Application Details:
| Version: | 8.1 (Windows Live Messenger) |
| License: | Free to use |
| URL: | http://messenger.msn.com |
| Votes: | 3 |
| Latest Rating: | Bronze |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 1.1.18 |
Maintainers: About Maintainership
What works
You can chat, and transfer files, use winks and send emoticons
What does not
Webcam doesn't work.
Some icons are missing and other parts don't have transparent background.
Sound doesn't work
The Scroolbar in the chat window is missing.
Workarounds
What was not tested
Games
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
You need to install riched20, msxml and flash to make it work.
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Apr 04 2009 | 1.1.18 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | Jake9999 | ||
| Current | Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Mar 01 2009 | 1.1.16 | Yes | Yes | Bronze | Jaime Rave Torres | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Jan 28 2009 | 1.1.13 | Yes | No | Garbage | an anonymous user | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Jun 11 2008 | 1.0-rc4 | Yes | No | Garbage | an anonymous user | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy" i386 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | May 29 2008 | 1.0-rc2 | No | Not installable | Garbage | matt |
| Bug # | Description | Status | Resolution | Other apps affected |
| 201 | Igowin: masking problem - image is not transparent | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 4781 | MSN Silently cannot connect to network | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 5971 | MSN Messenger 7.5 has no username, password area | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
| 8300 | Title bar shown in window style that does not have one | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 8498 | MSN Messenger 7.x reports error 0x80070057 when signing in (failure to validate xml) | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 8555 | No large display pictures in MSN Messenger 7.0 | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 9860 | MSN 8.1 doesn't start, gdiplus:GdipImageGetFrameDimensionsList not implemented | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 10059 | Windows Live Messenger 8.x login boxes unusable | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 12203 | Windows Live Messenger 8.1.0178 fails to install | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 12718 | Typing the username in MSN Messenger 7.5 is really slow | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 12965 | Weird border in MSN Messenger when hiding tittle bar | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 13196 | Icons with inverted color or without transparent background | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 13777 | Windows Live Messenger 8.x: can't write in login and password fields | CLOSED | DUPLICATE | View |
| 14252 | Windows Live Messenger 8.1 just show a blue box. GdipImageGetFrameCount, GdipImageGetFrameDimensionsList and GdipImageSelectActiveFrame unimplemented | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 15334 | richedit: cursor doesn't change when over a scrollbar | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 16147 | Webcam doesn't work | REOPENED | View | |
| 16769 | MSN Messenger 7.0 Don't redraw the chat window correctly | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 18409 | Missing text in the license area text while intaling Windows Live messenger 8.1 | CLOSED | FIXED | View |
| 21186 | Windows Live Messenger: No text in the chat window from version 8 and up | CLOSED | ABANDONED | View |
wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
sh winetricks riched20 gdiplus msxml3 flash
