8.1 beta being pushed out over 8.0 final on Vista

I'm still running Windows Vista Home Premium x64, build 5744. I had WLM
8.0.0812.00 installed. Every now and then it told me there was an updated
version available, but upon installing it turned out to be a beta for 8.1
(8.1.0168.00_ClientV8.1).

This doesn't seem to be happening on my XP Pro SP2 partition - does that
fact that it's a beta OS make WLM think I'm participating in its beta
program too? I wouldn't mind so much but this version occasionally crashes
when I open the contacts panel. I wouldn't expect non-beta users to be
informed of updated beta builds being pushed out.

--
Andy

Greetings Andrew,

Windows Messenger 8.0 is not supported on Windows Vista, as such you're prompted to upgrade
to 8.1 which is supported.

Lots of Vista is still beta, like the inbox video drivers for example.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Andrew McDonald" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> I'm still running Windows Vista Home Premium x64, build 5744. I had WLM 8.0.0812.00
> installed. Every now and then it told me there was an updated version available, but upon
> installing it turned out to be a beta for 8.1 (8.1.0168.00_ClientV8.1).
>
> This doesn't seem to be happening on my XP Pro SP2 partition - does that fact that it's a
> beta OS make WLM think I'm participating in its beta program too? I wouldn't mind so much
> but this version occasionally crashes when I open the contacts panel. I wouldn't expect
> non-beta users to be informed of updated beta builds being pushed out.
>
> --
> Andy

Hi Jonathan... is there any info on what exactly isn't supported? 8.0 is
working fine in every aspect I use. 8.1 beta on the other hand crashes at
least once per session! I've reverted to 8.0 and will just ignore the
upgrade prompts for now, but it would be interesting to know what's not
supposed to work under Vista.

--
Andy

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote...

> Greetings Andrew,
>
> Windows Messenger 8.0 is not supported on Windows Vista, as such you're
> prompted to upgrade to 8.1 which is supported.
>
> Lots of Vista is still beta, like the inbox video drivers for example.
>
> "Andrew McDonald" <> wrote...
>
>> I'm still running Windows Vista Home Premium x64, build 5744. I had WLM
>> 8.0.0812.00 installed. Every now and then it told me there was an updated
>> version available, but upon installing it turned out to be a beta for 8.1
>> (8.1.0168.00_ClientV8.1).
>>
>> This doesn't seem to be happening on my XP Pro SP2 partition - does that
>> fact that it's a beta OS make WLM think I'm participating in its beta
>> program too? I wouldn't mind so much but this version occasionally
>> crashes when I open the contacts panel. I wouldn't expect non-beta users
>> to be informed of updated beta builds being pushed out.

Hi,

It's mainly audio/video that has issues, plus a very minor issues with the toasts (alerts).

The final 8.1 is supposed to ship sometime before Vista does, so perhaps the final release
will function better. The current beta of 8.1 crashes periodically for me on Vista also.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--



"Andrew McDonald" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi Jonathan... is there any info on what exactly isn't supported? 8.0 is working fine in
> every aspect I use. 8.1 beta on the other hand crashes at least once per session! I've
> reverted to 8.0 and will just ignore the upgrade prompts for now, but it would be
> interesting to know what's not supposed to work under Vista.
>
> --
> Andy
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote...
>
>> Greetings Andrew,
>>
>> Windows Messenger 8.0 is not supported on Windows Vista, as such you're prompted to
>> upgrade to 8.1 which is supported.
>>
>> Lots of Vista is still beta, like the inbox video drivers for example.
>>
>> "Andrew McDonald" <> wrote...
>>
>>> I'm still running Windows Vista Home Premium x64, build 5744. I had WLM 8.0.0812.00
>>> installed. Every now and then it told me there was an updated version available, but upon
>>> installing it turned out to be a beta for 8.1 (8.1.0168.00_ClientV8.1).
>>>
>>> This doesn't seem to be happening on my XP Pro SP2 partition - does that fact that it's a
>>> beta OS make WLM think I'm participating in its beta program too? I wouldn't mind so much
>>> but this version occasionally crashes when I open the contacts panel. I wouldn't expect
>>> non-beta users to be informed of updated beta builds being pushed out.
>
>