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From: "Jim Grimsby Jr." <jimgrims@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:09:29 -0700
HI THE BELOW  should be helpful information for older jaws users.  if you are 
using any of the clients on the xp box that need to be updated you will still 
be able to use windows messenger.  

hth 

 

Jim Grimsby Jr. 

skype: Jim.grimsby

I say what I mean! I mean what I say! 

 

Feed: Inside Windows Live Messenger:
Posted on: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 2:25 PM
Author: Inside Windows Live Messenger:
Subject: Rolling Mandatory Upgrades – Phase 2 starting soon

 


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 posted by Rick 

Hi everyone, Rick here again.  As you know, we are in the middle of a 
multi-phase rolling upgrade of the Messenger network that started last 
Wednesday, September 12.  I wanted to give you an update on where we are in the 
process and what's coming next. 

The first phase of the Mandatory Security Upgrades focused on the Windows XP 
operation system and getting the rest of the XP user base onto Windows Live 
Messenger 8.1.  Focusing on just XP has allowed our customer support teams to 
focus on Windows XP issues and it also reduced some of the network load created 
by the upgrades.  We have seen some issues in these upgrades that we are trying 
to address in the HYPERLINK 
"http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windows.live.messenger";
 \nnewsgroups and through customer support.  Your postings to the newsgroups 
and this blog have been very helpful in directing our support efforts to those 
areas that are preventing usage of the 8.1  client.  Thank you for your 
postings, and please continue to let us know what kind of issues you are seeing 
 with 8.1 on XP and Vista.  

In the second phase, we are turning on the Mandatory Security Upgrades for 
Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows ME.  As noted in the 
HYPERLINK 
"http://messengersays.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!5B410F7FD930829E!28949.entry"security
 bulletin, we have built a new version of MSN Messenger 7.0, build number 
7.0.0820, that will run on Windows 2000.   This version of MSN Messenger has 
also been tested for Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, and Windows ME.  Users should 
expect these upgrades to start soon. 

To recap, the set of Messenger clients that do not have the webcam security 
vulnerability are: 

*       Windows Live Messenger 8.1  (for XP and Vista) 
*       MSN Messenger 7.0.0820 (for Windows 2000 and Windows 98, SE, ME) 
*       Windows Messenger – all versions (XP only) 
*       MSN Messenger 5.0 for Windows 95. 
*       Microsoft Messenger for Macintosh (all versions)

and ... Windows Live Messenger 8.5 which many of you are using in beta form. 

The third phase of the upgrades will focus on a small number of remaining 
clients that exhibit the webcam vulnerability.  We're still working out the 
time line for this third phase, and we will keep you posted about when you can 
expect to see that upgrade roll out. 

Again, please continue to send us your feedback. 

Rick 

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