Windows Live Messenger

Windows Live Messenger
Windows Live Messenger Icon.png
WLM2011-Win7.png
Windows Live Messenger 2011
Type
Developer(s)Microsoft Corporation
Operating system
Supported platforms
Initial release version
Initial release date
Latest release version16.4.3528.331 (2012)
Latest release date2014-04-17
Latest pre-release version
Latest pre-release date
Other name(s)
LicenseProprietary, freeware
Website
Succeeds
Successor

Windows Live Messenger (previously also known as MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger) was a messaging service from Microsoft. It was launched on 22 July 1999 and discontinued on 8 April 2013[1] with the migration to Skype, although the client protocol has since then been reversed, making modified variants of the clients usable with unofficial servers.

Availability[edit | edit source]

MSN or Windows Messenger is available as a component of Windows Me and XP. For older systems, there were either stand-alone installers in form of IExpress, as well as the installer for Internet Explorer 5.5, which included the messenger as an option. It is also available in pre-reset builds of Longhorn, but was scrapped from the installation image after development reset. Since then, Windows Live Messenger needed to be downloaded from the Microsoft web site[a]. It can be installed standalone or as part of the Windows Live suite. With the EOL of the Windows Essentials 2012 in 2017, it is no longer available for download at Microsoft.

List of known builds[edit | edit source]

Version 1.0[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 1.0.0452
Leaked build 1.0.0863
Leaked build 1.0.0893

Version 2.0 - 2.2[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 2.0.0083
Leaked build 2.0.0085
Leaked build 2.1.1033
Leaked build 2.1.1046
Leaked build 2.1.1047
Leaked build 2.2.1053

Version 2.5 for Mac[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 2.5.0
Leaked build 2.5.1

Version 3.0 - 3.6[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 3.0.0080
Leaked build 3.0.0286
Leaked build 3.5.0077
Leaked build 3.6.0024
Leaked build 3.6.0025
Leaked build 3.6.0026

Version 4.0[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 4.0.0140
Leaked build 4.0.0142
Leaked build 4.0.0143
Leaked build 4.0.0146
Leaked build 4.0.0147
Leaked build 4.0.0152
Leaked build 4.0.0155

Version 4.5 - 4.7[edit | edit source]

4.5[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 4.5.0121
Unconfirmed build 4.5.0127

4.6[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 4.6.0073
Leaked build 4.6.0083

4.7[edit | edit source]

Unconfirmed build 4.7.0034
Unconfirmed build 4.7.0039
Leaked build 4.7.0041
Leaked build 4.7.0105
Leaked build 4.7.3000
Leaked build 4.7.3001

Version 5.0 - 5.1[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 5.0.0149
Leaked build 5.0.0218
Leaked build 5.0.0237
Leaked build 5.0.0332
Leaked build 5.0.0515
Leaked build 5.0.0544
Leaked build 5.0.0575
Leaked build 5.1.0706

Version 6.0 - 6.5[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 6.0.0101
Leaked build 6.0.0602
Leaked build 6.2.0137

Version 7.0 - 7.5[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 7.0.0777
Leaked build 7.0.0820
Leaked build 7.5.0244
Leaked build 7.5.0311

Version 8.0[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 8.0.0290
Leaked build 8.0.0328
Leaked build 8.0.0363
Leaked build 8.0.0365
Leaked build 8.0.0562
Leaked build 8.0.0566
Leaked build 8.0.0683.00_Branches
Leaked build 8.0.0689.00_Branches
Leaked build 8.0.0787.00
Leaked build 8.0.0792.00
Leaked build 8.0.0812.00

Version 8.1[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 8.1.0064.00_ClientV8.1
Leaked build 8.1.0066.00_ClientV8.1
Leaked build 8.1.0068.00_ClientV8.1
Leaked build 8.1.0106.00_ClientV8.1
Leaked build 8.1.0168.00_ClientV8.1
Leaked build 8.1.0178.00

Version 8.5[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 8.5.1235.0517
Leaked build 8.5.1238.0601
Leaked build 8.5.1288.816
Leaked build 8.5.1302.1018

Version 2009[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 9.0.1407.1107
Leaked build 14.0.3921.0717
Leaked build 14.0.5027.0908
Leaked build 14.0.8050.1202
Leaked build 14.0.8064.0206
Leaked build 14.0.8089.0726
Leaked build 14.0.8117.0416

Version 2011[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 15.4.3538.0513
Leaked build 15.4.3555.0308

Version 2012[edit | edit source]

Leaked build 16.4.3505.0912
Leaked build 16.4.3508.205
Leaked build 16.4.3528.0331

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Instead of shipping with Windows Live Messenger, a link to download it was placed into Welcome Center in Windows Vista.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Even though the official shutdown date is 8 April 2013, WLM could still be used if you decline the "switch to Skype" prompt until 30 April 2013. After that, WLM could be used with third-party tools like Messenger Reviver, until the shutdown of the last Windows Live Messenger server on 18 May 2017.
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