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    - "We are working to fix a temporary problem with our sign-up servic Hi Folks, I am trying to sign up users for Windows Live Messenger here in my office to ease communications with our telecommuters since working from home is easier in the day we live in now. Anyway, after filling out the signup form and typing in the security code ensuring I am a real user and click Next, I get this error screen: We are working to fix a temporary problem with our sign-up service. Please try again. Error code:100:(0x800482d4::)::Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:29:40 UTC Can anyone tell me how to allow all my users to get by this and get Live accounts? Thanks! Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92534
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    - Error code 8004820 with extended error 80048412 ... Cannot Error code 8004820 with extended error 80048412 ... Cannot Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92530
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    - MSN messenger and windows 98? Hi, I have a clapped out old PC running windows 98. Is there a version of messenger that I can download from anywhere that will still run in win98? Justin Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92529
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    - MSN Emoticons Pls tell me how can I back and restore MSN emoticons. I am using Windows Live Messener on Windows Vista Thanks Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92526
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    - Bug: Message history is lost Please not that this post is related to, but *not* the same as, "Bug: Message History not saved until IM window closed." (http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?mid=16c8ad0c-7fe1-4b4e-ac9f-d4e8210a6c68&dg=microsoft.public.msn.messenger) In cases where my computer does not hang and no application is crashed, I sometimes lose MSN messenger message history data (the data is not saved). Examples: -Shutting down my PC while MSN Messenger is running may cause history data not to be saved. I did not end task or force quit messenger -MSN Messenger fails to save multiple concurrent conversations with the same person. For example, if I am in a conversation with A, B, and C, and I start another conversation with A, the second conversation with A will not appear in the message history. These are just examples that I have noticed in passing; I leave it to microsoft to detemine specific test cases. I use MSN Messenger to communicate with co-workers for assignments. It's not critical that the conversations be recorded, but it is a significant inconvenience when the history feature fails to preserve a particular conversation, for whatever reason, that I wanted to view. Steve's bugfix reported in the other thread that I mentioned above, if solved, could help alleviate some of these issues. I put in a vote for that issue, also. Thanks and HTH ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?mid=ccea214c-396c-4803-b285-4ebe4b7460e9&dg=microsoft.public.msn.messenger Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92524
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    - Vista and program errors I have had my first ever pc and vista since June and all of a sudden today I keep receiving and error message that reads the following: A problem has caused the application to stop working properly. Windows will notify you IF a possible solution is available. But here is the other burden...I never use the email, messenger applications of the product, but I think when I set it all up I may have used an old email. Still every time I try to log in for help i had to create a whole new identity and such. nOw that this is overcome can someone help with my error message please. I have a lot of homework to do :( Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92523
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    - BLUE SCREEN Dear users: When I have Hotmail messenger (latest release) open and a particular contact enters his hotmaill to chat with me or talk computer to computer, immediately I get a blue screen with STOP: 0x0000008E. lease advice. Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92521
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    - i appear as online when i'm not i have a problem with WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER 8.1. People who are connected say me i was connected but i'm not. when people say me that i even was not nearly to a computer or something. i think the problem is that when i used the remember my password and login in different machines with WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER 8.1, it saved as a different techique of encryptation. I changed my password a lot of times and it still the same. i've run antivirus to erase any kind of viruses with no sucess. People who are connected in the machines with no authorization could not open my INBOX but they could start sesion. i hope somebody has the solution. thanks! Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92520
