Microsoft announced in a notice in March of this year: In addition to mainland China in the world to turn off the Messenger service, Messenger function and integrated together with Skype.
The upgrade Skype and Microsoft account (with Messenger ID), all Messenger contacts will be displayed like before with their to commence instant messaging or video chat.
Post reporter Justine Woo
Close MSN Space for two years, Microsoft yesterday officially in the region of the world except mainland China closed the MSN service, replaced by Skype successor. However, MSN China PR confirmed that users in mainland China can continue to use MSN, no need to worry.
Nevertheless, the number of users in mainland China are dwindling, many people with emotion, sign in to MSN online status "little green men" less and less.
MSN does not withdraw from the Chinese mainland
Yesterday, a Microsoft officially closed the MSN Global Services microblogging pot exploded in the network, fueled nostalgia. Micro-Bo said, based on operating costs a lot of money, not be able to generate revenue, Microsoft officially announced April 8 Close MSN (Windows Live Messenger) service users worldwide by the MSN converted into Skype.
Earlier media reported that Microsoft has confirmed that Skype will merge with MSN, the first quarter of 2013, MSN will be retired in all countries, except for mainland China. Users can now use Microsoft, Facebook account login Skype.
Microblogging fueled nostalgia: "Once upon a time, still modified daily MSN signature to think hard, MSN also blanket over his wasted years."
White-collar workers the ditty remember, the inauguration after graduating from college in 2005, colleagues are "add my MSN.
"Felt particularly cool." Ditty on the first day of the entry application for the Microsoft account. She recalls, each working day of the first things to go to work, open the computer, log on MSN, modify the date of signature, write down the mood.
Become a habit with the use MSN, friends Contact by college QQ to use MSN. MSN Space upload graphic, but also her favorite leisure activities.
March 15th, 2011, the MSN Space announced the closure of the space can be relocated to Sina. After that, the the ditty sun graphic way by MSN Space to the happy network, all networks, microblogging seems Space Close to now did not affect.
But yesterday, microblogging the outgoing MSN announced the official "veterans", the ditty sad.
"MSN off, I have friends how to do?" Ditty that used to use MSN chat, transfer files, another tool, really not suited.
Fortunately, MSN China PR response yesterday, the MSN out of service range does not include mainland China, mainland Chinese users do not have to worry about.
MSN upgrade connectivity Skype
According to media reports, in 2012 the technology blog The Next Web's statistics, Microsoft has more than 100 million MSN users, Skype approximately $ 280 million monthly active users. MSN users in 2009, had more than 300 million people.
With fewer and fewer users, Microsoft last year had position, stop using the Windows Live Messenger service in the first quarter of 2013, the company will integrate more than 100 million Messenger users to the Skype network.
For Messenger users outside mainland China, in order to continue to use the Microsoft account, you must upgrade to the new version of Skype, then use the Microsoft account login, then its Messenger contacts will immediately go to the Skype network up.
But yesterday, the user Miss Zang experience instability MSN upgrade.
She introduced yesterday to open the MSN popup upgrade reminded that the upgraded MSN and Skype connectivity. No more consideration, she points to upgrade key. "The pace of upgrading all very soon." The Zang said Miss upgrade her login as usual, but found all the friends in the list are not classified, and all registered account, notes name all but disappeared.
"Hundreds of friends mixed without Remark name, I simply can not tell who is who." Miss Zang help friends, friends concluded, "MSN always do not meet the program so that users in China, the original advantages All discarded. "in order to recover the notes to contacts name, Miss Zang had to uninstall Skype, reinstall the MSN software.
Before the close of frequent
In the interview, many MSN users claimed that the outgoing To turn off MSN message in the last year, Microsoft, MSN emerging issues, such as Remark name inexplicably disappeared, hacking, login status can not be changed, can not transfer files or even impossible plus friends.
There is a user account is stolen, to cause contact was phishing. Last year, users Zhou Lei (a pseudonym) MSN hacking, there are a few friends "caught."
Zhou Lei recalled, the day before the incident, she received when you log on MSN a strange URL sent by friends, said her appreciation SLR photography collection. Click on the link be asked to enter the MSN account and password, to login MSN Spaces, Zhou Lei no doubt follow the prompts, but strangely did not see the so-called set of pictures.
The next day, MSN Friends have received issued on behalf of by Spacecraft MSN account fee or purchase a prepaid card information, more than one contact cheated, it was up to a loss of about 4,000 yuan.
"MSN increasingly difficult to use, it seems that sooner or later have to switch to QQ." Ditty that, because of the continued failure, transfer files to a colleague long regression with QQ or by E-mail.
 



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