MSN Messenger 7.5 Reviewed

Microsoft has just started offering beta testing of its newest version of MSN Messenger to a select few from its Connect service .. But as happens with all beta software, this version was also leaked .. So to follow the tradition, I got my hands on one too … And here is the review of the brand new Messenger…

Whats New in Messenger 7.5 :

  • First thing that you will notice after installing it is the redesigned Login interface ..
    New Login Interface
    Enabling the Remember Me will show the user’s Display Picture … The remember password option is seperated from remembering username (Remember Me) … There is a combo box that let the user login as “Appear Offline” though you will have to change your status to Online if you want to start conversation with someone ..

  • And after Yahoo Messenger introduced PC to PC calls in its newest version, MSN has introduced a new feature called Voice Clips .. Now you can record a voice clip and send in conversations .. The feature is nicely integrated …
    Voice Clip button
    You have to press F2 or press the Voice Clip button to record your messege ..
    Voice Clip Recording Voice Clip Recieved
    I wish they can include Offline Voice Clip support to it .. That will be a great addition ..
  • Another new addition is Dynamic Backgrounds .. The backgrounds now contain animations. .. The beta version has two dynamic backgrounds …
    Dynamic Backgrounds
    Although the animations are nice but it sux resources .. Imagine having more than 4 conversations open with dynamic backgrounds, the system will start to crawl …
    Apart from these major additions, there were some cosmetic changes too :
  • The Webcam and Audio buttons are now renamed to Video and Voice respectively ..
    Video and Voice Buttons
  • The My Space Button in the Main screen is renamed to My Msn Space ..
  • The options have accomodated the changes .. You can Disable Voice Clips as well as Hyperlinks in the conversations …
    Security Options
  • Another thing I found is the redesigned Connection Setting .. The Advanced setting panel is also made robust now …
    Connection Settings

Now what about the bugs ..?
      As this is a Beta version, bugs are there .. But one thing I noticed is that its pretty stable .. This version dont crash that often as beta version are expected to crash .. Only glitch I noted was when I changed the Dynamic Background for testing, it started using more resource .. I dunno if its a memory cache problem but this thing I will look to be cleared ..
      Another bug is Unlimited Nudge .. It was expected to be removed in this version but its still present .. I hope they will remove it from the final version ..
      And yeah .. If you really call it a bug .. This version will not work on versions prior to Win XP .. So if you are using Win98 or Me, you cant try it … I dunno if this can be “removed” or fixed in the final version ..

      Anyways .. I really liked this version and though I dont much use MSN Messenger, the new features are cool and will attract new users .. As with YIM, I expect to see RSS support in MSN Messenger too .. And options to remove one or more tabs …and Offline Messages .. !!

You can download the MSN Messenger 7.5 from here .. . (As it is a leaked version, I am not sure how long before those files are deleted )
There are some more screenshots that I didnt added to this review to make it fast to load ..

104 Responses to “MSN Messenger 7.5 Reviewed”


  1. 1 Chinmay Dhandhania

    Hey Batty, nice review dude. The new version seems nice. Thanks for the d/l link ;). Downloading it :D

  2. 2 Atul Varaskar

    wonderful review shahab
    keep up the good work :)

  3. 3 Sourabh

    Hhehe batty good review there. But dont u think to review this is illegal :p as it for now is only for testing to developers. hehehe Anyways we accept you as a beta tester.

  4. 4 Shahab

    Hehe .. Its not about legal or illegal .. If you’ll search around you will find the download from MSN’s servers .. And while installing they never said that its illegal to install if you arent a Connect member .. :P .. And btw .. This can be some advertising for them too .. :D ..

  5. 5 ravi raja

    review a software is illegal? really? i dont think so..

  6. 6 Deep

    Nice reiview man, but what I feel is, as they introduce new features, its gonna suck memory like hell..

    like this new yahoo mess 7, it sucks so much of momory..

    its all bcoz of these funy animation and all that stuff…

    Deep

  7. 7 Shahab

    @ Ravi :
    Lol .. Because Microsoft has issued this version to a select few, and I got my hands on a leaked version, You may call it illegal .. But I dont consider it so .. :P
    @ Deep:
    Thanx yaar :) .. Yupp .. Those dynamic background sux ..Man who need fishes swimming in your IM window ..? We just need better feuteres like boot protection .. et al ..

  8. 8 Pallab

    U seem to enjoy reviewing messenger clients.Nice work again!
    Btw,howcome u never told me over all these months that you had an msn id also !

  9. 9 Shahab

    Lol .. Seek and thou shall find .. :P
    I rarely use MSN Messenger .. But this version is really nice .. Only if they can make it better resource handling and remove the bloats ..

  10. 10 ~Romil

    Hey Batty, nice and detailed one. Good job!

    But hey, that Yahoo! Messenger BETA thingy shucks when you interact with majority of folks who’re on current version, can’t call, share files etc. So, this BETA word literally holds it meaning for me, I advice keeping the original version too as the same time.

