Difference between Win and MSN Messenger?

[Guest]

Whats the difference between Win Messenger 4.5 and MSN Messenger 6.2? Why
does MS make two products that have almost the same name that do (it appears
to me) the same thing? Do they actually work that much differently?
Mack

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Mack,

There are several differences between the two. Most notably, MSN Messenger 6 has support for
display pictures, custom emoticons, has a
different interface, etc. whereas Windows Messenger supports SIP-based communications
services, Exchange IM Server, etc. Which one you use is up to you if you're simply using the
most basic functionality, connecting to the public .NET Messenger service) and a matter of
personal choice. However one thing to keep in mind, Windows Messenger must still be installed
on Windows XP in order for MSN Messenger to retain full functionality (Remote Assistance,
Whiteboard, Application Sharing, etc.).

MSN Messenger is centered around MSN technologies (Hotmail, MSN Member Profiles, MSN Mobile,
etc.) whereas Windows Messenger is centered around Windows technologies (Exchange Server,
Office Live Communications Server, Windows Netmeeting, etc.).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
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[Guest]

Great response Jonathan,

The Windows Messenger client is to be our Corporate implementation across
the enterprise while the MSN client is available for the greater public.

Thanks

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Adrian,

That's exactly how it's supposed to work
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Adrian Anderson [Corporate Consultant]" <Adrian Anderson [Corporate
Consultant]@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

 

[Brucefl]

Was easier when there was basically one version
of course I remember when I only had 4k of memory and was using bytes lol

Hi Adrian,

That's exactly how it's supposed to work
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Adrian Anderson [Corporate Consultant]" <Adrian Anderson [Corporate
Consultant]@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

Great response Jonathan,

The Windows Messenger client is to be our Corporate implementation across
the enterprise while the MSN client is available for the greater public.

Thanks