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  • WipeoutWipeout
    You could say that, but I think it came even before 2000. That's pretty old. But from what I read a few years ago, they started working on the Longhorn project in 1999. As in they wanted a home user version on NT. I guess this was the first attempt. XP was the successful one and now Vista. Can't wait to see Blackcomb lol.
  • anantha92anantha92
    Blackcomb was changed to Vienna and now it is offcially named "Windows 7". The 7 probably means NT 7.0. It is said to dump the start bar with some pie thing. Hope to see how the betas come out.
  • QQ
    Well, we'll see, but I'm almost certain they'll have a "Classic Windows" style as well.

    -Q
  • anantha92anantha92
    I don't remeber 95 having a "Classic" style.
  • QQ
    winfile and progman were included up to (I think) ME.

    -Q
  • WipeoutWipeout
    That's right, since they were 16-bit programs that were still provided with DOS based OSes. And yeah I doubt they'll drop the start bar.
  • QQ
    In an unrelated note, sysedit is still present in WVI as Fish discovered.

    -Q
  • anantha92anantha92
    Of course alot of things are still here since Win3.1, but somethings that MS has improved on, they simply threw the old one out. Windows messenger was thrown out.
  • QQ
    The things that get thrown out are usually the ones that make themselves popularly annoying (EG. Clippy, Windows Messenger, the Messenger svc, IP over 1394, etc).

    -Q
  • WipeoutWipeout
    That should mean that UAC is next...god I hate that...
  • anantha92anantha92
    Oh, how i miss clippy.
  • WipeoutWipeout
    Refresher: What was clippy?
  • anantha92anantha92
    clippy.jpg
  • UglynGreyUglynGrey
    He was a Microsoft Bob ripoff anyhow, Hated those those things.
  • BODBOD
    The messeneger service probably won't go, that has it's uses.
  • anantha92anantha92
    What? Windows Messenger was removed from Vista. Mircrosoft had it in windows ever since ME. Windows live messenger is what ships with Vista.
  • alexzarachalexzarach
    Clippy is gone? Sorry if I sound stupid-I'm using Office XP.
  • BODBOD
    I'm talkiung about the messenger service, not windows messenger.
  • QQ
    It's either gone or renamed: there's no "Messenger" named service on WVI Ultimate.

    Anyway, Messenger wasn't a bad idea in itself, the bad idea was to set it to automatic on a home machine, I think most will agree.

    -Q
  • anantha92anantha92
    XP would come with both the old "Windows Messenger" and the Msn Messenger. Windows live messenger is just the new name for Msn messenger. They arn't related to each other in any way. You can log on with 2 account on both of them simoultaneously.
  • BODBOD
    XP did not come with MSN messenger :|. Only windows messenger.
  • QQ
    OK, what exactly is the difference, and if MSN isn't Windows messenger, what were you supposed to do with "Windows Messenger" ?

    -Q
  • BODBOD
    Windows messenger can connect to more than just MSN messenger.

    MSN messenger has the more...kiddy stuff, like display pictures etc (the annoying stuff)
  • anantha92anantha92
    BOD wrote:
    XP did not come with MSN messenger :|. Only windows messenger.

    Mine did. Since i installed XP 2006 with the new dot net features and stuff.
    Q wrote:
    OK, what exactly is the difference, and if MSN isn't Windows messenger, what were you supposed to do with "Windows Messenger" ?

    -Q

    Windows Messenger was the standard messenger that shipped with ME until Xp afaik. It was annyoing and pointless as everyone ahd ventured into using MSN messsenger. A much more better program.
  • QQ
    I sincerely hope that was intentional.

    -Q
  • BODBOD
    I'd rather use windows messenger than MSN messenger, it's far less bloated, and doesn't have the annoying shit that MSN brings with it.
  • anantha92anantha92
    Yes that's true, although those "teenage girls" prefer the ability for you to put an avatar on.
  • QQ
    This reminds me of the old thread on screen names.

    -Q
  • beanboy89beanboy89
    anantha92 wrote:
    Windows Messenger was the standard messenger that shipped with ME until Xp afaik. It was annyoing and pointless as everyone ahd ventured into using MSN messsenger. A much more better program.
    Wrong. Windows Messenger did not ship with Windows Me. It first shipped with XP. Windows Messenger was geared more toward corporate/business user, where MSN is for home users.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Messenger

    Personally, I like using Windows Messenger more than MSN Messenger. IMO, MSN/WLM seems alot more bloated than Windows Messenger.
  • anantha92anantha92
    I meant 2000 sorry. It did ship with 2000 btw.
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