How To Remove Ads in MSN Live Messenger

To completely remove the ads in MSN Live Messenger
1. Make sure your MSN is completely shutdown/exit.
2. Download ResHacker.
3. Use it to open msgsres.dll (found in the Live Messenger install directory).
4. To remove the annoying flashing ads in the buddy-list window browse to 4004/923/ and find and edit the line to .
5. Click the compile script before going to the next step.
6. To remove the text links in the chat windows browse to 4004/920/ and change element id=atom(adbannercont) layout=filllayout() to element id=atom(adbannercont) layoutpos=none layout=filllayout().
7. Click the compile script before going to the next step.
8. Save and exit ResHacker and run MSN Live Messenger, you will notice there will be no more ads.

ps:im not sure if this tutorial has been posted before