XP and Win2000 Functionality

[Barry Authers]

Am reading with interest all the newsgroup articles and
gripes/differences between MSN Messenger and Windows
Messenger 5.0. I am trying to have full Windows
Messenger functionality between Win2K PC and Win XP Pro
(USA to UK, no problem with XP to XP), and since version
5.0 is suitable for installing on both operating systems,
am surprised that whiteboard/application sharing doesn't
work (not tested voice yet). Is this incompatibility by
design - Messenger Help suggests XP to XP necessary, or
should they work together? If by design it is a pity, as
is the telephone call functionality being moved to MSN
Messenger!

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Barry,

The Whiteboard/Application Sharing is a feature directly in Windows XP, it hasn't been ported
to the other versions and as such, requires Windows XP.

However as a workaround, the non-XP clients have a 'Start Netmeeting' option in their client
(which is not shown by default in Windows XP), all the previous Windows user needs to do is
click the Actions menu, then 'Start Netmeeting', the XP user can then accept the request, and
you can use the Whiteboard/Application Sharing features within Netmeeting itself (they are
actually the same components that in Windows XP, just that in XP, they've been separated from
Netmeeting).
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Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com