How To Downgrade/Uninstall Windows Live Messenger 2009 Beta to Messenger 8.5 or Older

Microsoft have released the new Windows Live Messenger 2009 Beta few months ago.If you have installed it you felt it not suitable to you or have some bug/problem,you can downgrade it to the previous version with this way>
You cant install the previous version of Windows Live Messenger when you have installed the beta version of Windows Live Messenger in your pc.To resolve this,you have to uninstall all the Windows Live Beta program.

For Windows XP:
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. In Category view, click Add or Remove Programs, and then click Remove a program.
3. Click Windows Live Beta (all programs), and then click Change/Remove.
4. Click Install or uninstall, and then click Continue.
5. Clear the check boxes for each program, and then click Continue.

For Windows Vista:
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. In Category view, click Programs, click Programs and Features, and then double-click Windows Live Beta (all programs).If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
3. Click Install or uninstall, and then click Continue.
4. Clear the check boxes for each program, and then click Continue.

You can get the previous version of Windows Live Messenger from http://get.live.com/

Minor Problem in Windows Live Messenger 2009 Beta and How To Fix It

• If you sign in to Messenger on a computer for the first time while you’re already signed in on another computer, an incorrect display picture may be set. To fix this, click your display picture and then select the display picture you want.

• If your display picture contains “&” in the file name, the picture won’t be available on any computers other than the computer on which you set the picture.

• You won’t be able to sign in to Messenger on a computer where you’re logged in as an NT Guest User. You’ll receive error 810000306.

• If you change your status to “Appear offline” and then back to “Online” after using certain online activities that involve interaction with a contact (such as PhotoShare or Webcam), you may not be able to start another online activity. To resolve this problem, sign out of Messenger, and then sign in again.

• Live Call will be temporarily unavailable in U.S. markets. When it’s available, it will be enabled automatically.

• Source from Microsoft.

Windows Live Messenger 2009 Beta

Messenger 2009 is now available for free download.It has a new fresh looks and some new function.
Background(scene)>>
You can change your scene anytime to various type of image like this...

There is a (What's New) tab below the contact list.With this you can know the updates about your contacts anytime.
The status of contact also change to colour only>
Red=Busy
Yellow=Away
Green=Online
White=Offline
You can also change the sound (signature sound) when you online,means that your contact can hear different sound from you when you online.You can import sound(song) from your pc also.Cool is zit?
The Windows Live Messenger 2009 Beta require higher screen resolution,if not,you could see only a few contacts only because of some new stuff.
To download>http://download.live.com/messenger
The real version of Windows Live Messenger 2009 is expected to be released on February 10 next year.

Enjoy^ ^