The Live Messenger Beta used to be "invite only", but thanks to Leah Pearlman from the Messenger team, here's a link you can use to automatically get accepted into the beta program:
then sign in with the Windows Live ID that you use for Messenger. After you see the "congrats" message, go to http://ideas.live.com to download the latest Live Messenger beta.
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Is this the Wine and cheese comment area? If so where is the cheese? Now that the $h!t has been stired, where is a thred that has some sort of merit with a true subject other than (I got on the Internet, now what do I do to get my hand held? P.S. I had A-O-HELL and they helped the ID10T's there.)
now this idiotic thing keeps signing me off appaerntly i've signed on on another computer elsewhere i cant c how wen this is the only one i use is it jus me or does everyone agree that the security of this windows live thing is shit everyone can get hold of your password its so annoyin they need to put more thought into this program REALLY !!!!!
this windows live is doing my nut in i want to change my password as someone else is using my account and no where in this program does it state how u do this its driving me nuts arrrghhhh