Microsoft began blocking Skype from properly working yesterday, in the early morning of May 5th, ending over 20 years of reliable communication. Instead, you are directed to use Teams free personal version, where existing conversations and contacts will reappear. Microsoft had bought Skype in May of 2011 after Messenger had slowly lost users to Skype, [ ]
Download Messenger Flash Reviver Version 1.0.0.0SHA-1: 23098BE0BD0F63E50F9FEFF8F1694363142EF1A9SHA-256: 240F03B39FE73B115B85AB563B081A716B828B0FA3EA3B10B1F7E0EDBAEECA55 With the immediate demise of Adobe Flash, Messenger Flash Reviver restores the Flash-enabled features (winks, dynamic display pictures) of all versions of Windows Live Messenger and MSN Messenger by installing a portable version of…
EDIT Jan 16 2019: The 7.40 version stopped working for me today, but downgrading to 7.36 restored the ability to sign in. I ve updated the article accordingly. Coinciding with Update Patch Tuesday on January 8th, the latest version of Skype “Classic” 7 is no longer allowing users to sign in and instead prompts you to [ ]
tldr; This article is a review and record of my unfortunate experience with Backblaze Personal Backup service, software, and support. If reading quickly, please go down the page to read the conclusion first and then any other sections after. It will take approximately 18 minutes to read the entire article. About Backblaze As an IT [ ]
The following are the full transcripts of all my support communication with Backblaze technical/customer support. This post is intended as reference for my post Backblaze one year review: 70% data loss unexplained, mediocre software, distrust. All redacted information is identifiable by gray curly brackets, {}. Backblaze support While dealing with support teams, I do my [ ]
I noticed around 1:30 AM EST today, December 15, 2017, that AOL Instant Messenger had disconnected for the last time, apparently right on schedule. I have been signed into AIM since it became available to non-AOL subscribers in the late 90s, but really, I preferred ICQ, and only started to use AIM more [ ]
Exactly two weeks since the last Messenger server twinkled out of existence comes the announcement of New Skype . See Skype s promotional video below: At present, this is only an announcement and the software has not yet been released. However from what is shown in the video, I have a few questions, observations and opinions already.Are [ ]
It is with a heavy heart that I announce that Messenger Reviver 2 has come to an end. On May 18th, 2017 Microsoft shut down the last Messenger server, preventing Windows Live Messenger from being revived any further. MSN Messenger first came online July 22, 1999 making public access to the servers available for a [ ]
At approximately 15:45 UTC, the Messenger bn2 servers have stopped responding. Investigations are still underway but you will be unable to connect. You will receive the following possible error codes: 80072efd, 81000306 and 80072efd 81000301. If you are still signed in, do not sign out or you will not be able to sign in again [ ]
What a dizzying four years, but Messenger is still (mostly) usable. Unfortunately more features such as groups (with a workaround) have stopped working, and conversion to Office 365 on Hotmail has caused a multitude of contact list issues, even for Skype-based Messenger users. In case you haven t been watching the forum, recently the ever awesome [ ]