Bypass The Windows Live Messenger 2009 Upgrading To New Version

Are you the one who doesn’t want to upgrade your current Windows Live messenger 2009?

Some people may prefer to stay at the version they have now but seem recently the software forcing the user to upgrade to new version only can continue the login process.

Don’t worry, we can bypass this annoying message and login to the application.

I am Windows 7 user and I bypass this checking with this way.

1.   Right click the Live Messenger 2009 and select Properties.

2.   Click on the Compatibility tab.

3.   Check the box “Run this program in compatibility mode for”

4.   From the drop down list select “Windows 2000” or “ Windows Server 2003(SP1)

Resolved Window Live Messenger Invitation Alert Message

Recently my MSN messenger keep on alerting me there are invitation pending to accept, but I confirm I had ignore them and there is empty after I login to the page.

I guess it may be a defect for live messenger where it can’t synchronize to the server retrieving the status. Finally I got the solution to make this alert disappear.

Here is the way that works for me.

1. Sign Out and exit the messenger and then enable the “Show hidden files and folders” in the folder option.
   
2. Go to “C:\Documents and Settings\[users]\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts".
   
3. Delete all the folders and Sign In, the alert message is no longer displaying on the page.