Windows Live Messenger VS MSN Messenger

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Well, the debate starts again! Many people are not satisfied with Windows Live Messenger (WLM) regardless of its version, as it seems to be a big mess for certain people, especially those who are poorly rigged. Personally, I’m a ‘MSN Messenger’ lover as that version is the most stable and resource-saving chat utility by Microsoft. To be frank, I even used Windows Messenger for quite some time as a substitute to see how it goes but some of the features are lacking behind, thus I have to switch back to MSN Messenger.

The problem starts when all of a sudden, I was ‘forced’ to upgrade to a so-called newer version, which in return, installed the ‘latest’ and ‘powerful’ Windows Live Messenger. I found it to be a big hectic as the time it took to sign me in, to load and to respond was terrible. In addition, it even disconnects me frequently and would take ages to re-connect back.

So, after uninstalling that stupid ‘Windows Live Messenger’, I re-installed MSN Messenger 7.5 and to my surprise, I was ‘forced’ to upgrade again! Damn!

Here’s a quick solution to revert back to MSN Messenger :

1) Uninstall your current Windows Live Messenger
2) Download any older version of MSN Messenger, preferably 7.5 (Do a google search)
3) Install it
4) Do not sign in yet!
5) Go to where your MSN Messenger is located. For me, it’s at :
C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger
6) Right click on the file msnmsgr.exe and choose ‘Properties’
7) Select the ‘Compability’ tab and under the ‘Compability Mode’, choose ‘Windows 2000′
Hit APPLY and then OK
9) Now, you are ready to sign in!
10) It worked for me. It never ‘forced’ me to upgrade! Yay!