May 01, 2005

i use a patch that disables & blocks winks & nudges the nudges get annoying winks was ok when i 1st installed it

There is an option in MSN7 under General Message settings to turn off emoticons, winks and nudges.

starkers

on May 02, 2005

This disabling patch, does it still allow you to annoy others when the fancy arises?

starkers

on May 02, 2005

To all those who are interested in smileys and emoticons, ect - beware of the "so-called" free ones. In many instances the EXE files they're packaged in contain additional stuff you'd rather not have on your computer - adware and browser add ons, etc. So don't agree to install the package if you don't want the malware, it's not easy to eradicate. Most of these files will not be deleted ordinarily. For anyone finding such malware, try the tip I was given to remove the files:
Firstly, identify the offender>type in CTRL ALT DEL>click Processes> find offender in list and click on it> End Process> return to malware file and delete. Removing the corresponding registry files via regedit also helps.

stevendedalus

on Mar 26, 2006

Drats, I guess I should've stuck with them. Gave them up years ago.

Keikonium

on Mar 26, 2006

Gah! Not to act like staff or anything but stevendedalus this was a 1 year bump @_@!! I was wondering why someone was posting about MSN 7.0 when 7.5 (and even beta 8.0) is out

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