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		Corvus on May 3, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft says goodbye to Windows Live brand From the Vista era: Windows Live Messenger My relatives still use that. That was also the one that added advertising to the bottom of the window.

batiudrami on May 3, 2012 [–]

MSN has had an ad at the bottom of the chat window for a long time - at least since version 4.X. The version which came separately with XP, 'Windows Messenger' (which would, for some reason, operate separately from newer MSN versions installed on the same PC) didn't have the ads, however.

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