Here are some key features of "A-Patch":

Contact List:
· Remove Windows Live Logo
· Remove "Messenger" Title

· Remove the top of the Contact List
· Remove Display Picture Container
· Remove My Display Name & Status Button
· Remove Personal Message Bar

· Remove the Main Toolbar
· Remove E-mail Button
· Remove Sharing Folders Button
· Remove My Space Button
· Remove Windows Live Today Button
· Remove Make a Call Button
· Remove Mobile Button
· Remove Color Button
· Remove The File Menu Dropdown Button

· Remove Contact Manager Bar
· Move Contact Manager Bar to the Bottom
· Remove "Add a Contact" Button from the Contact Manager Bar
· Remove "Manage your Contacts" Button from the Contact Manager Bar
· Remove Contact Search Field from the Contact Manager Bar

· Remove Contacts' Personal Message
· Remove Gleam Notification
· Remove Emoticons from Contact Nicknames
· Remove Yellow Information Bar
· Remove Advertisement
· Remove Search Bar
· Center Buttons on the Main Toolbar
· Disable Song Links
· Disable "Edit a Group" Dialog
· Remove Help Dropdown Button
· Remove Display Picture in Sign-In Window
· Remove Bottom Links in Sign-in Window
· Remove Windows Live ID Branding
· Disable MSN Spaces Contact Card Integration
· Change Display Picture Link
· Remove Toast Windows Live Logo
· Remove Toast Messenger Title
· Remove Toast Display Picture

Instant Message:
· Remove Windows Live Logo
· Remove Contacts' Personal Message and E-Mail (To: Bar) Remove Invite Button
· Remove Send Files Button
· Remove Web Cam Button
· Remove Call Button
· Remove Activities Button
· Remove Games Button
· Remove Block Button
· Remove Color Button
· Remove The File Menu Dropdown Button
· Remove Status Information Bar
· Remove Emoticons Button
· Remove Winks Button
· Remove Nudge Button
· Remove Voice Clip Button
· Remove Font Button
· Remove Backgrounds Button
· Remove Formatting Toolbar Separator
· Remove Send Button
· Remove Search Button
· Remove Advertisement
· Change Ink Tabs to Text
· Remove Web Cam Icon from Avatar/DP Containers
· Remove "says" Text (English only!)
· Remove "Get Accessories" Link
· Remove My Display Picture Container
· Remove Convert Tab
· Remove What's Hot Section
· Remove Nudge Delay
· Disable Nudge Shake
· Remove User Is Writing Message
· Center Buttons on the Standard Toolbar
· Center Buttons on the Formatting Toolbar
· Remove "Share Files" drop-down menu (back to MSN 7 1-click functionality)
· Accept more than 3 files (transfers) at a time

Miscellaneous:
· Polygamy (Multi-MSN)
· Show Idle Status (English only!)
· Shorten Status Info in Info Bar
· Install WinAMP Plug-in for Now Playing feature
· Remove Advertisement in Sharing Folders Window
· Remove Billing Info Menus
· Hide the "My Sharing Folders" Entry from My Computer
· Enable Sending of "unsafe" Files (.exe, etc)
· Enable Accepting of "unsafe" Files (.exe, etc)
· Enable Opening of "unsafe" files (.mp3, etc)

Requirements:

· Windows Live Messenger 9 or
· Windows Live Messenger 8.5 or
· MSN Messenger