Did they do away with this? I have had friends try to install 332 and it not appear... Anyone else notice this?

Dunno. I have 332 and I have it.

Install ink distributable, Or sumthing like that
You can find it on mess.be That enabled it for me

The same thing happend to my friends when I gave him the 7.332

Dont know why...

works fine here and I haven't installed anything apart from the install_MSN_messenger.exe

what I have seen is I installed 332 over the previous build (also over 6.1 with plus and handwritng). It have handwriting ability but not show the plus. when I install next plus which incomplatable (not the beta one) It still have that ability.

Then, few days ago I installed fresh 332 on the new and clean MCE2005. I found handwring is not in 332.
Which I dont know why.

To solve this is, I think, simple apply the new beta msgplus it will work fine.

MSN Handwrite topic

Link for all u who dont have handwriting in msn7 and want it.........first post in that forum

Ink requires Windows 2000/XP and the Microsoft Journal Viewer to be installed on both the sending and receiving computer."

Ok guys thats why some of us can use it and some cant.

I was wondering about that

journal viewer? what? i've never installed journal viewer and i have handwrite.
..just for the sake of accuracy.

Did you have to install the Handwrite and msgplus?

Well I think that is only half true Out. I dont have microsoft journal vewer on my pc, i had it at one point, but i complelty removed (to my knowledge). Ink is required to be installed, or at least it was for the last leak, i dunno bout the new build, wether or not i would have to have the ink installed because I already had it installed when i put it on.

Anyways, ink should make everything work. I dont think you can send handwriting messages to people who are using windows messenger either, i used to you hadnwriting even before msn messenger 7. Anyways,.............

-Matt56la-

My friend had that problem.. I had her install .NET framework 1.1 and it worked..

I was just gonna say that my install of XP is fairly new and I haven't installed journal viewer of anything of the sort. On this copy of XP is also the first time I'd have been installing MSN Mess. 7 and I do have handwrite. Also, I didn't have plus installed on 332, so that also kills the plus deal. I would hypothesize (sp) that .Net is what is required? I got into the habit of installing the .Net FW like a critical update since many many new apps depend on it, and 1/2 of them the companies have forgotten to make it so the installer tells you the program needs it; been through hell a few times that turned to heaven with .Net installed.
The ONE other solution could very well be - INK which comes with Windows Messenger 5 which happily downloaded to my PC by itself when I forgot to set it to not startup in it's Options, it could have plopped Ink on my machine without me noticing. It's not Plus or Journal Viewer though - or lets say it COULD BE? But they're not necessary to have it work.

I found this is real issued why someone have it and someone not.
Just today I visited betaplace and it telling that msn 7.0.332 come with handwriting.

It says it is 332, but when you download it, it is actually 425. If you also read, it says exactly what I said above, you have to have that stuff. Install Journal Viewer and see if it dont work, if not reinstall MSN and try then, if nothing else, report it as a bug.

Guys I'm not tryin to pull one over you eyes, that is just want MS said it had to have for the Handwriting to work.

Outlandish, Well, I still don't have journal viewer installed - so, they're making some kinda mistake someplace. Now I'm interested in finding the definite reason behind this.

Maybe sumthing you installed has some files that are needed for the installation of the handwriting feature. Mine was only enabled once I used the ink installation........

I dont have Jornal Viewer installed, just .Net Framwork..

How To Use Handwriting In Msn v7.0



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I am using MSN MESSENGER 7.0.0425 and all the features are working perfectly! I also downloaded a PATCH to get rid of: Msn Today Button,Remove Search Bar, Remove Advertisement,Remove Actions Pane and the most annoying thing of all Remove the BETA!
If anyone would like me to send them the patch i will happily send it is only 28kb.

Please email kramersh@gmail.com with the subject MSN 7.0 PATCH

Thanks

All that is a cosmetics patch. You can get it and anything msn messenger at mess.be

Hey all I did was sum up everything in one neat paragraph.

im new!
where is the Install ink distributable?
www.mess.be ???????????

What does this do? ive installed it. now wat?

OK, i can get it to work no problem but my friends dont seem to be able to, yet they can all recieve it and some dont even have XP.

heres some proof as i look deeper into it

I did nothing with mine, at first it wasn't there, it appeared oneday. I would just wait and see. Besides, it's no big deal, actually it's a pain to try and use it.

it didnt appear on mine but if man has it cause he sent me a had writen messege and i coulndt work out how he did it but know i now!


its a bit crap tht it will apear on some but not others

i just sighn in to download the handwriing for MSN 7

My laptop had been reformatted and when I installed MSN 7 it had the handwriting tab. It's fair to assume ink comes with SP2? Either that or maybe it comes in with an automatic update.....I still don't have journal viewer. I was thinking it may have been with Windows Messenger, but I haven't updated the one that comes with SP2.

Check for a .exe name WISPTIS.exe in your C:\WINDOWS\system32\WISPTIS.exe, if that is present it means you can handwrite in MSN regardless of whether you have Windows Journal Viewer.

Journal Viewer was the key for me, it got mine working. I had it going at first then I uninstalled JV and I couldn't handwrite anymore, installed again and its all good, also installed the JV patch too.

nice every body, very nice
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