[osuwildlifer]

Hello folks,

I received an email from the Windows Live Team today, saying that a new version with improved security was "just released", and saying that it was time to update to the latest version of Windows Live Messenger. Clicking on the link in the email brings me to this website: http://windowslive.c...sktop/Messenger

Now, thinking that i should check the version numbers before going ahead with the upgrade, I opened up my current version of WLM, clicked Help -> About Messenger, and saw that I am running version 2009 (Build 14.0.8089.726).

Back on the Windows Live website, I searched for some shred of proof that an upgrade was available. But, there is not a version number listed anywhere on their website. I checked every one of the description pages, the Help section, the Legal Info, the System Requirements, the Service Agreement, etc. etc. They simply do not provide that information.

Giving up on finding the version number online, i downloaded the latest installation file, wlsetup-web.exe. I checked the file version on the Properties tab, and sure enough, it's the exact same version number of what I have currently installed - no upgrade necessary. Thank you Microsoft for making life difficult.

Has anyone else noticed this weirdness? Why doesn't Microsoft advertise or describe what the current version is on their website? Does anyone have a more current, non-beta version higher than 14.0.8089?

[amon91]

No, I have the same build as you plus I didn't get any email. Strange.

[Stephen.]

Sam build here, Might just be a screw up with Microsoft Servers.

[Captain Awesome]

Figures. Windows 7 is actually NT 6.1.

I have found that Microsoft has stopped advertising version numbers since the release of Vista. Now it's just "The new".

[Karmakaze]

Version numbers are hard to come by when it comes to Microsoft products.