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    - msn link virus? hello yesterday i received a link from a contact, she didn't send it to me. It was automatically sent. I thought it was a photo. It was a link and took me to a page. I made the mistake to put my email and password there. It seemed like microsoft. It said something like microsoft photo space or something like that. And when i entered the mail and password (the ones i sign in msn with) then immediately msn was signed out and said that I have logged in from another computer and if i want to log in again from this to click here. I did this twice beacause i was curious if the site causes it. Does anybody know anything about it? I searched the history of my explorer but i couldn't find the page, it had a short but strange url. Something like my contact's name. That was the way it was sent to me. And then i think it changed when i clicked it and went to the explorer. Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92519
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    - MSN Messenger 7.0.0820 still Safe? Or not? Back when the webcam vulnerability was announced for MSN Messenger, the WLM Blog said that Messenger 7.0.0820 had been fixed to be safer on XP. If is it still safe to use with MSN dialup? Or do I need to upgrade to Windows Live Messenger? Secunia Software Inspector keeps saying that it is vulnerable, but I need to hear it from an MSMVP. -- Regards, Paul B. aka "OldRebel" Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92515
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    - Parental Control Problem My boss uses MSN for his email. I think it is version 8. Today, he tells me his parental control feature is turned on and he can't turn it off. Is this a glitch with MSN? Is there a way to turn it off? Thanks, John Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92514
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    - Opening ports on a firewall I want to use MSN Messenger from a LAN that is connected to Internet via an ADSL with no static IP address. The ADSL Modem/Router implements a firewall: what ports should I open? Reading article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240063 il looks like only port 1863 TCP must be opend: have I to open any other port? Regards Mario Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92513
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    - MSN Prerequisites and getting started I want to start using MSN to get in contact with friends that already use it. I am confused about prerequisites. 1 - How can I create an MSN Messenger account? 2 - Do I need an hotmail mailbox or can I just create an MSN Messenger account? 3 - Can I use an existing e-mail address without creating a new mailbox? 4 - How can I use MSN Messenger from Windows Vista? 5 - Have I to install it? 6 - Is there a "getting started page"? Regards Marius Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92509
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    - wkhenifi@crownfineart.com e1-rgkq-rk1h-nfc3@emailias.com I've receved two alerts about "Got Gleam? See who's updated their space". It comes up like someone logging in but the damn window doesn't go away. On my messenger it shows above my Online contacts with a bell symbol. How the hell do I disable this "feature" so I don't get bothered with this Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92507
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    - No alerts and sounds Hello, I have this problem with windows live messenger 8.5.1302.1018..When somebody comes online, I can't see the alert at the bottom right. Also i can't hear any sound, like nudge.. The first moments I come online, I can see the alerts and hear the sounds, but after a while, again the same problem. Can you help me please?? Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92506
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    - Remote Assistance Quite Working Hello, I've been using Remote Assistance for a few years now, but on Friday I got a new 2Wire gateway from Telus that doesn't support UPNP, and now Remote Assistance quit working. Is there any way to get Remote Assistance to work if the router doesn't support UPNP? Thanks, Shane Goodman Windows XP Home SP3 Windows Live Messenger 2008 (build 8.5.1302.1018) Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92500
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    - Microsoft Lifecam vx-3000 freeze while using Live messenger 8.1 My computer's OS is vista home premium 32-bit with 2GB RAM. I have recently downloaded and installed the driver 1.4 for Microscoft lifecam vx-3000 for use in Live messenger 8.1. The problem I've encountered now is every time when I use video call, the webcam can only be used for less than 30 sec and then freezed and then i will be disconnected from live messenger. Then I tried to connected back to live messenger and it never work. I have to disconnected from my ISP server and reconnect to ISP again in order to connect to Live messenger again. Can anyone please tell me how to solve this problem? Thank you. Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92497
