Windows Messenger 5 Build 5.0.0292 Released

Thanks Bink for the heads up

A new build of Windows Messenger 5 has been released to Betaplace for Greenwich RTC (Real-Time Communications) beta testers.

Along with this build Microsoft released the Release Candidate for their re-branded "Microsoft Office Real-Time Communications Server 2003".

The release notes state known issues for this current build such as:

Unexpected error if Outlook Express is open while upgrading Windows Messenger

Windows Messenger stops when using the correction tool for ink-to-text conversion

Busy status with a full screen application doesn"t work if there is a screen resolution change

Sender does not receive an error message when the sendee has set DisableCollaborationApps = 1

Data collaboration invitation does not go through

NetMeeting security settings need to be compatible

Application Sharing in a Terminal Server session

Windows Messenger is unable to exit

The installer is 8.4 Megabytes in size.

Download: Download Windows Messenger 5.0.0292 (Must be a Greenwich RTC Beta Tester, login required)