  11. 11 Rahul

    Hey ! Nice review their Shahab . I am new to chat. Using YMSGR 7 . Do I need to hv Hotmail acc to use MSN ? Keep us uptodate. Thx :D

  12. 12 wilson

    eae como que coloca msn 7.5
    pq vcs nau colocaram ele em portugues em

  13. 13 Sreejith

    Cool Review man !
    I was going to do same as Y! competetion lol , then left ;)

    @Rahul , Yes you need Hotmail acc to use MSN :)

  14. 14 Sreejith

    @wilson o wtf é homem do sayin de u?

  15. 15 ambar

    soy una persona muy buhh

  16. 16 ambar

    na

  17. 17 Masud

    I am also using it and I hate the fact that it doesnt connect as easily as MSN 7 did. It gives me a message that you have * messages in your inbox but still doesnt connect. All people on my list see me as online and try to message me. I only get a message box that you couldnt talk to this person since you are offline or something similar. Overall version 7.5 is good, only if this bug or whatever is removed.

    Anyways nice review :)

  18. 18 Shahab

    Thanx Masud .. Umm.. Did you tried changing your status to Available before attempting to communicate with others ..? Me too get the same error when I log in Invisible .. Maybe thats the problem ..

  19. 19 Doosti

    New build of MSN Messenger 7.5 beta is out, get it> Download MSN 7.5 Beta

  20. 20 imran

    hi msn 7.5 top no delete ok

  21. 21 mahmoud

    good

  22. 22 suganya

    hi… a gud review keepin track of the msngr upgrades…

  23. 23 onur

    thanks…..

  24. 24 Shahab

    Microsoft have released the Final Version of MSN Messenger 7.5 ..

    Among the new features are Dymanic Backgrounds and Voice Clips. Dynamic Backgrounds fill your MSN Messenger conversations and subtly animate during the conversation. Voice Clips allow you to send short audio clips (15 secs max) to your friends on MSN Messenger.

    New audio improvements mean talking over MSN Messenger is far improved from recent versions.

    You can also do the following:

    Start a conversation with a contact: msnim:add?contact=@hotmail.com

    Add a contact to your contact list: msnim:chat?contact=@hotmail.com

    Send an invitation to start a video conversation: msinm:voice?contact=@hotmail.com

    Send an invitation to start a voice conversation: msinm:video?contact=@hotmail.com

    Download: MSN Messenger 7.5

  25. 25 ævar

    hæhæ

  26. 26 shawn

    looks good

  27. 27 shawn

    man thats awsome man

  28. 28 Aziz

    Yo dis ting look kinda kewel i mite download it lol

  29. 29 hsupadhyay

    new version is very good compared to earliear versin

  30. 30 maz

    Is there any way i can check whether people on my contact list have blocked me on msn messenger 7.5?

  31. 31 vic

    I am trying to download Msn messenger. i keep getting error 1635. Does anybody know why this is happening.

  32. 32 wildbill

    me too Vic

  33. 33 Bonnie Rosal

    I LOST MY MSN MESSENGER I GET EITHER A PATCH ERROR OR A 1635 ERROR WHY I CANT DOUNLOAD ,,,WILL SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME TO DOWNLOAD MY MESSNGER AGAIN MSN MESSENGER I SURE WOULD APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU SO KINDLY ,,,,HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL ,,,LiL_Dwiva@hotmail.com

  34. 34 Michele

    Hi I keep getting an error 1635…how to i get rid of that please. My MSN isn’t allowing me to sign in, when i check the service status, is says it is in need of an upgrade. I am using 7.5 already. When i try to download, that’s when i get Error 1635.

    Can you help me please?

  35. 35 Shahab

    Michele have a look at this .. And try downloading the installation package again ..

  36. 36 Monk3y

    I also get the 165 error messege, I uninstalled MSN messenger 7.5 and now when i try to re-install it the error messege pops up.

  37. 37 wildbill

    MSN error 1635 is still driving me crazy too. find a friend that has MSN 7.5 that works. get them to go to “start”, then “my computer”. then go to “local disk (C:)”, then “program files”. then go to folder “MSN Messenger”. mine is 13.9 MB. copy this whole folder containing 12 programs to be sure you have all that is necessary, onto a CD Disc .
    download this “MSN Messenger” folder to your desktop. run a virus scan check on it as a standard procedure.
    open this folder and click on “MSN Messenger”. it will open with your friend’s messenger intact. let your friend remove their “received files”, “messages”, “contacts”, etc.
    i have the copy that i used to do this, on my “desktop” now. everybody is welcome to have me email it to them. i do not know if i am allowed to reveal my email here. or let me send it to the Web Master of this site to publish it for all others to use. good luck to all, wildbill

  38. 38 Shahab

    Hmm … Wildbill you may upload those files to Rapidshare and post the link here .. This way it will be responsibility of whoever downloads the archive and use it .. Simple.

