Windows live ads

I love Live Messenger but would prefer it without all the ads. Is there any
official way to remove them?
Ken

Greetings Ken,

The only "official" way is to move the Messenger dialog below the taskbar so you don't see
them. That's about it. There's no way to "pay" to have them removed.

Unofficially, there's patches you can use (I'm sorry, I'm not going to provide links as I
don't believe you should remove the primary revenue stream of Messenger) however this will
violate the Messenger terms of service.

--
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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"KenM" <> wrote in message
news:4B3012D9-4D5B-4B26-8141-...
> I love Live Messenger but would prefer it without all the ads. Is there any
> official way to remove them?
> Ken
>
>

thanks for the info.. I'm not going to try any unauthorized "patches". It's
to bad I'd rather pay than have all those ads clutter things up... Oh Well...


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Ken,
>
> The only "official" way is to move the Messenger dialog below the taskbar so you don't see
> them. That's about it. There's no way to "pay" to have them removed.
>
> Unofficially, there's patches you can use (I'm sorry, I'm not going to provide links as I
> don't believe you should remove the primary revenue stream of Messenger) however this will
> violate the Messenger terms of service.
>
> --
> 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.
> --
>
>
> "KenM" <> wrote in message
> news:4B3012D9-4D5B-4B26-8141-...
> > I love Live Messenger but would prefer it without all the ads. Is there any
> > official way to remove them?
> > Ken
> >
> >
>

Hi,

I've heard it talked about before, but I think the ad side won.

Also, the old version of Messenger:Mac allowed you to remove the ad if you had Office:Mac
installed. This "feature" got removed too though.

--
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.
--


"KenM" <> wrote in message
news:86E5F2CB-4EBD-4924-AD63-...
> thanks for the info.. I'm not going to try any unauthorized "patches". It's
> to bad I'd rather pay than have all those ads clutter things up... Oh Well...
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings Ken,
>>
>> The only "official" way is to move the Messenger dialog below the taskbar so you don't see
>> them. That's about it. There's no way to "pay" to have them removed.
>>
>> Unofficially, there's patches you can use (I'm sorry, I'm not going to provide links as I
>> don't believe you should remove the primary revenue stream of Messenger) however this will
>> violate the Messenger terms of service.
>>
>> --
>> 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.
>> --
>>
>>
>> "KenM" <> wrote in message
>> news:4B3012D9-4D5B-4B26-8141-...
>> > I love Live Messenger but would prefer it without all the ads. Is there any
>> > official way to remove them?
>> > Ken
>> >
>> >
>>

If you consider that most of these ads (in the UK at least) are about Live,
Hotmail or Microsoft software, I really wonder if these generate any
external revenue :P

k



"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:5B295FBF-D958-49B8-9C4D-...
> Greetings Ken,
>
> The only "official" way is to move the Messenger dialog below the taskbar
> so you don't see them. That's about it. There's no way to "pay" to have
> them removed.
>
> Unofficially, there's patches you can use (I'm sorry, I'm not going to
> provide links as I don't believe you should remove the primary revenue
> stream of Messenger) however this will violate the Messenger terms of
> service.
>
> --
> 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.
> --
>
>
> "KenM" <> wrote in message
> news:4B3012D9-4D5B-4B26-8141-...
>> I love Live Messenger but would prefer it without all the ads. Is there
>> any
>> official way to remove them?
>> Ken
>>
>>
>