Live Messenger alternatives?

Discussion in 'Software' started by scaR, Dec 27, 2010.

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  1. scaR

    scaR New Member

    As many may know I love the XBMC media player and while I have one set up on a Win7 machine in my living room. I also have the old school XBMC running on a soft modded Xbox in my bedroom. It turns out that for reasons unknown installing Windows Live Sign In Assistant (now bundled with Live Messenger) it screws with Samba (SMB) file sharing causing login requests which are never authenticated on my old Xbox. I tried everything before removing Live Messenger, yet when I finally did it instantly worked :s No one is sure exactly why this happens so a more clinical fix cannot be done.

    Now I need an alternative to Live Messenger. Any suggestions?
     
  2. scaR

    scaR New Member

    Just to follow up.

    Eventually I found out that XBMC on Xbox development had continued on a new site and there were updated versions available with the fix included. Live Messenger wasn't at fault, even though it created the problem. Samba contained the bug.
     
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