messenger help

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Amy,
>
>Yes, you should upgrade to the latest version.
>
>You can find a newer 4.7 version here:
>http://g.msn.com/5meen_us/121?plcid=0409
>
>or you can upgrade to Windows Messenger 5 (note there is
no support for Hotmail or other
>'MSN' features in this version):
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger/download.asp
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"amy" <ladybugs624.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:022201c36d9c$f53060a0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON WITH WINDOWS MESSENGER I
>> SIGNED IN A RECIEVED A MESSAGE FROM WINDOWS MESSENGER
>> SAYING I AM RUNNING A VERION OF MESSENEGR THAT REQUIRES
>> IMMEDIATE SECURITY UPDATE AND THEN A WEB SITE TO GO TO.
>> CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IF I SHOULD DP IT. I RUN WINDOWS
>> MESSENGER 4.7 THANKS
>
>
>.SHOULD THEY BE SENDING ME A MESSAGE THROUGH MY
MESSENGER? I AM ALWAYS SCARED TO OPEN ANYTHING IN MY
MESSENGER LIKE THAT. IF I DONT UPGRADE WILL I GET A
VIRUS? THANKS
>

Hi Amy,

No, it's not that type of security problem -- they're just trying to increase the security
when you login and are requiring people to upgrade to the newer clients that have a new
method of logging in (nothing to really worry about).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"amy" <ladybugs624.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:049601c36da0$01df6b40$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Amy,
> >
> >Yes, you should upgrade to the latest version.
> >
> >You can find a newer 4.7 version here:
> >http://g.msn.com/5meen_us/121?plcid=0409
> >
> >or you can upgrade to Windows Messenger 5 (note there is
> no support for Hotmail or other
> >'MSN' features in this version):
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windows/messenger/download.asp
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >"amy" <ladybugs624.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:022201c36d9c$f53060a0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON WITH WINDOWS MESSENGER I
> >> SIGNED IN A RECIEVED A MESSAGE FROM WINDOWS MESSENGER
> >> SAYING I AM RUNNING A VERION OF MESSENEGR THAT REQUIRES
> >> IMMEDIATE SECURITY UPDATE AND THEN A WEB SITE TO GO TO.
> >> CAN SOMEONE TELL ME IF I SHOULD DP IT. I RUN WINDOWS
> >> MESSENGER 4.7 THANKS
> >
> >
> >.SHOULD THEY BE SENDING ME A MESSAGE THROUGH MY
> MESSENGER? I AM ALWAYS SCARED TO OPEN ANYTHING IN MY
> MESSENGER LIKE THAT. IF I DONT UPGRADE WILL I GET A
> VIRUS? THANKS
> >

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies.RemoveThis@jonathankay.com> wrote in message news:<u3wrZCabDHA.2368.RemoveThis@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> Hi Amy,
>
> No, it's not that type of security problem -- they're just trying to increase the security
> when you login and are requiring people to upgrade to the newer clients that have a new
> method of logging in (nothing to really worry about).
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Windows MVP, Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


Yes Amy, Jonathan is right. It's not really a security issue; M$ is
just simply trying to make sure of another monopoly and trying to get
rid of NON-Microsoft. Using a security scare and illegally
mass-messaging everybody to make it work.

That's really necessary because changing their login process means
they also lock out some old MSN versions! Hence the upgrade.

But what the heck, just junk MSN, you still have ICQ and Yahoo!
messenger.

greengrocer.RemoveThis@technologist.com (G Q) wrote in message news:<9e4916e1.0308290001.346d0b7e.RemoveThis@posting.google.com>...
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies.RemoveThis@jonathankay.com> wrote in message news:<u3wrZCabDHA.2368.RemoveThis@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>...
> > Hi Amy,
> >
> > No, it's not that type of security problem -- they're just trying to increase the security
> > when you login and are requiring people to upgrade to the newer clients that have a new
> > method of logging in (nothing to really worry about).
> > ____________________________________________
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Windows MVP, Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>
> Yes Amy, Jonathan is right. It's not really a security issue; M$ is
> just simply trying to make sure of another monopoly and trying to get
> rid of NON-Microsoft. Using a security scare and illegally
Ahum, don't you just have another perfect reason to love Microsoft,
even though they tried to do just that with the AOL messenger - have
AOL users log in to the AOL network using MSN messenger but finally
gave up on AOL who were changing the login process over and over. It's
amazing how Microsoft is just paranoid about anything that's
technology oriented and is not in their hands. If I had $47 billion
dollars in my bank account I wouldn't care who uses my MSN Messenger
network with a client that's not MSN Messenger. However, in the case
of Microsoft we are obviously talking about psychopatically paranoid
morons who suffer a disease that is deadly and uncurable at the same
time.

> mass-messaging everybody to make it work.
Illegal? How is that illegal? Why has nobody busted them yet?
>
> That's really necessary because changing their login process means
> they also lock out some old MSN versions! Hence the upgrade.
Yep! "What do you want to install today?"
>
> But what the heck, just junk MSN, you still have ICQ and Yahoo!
Tell that to the millions of computer (ab)users who don't even care.
> messenger.