WLM 2009 Video/Audio is very poor

I have tried the solution to go back to using v8.5 in Win2000 mode, but
it will not allow me to run the audio and video setup. The cam works,
but audio says I have no sound card, and I cant access audio and video
setup at all.

The reason why I wanted to go back to 8.5 is because of cam/audio
issues. My friend and I are both running logitech web cams (Quickcam
Fusion) and plantronics bluetooth/usb headsets. I was running V8.5 and
she was running 2009. When I upgraded to WLM 2009, we were still able to
connect, but the audio started using what I'm guessing is noise
cancelling on our headsets (which I cant seem to disable). So whenever
she speaks, I dont hear the first word and vice versa. Noise or speaking
etc. seems to start up the audio because of the noise cancelling. The
cam images are also stretched as if we have really long faces, and it's
more pixelated and the video stalls a lot more often than when I was
using 8.5.

I'm guessing I cant access audio and video setup in Win2000
compatibility mode because maybe these features weren't available for
this version of Windows (doesnt work for NT either), but I'm not
positive that this is the issue. Anyone else have this problem, or a
solution for the audio/video problems I'm having?

BTW I'm using Vista 64-bit.

Thank you!


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JustFiona

Hi Meno,
I found a patch that allows you to keep v8.5 and run it normally. I
hope it's ok to post an external link here... It has worked for me on
Vista and on my XP sp3 machines, and I could run cam/audio setup as
before.

http://media.dotsiam.com/msn8.5_fix....=0%3Cbr%20/%3E

1. Uninstall 2009 and reinstall v8.5
2.Extract msn8.5_fix.rar's file.
3.Run msn8.5_fix.exe
4.Restart your WLM8.5 (MSNPLUS working too)
5.Let's enjoy your WLM8.5

If it's not ok to post the above link, my apologies!


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JustFiona