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Messenger Gadget V5
Messenger Gadget V5
(559 customer ratings)
1104227
Free
Use this gadget to interact with your Windows Live Messenger contacts. See contact's status, start chat sessions, change your status and more. Also check the gadget settings to customize your experience.

Other features:
- double-click on a contact to start a conversation
- right-click on a contact to modify its nicknames

For news and more information about the Messenger Gadget visit http://messengergadget.blogspot.com
Details and Requirements
Operating system:Windows Vista
Other:Windows Live Messenger 14.0
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bahbaahhb
99 of 133 people found this review helpful
Don't like it
DOESN'T WORK (05/11/2007)
Vista Ultimate, Live Messenger 8.5, gadget is empty and just shows 'undefined' in the title bar. If you want a big white rectangle in your sidebar, then this is the gadget for you!
lkuderick
27 of 31 people found this review helpful
Love it
Doesn't work - Author unresponsive (26/11/2007)
Wrote a email to the author and did not get a reply. There also doesn't seem to be any other IM Messenger gadgets being made and I now wonder if MS made the change to kill the gadget because they use advertising on Messenger and this gadget allows you to get around it. That's my theory at least why we haven't got an update or why we haven't seen others. MS is not releasing the information to fix this.
AF_nightFALL19
33 of 49 people found this review helpful
Love it
Great Gadget (06/11/2007)
This is a great example of what a gadget should be. I love having my buddy list in a simple, little list ont he side of my screen. Great job and keep up the great work. BTW, this works flawlessly with the new Messenger 8.5.
vokidas
27 of 38 people found this review helpful
Don't like it
Not working under new Messenger (01/01/2008)
I have Live Messenger 8.5.1302.1018 and it still isn't working. I am using Vista Home Premium.
ClassicNancy
30 of 45 people found this review helpful
No Rating
Won't work now (25/09/2007)
My messenger beta told me to update and now this won't work. I'm crying. :(
TinJus111
23 of 32 people found this review helpful
Like it
Good, but has a few problems (06/02/2008)
This is a very useful gadget that works okay. But, there are some problems. One is that it causes messenger to open very slowly when the gadget is docked. Another is that it sometimes causes me to automatically log off messenger, during which, it shows that there are no other contacts online. Another issue(not really a problem) is that it sometimes doesn't display the contacts personal message next to their name or when you leave your cursor over their name. Overall, however, this is a pretty good gadget and if it worked exactly like messenger itself, it would be the greatest gadget and most used. (at least by me)
azmain17
21 of 28 people found this review helpful
Hate it
It doesn't work!! (24/01/2008)
When i enable it, it says undifined. I dont get it. Can u update?
adrianbill
29 of 45 people found this review helpful
No Rating
not working (02/10/2007)
Since I was foreced to upate my LM to version 8.5 this no longer works. Is there a fix?
©Mr®LoverboYâ„¢
30 of 47 people found this review helpful
No Rating
didn't work for me too (28/09/2007)
closin the gadget then addin it again didn't work for me and still is showin an undefined status!!! PLEASE we need an updateeeee
tabaddon
23 of 34 people found this review helpful
No Rating
Great app but still too big for me (05/10/2007)
I'm just trying this for the first time and it seems to work fine (Messenger 8.1). One thing though - the minimum height one can set is 150 (px). Makes sense I guess, assuming one has many contacts, but I only need to show one or two, so I have a lot of wasted real estate. Allow a user to size it down to about 75-80, and it's even more of a winner. :)