Hey
☇get PLUS skins
☇first get the PLUS live add on
http://www.msgpluslive.net/download/
❣don't support the sponsor❣
☇ skins for PLUS
http://www.msgpluslive.net/skins
☇PLUS skins for WLM 2009
http://www.msgpluslive.net/skins/by-date/
❣do you want to go back to windows live messenger 8.5?
❣do a system restore to a date BEFORE installing the new Windows live messenger
❣the previous 8.5 might not work because it will always ask you to update and probably won't let you sign in anyway here comes the link and a trick
→windows live messenger 8.5
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7a1aae73-48cc-4f7a-b445-0487bd5e84ef&DisplayLang=en
✖ if you want to go on using WLM 8.5 try this trick
☇ first close MSn at all
☇ then
☇ go to
☇ C:/
☇ program files
☇ MSN messenger
☇ properties
☇ compatibility
✓mark 'compatibility with windows 2000'
☇ then sign in MSN
NOTE
I suggest using WLM 2009 and a PLUS skin for it
hope my info helped
seeya