  39. 39 wildbill
  40. 40 Monk3y

    thats a good idea and will get it as soon as you can post it. I have noticed another thing i dont know if it could be related with the 1635 eroor or not but when i go to add/remove software msn 7.5 is still there, (i had uninstalled it previously) but when i click on it it does not give me the option to remove or update or anything…so its on the list but i cant really do anything. THis is very confusing to me lol

  41. 41 wildbill

    me too, Monk3y, but i have the option to remove it, only to get “error 1635″ again. i uninstalled “Service Pack 2″, and “Service Pack 1″ also. DO NOT try this. thanks to “System Restore” saving me, or i would had to reformat the whole disc, and lose everything.

  42. 42 Monk3y

    Awsome thanks a million Wildbill ace job

    I will refer people with this problem here as i know of a few

  43. 43 Saima

    Hi guys. I have this same problem. I’ve tried system restore, registry cleaners and sorts of other things. I’m going to try wildbills solution now, does it work? Since i’m not very tech savy, I don’t really know what i’m supposed to do *blush*

    Am I supposed to download the files to a special folder, how do I run them etc etc? Can someone please give me step by step instructions, I would really appreciate it. Thank You

  44. 44 Shahab

    Saima check Wildbil’s comment for step by step procedure.

  45. 45 sahel

    i have a problem with yahoo messenger 7.5 i can’t connect my webcam when i press the webcam bottem my computer ferez anybody can help me please

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  47. 47 Katie Wollan

    Hi how do i download this?

  48. 48 Shahab

    Katie you can download it from here.

  49. 49 malek

    la vie etst belle

  50. 50 yehia

    come and join my world

  51. 51 anna

    hi

  52. 52 kosta

    euxaristo

  53. 53 Mr Anonymous

    hey i cannot add more contacts on my msn messenger list. it says that the contact list if full i only have 137 contacts.

  54. 54 malek

    salut les frainds

  55. 55 mariela

    i want this n=msn version

  56. 56 Shahab

    Mariela the download link is given above. You can download it from there.

  57. 57 malek

    i want this msn version

  58. 58 Shahab

    Download it from here.

  59. 59 jake

    im in hell cuz i ad 7.5 but sum how cant find it and cant download it

  60. 60 malek

    mariela salut si tu veux malekd64@yahoo.fr

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  62. 62 malek

    its nice

  63. 63 Andrea

    I can’t wait till dis works

  64. 64 wael

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  65. 65 Esmeralda

    hej

  66. 66 malek

    vous savais je ne sais pas votre activité sa serve à qoui mais je suis lencé la dedant salut les amies

  67. 67 veronica

    ciaooooo

  68. 68 malek

    v eronica ciaoooo miaoooo ça va vero

  69. 69 J_Doggg

    I use msn heeeps and i just wondered
    How do u get msn version 8.0???????????????

  70. 70 bkdho

    educat

  71. 71 douglas loureiro

    quero estalar

  72. 72 (f) phebee (f) arnaituk (f) cain (f)

    hello

  73. 73 emz

    how do i get dis

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  75. 75 (f) phebee (f) arnaituk (f) cain (f)

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  76. 76 jeane

    quero estalar esse messenger 7.5

  77. 77 jonas miranda

    oi gata

  78. 78 daniela

    oi quero estalar o msn

  79. 79 Juliana

    gosto muito do msn e quero ele pra mim tambem

  80. 80 hallana

    hey

  81. 81 molly

    hello every one my name is molly oh sorry i have to go byebye every one !

  82. 82 yves bessette

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

  83. 83 Emanuel

    eu quero o estalar o msn 7.5 por que e melho para trabalhar

  84. 84 rogerio.silva@hotmail.com.br

    quero me cadastra no MSN

  85. 85 ghassan

    i need this msn for my compuotar and thinks for you

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  87. 87 ANDRÉA SOARES

    eu quero estalar porque esse é o mulhor

  88. 88 noran

    hi
    whats up

  89. 89 noran

    please dont kill me

  90. 90 .::maria**

    I instaled windows live messenger but I don’t like, and I would like put again msn messenger 7.5. what can I do?
    thanks

  91. 91 tanya

    does any one know why my contacts av been deleted on msn ? its dun it b4 n i ad get a new addy but my contacts r there on other peoples computers :s

  92. 92 george

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  93. 93 MARCIO

    EEU AMO MINHA FAMILIA

  94. 94 MARCIO

    EU AMO MINHA FAMILIA

  95. 95 farsh

    salam

  96. 96 zach

    wats up

  97. 97 nabin magar

    its gud

  98. 98 lucas

    oi eu sou o lucas estou aqui para estalr o msn

  99. 99 julio gomes

    O msn é legal e gratis

  100. 100 julio gomes

    É LEGAL O MSN

  101. 101 jonathan

    eu quero estalar o msn

  102. 102 erika

    io

  103. 103 marcel

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  104. 104 lodmila

    please install me the msn messengr

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