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    - Contacts suddenly being ungrouped This is the second time that I have meeting with this problem. The solution given to me by the Microsoft Live Messenger support staff is totally the same as the old solution given to me last year when I met with this problem too. My problem: I am using Live Messenger 2008 with my Win Vista Business some day when all of a sudden, my contacts, that were all grouped into various contact groups, just got ungrouped into the "Other Contacts". The same problem was met last year, and the explanation given to me last year was that I upgraded my Live Messenger version and caused a sync issue with the server. The solution given to me last year was to do a manual regrouping of all the 400+ contacts into the 20 groups that I have. The support staff said last year that there is nothing that can be done on the server side because the sync issue actually is irreversible. Thats why last year, I did a manual regroup of all the contacts which was a very tiring job to do. This time round, the support staff couldn't provide me with an explanation on why this problem occurred. The solution that they could provide to me was the old one that they provided me last year too. After which, I emailed them, with the solution email that I have gotten last year, asking them why the same problem occurred twice. This year, the solution email also came with a backup plan, that is, for me to export my contacts and safe-keep it in case such incidents happen again. I did propose to them this solution last year when I met with this problem, because I had another messenger account with the same contacts and the same groupings. But however, last year, the support staff told me that even if I export the contacts and import it back into the account, it will still be ungrouped, and I would still have to do a manual regrouping of all the contacts. Because of this, I emailed the support staff to ask why the export and import method was not possible last time, and that it is now possible? The support staff just replied me, saying that the information I provided to them about my last year's incident was in 2007 and based on the older version of the messenger, thus the 2 solutions for the problem doesn't overlap and is mutually exclusive. I am quite fed-up with the support staff, taking 9 (NINE) long days before replying my emails. and furthurmore, because I quoted support staff names in my emails to them, the replies were all NAME-LESS, which I supposed that the support staff do not want to take up furthur responsibility about this matter in future. I called up Microsoft Singapore, but the technical department told me that they are quite tied up too. Thus, the only way was for me to email the support side for solutions. But I told them that the support staff are slow and not giving me productive solutions, and the technical officer told me to try posting in MS NewsGroups for solutions. Please provide me with solutions that can help solve my problems via the server side and not for me to do manual groupings again. And please also provide me with solutions to prevent this problem from occurring again. My Case ID with Microsoft support: SRX1067899749ID (this year's), SRX1037860176ID (last year's). Thanks and with regards THNG. Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92494
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    - Alerts and how do I turn the damn things off? In the past hour I've receved two alerts about "Got Gleam? See who's updated their space". It comes up like someone logging in but the damn window doesn't go away. On my messenger it shows above my Online contacts with a bell symbol. How the hell do I disable this "feature" so I don't get bothered with this crap anymore? If I want this crap to pop up on my screen I'LL decide not microsoft. Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92493
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    - Sign in issues Hi - I am having a problem on my new Vista Machine. Messenger allows me to sign in and the two symbols strt to rotate. But thats it nothing else happens i dont appear to have signed in. BUT if i have logged in on my profile on another PC it boots me out as if it has logged in. I have tried to cancel and retry etc but nothing happens My Friends on my contact list do keep seeing me sign in and sign out although i dont get that far. Any ideas anyone? -- Gary Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92492
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    - How much bandwidth does MSN messenger use when idle? Hi How much bandwidth does MSN messenger use when sitting idle (i.e. loaded but minimised and unused). The reason is because we have banned Skype for using up too much, and are looking for an alternative. We have 28 users who's skypes were using 35 gig's of traffic per month, just by leaving it sat minimised at the bottom. Skype's FAQ says that sitting idle it should take no more than .5 Kb/s, but our bandwidth monitoring showed it was much higher when multiple Skypes were running, almost as tho each individual skype was saying "Hi I'm here... and so is my friend... and so is my other friend... and so is my other friend...<repeat for all 28 users>". So at the moment IM is banned until we can find a more bandwidth friendly method of text messaging someone (voice messaging is banned period). Anyone know the bandwidth requirements? Cheers J Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92490
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    - MSN messenger 8.5 keeps logging/signing out @ random !?!?!!? what??? am I the only 1 experiencing this great microsoft phenomenon? wtf..... Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92482
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    - MSN messenger keeps logging/signing out @ random !?!?!!? then it'll sign back in with the same logging out issues!?!?! what gives?????? its MSN version 8.5.1302.1018. Yes I have tried uninstalling and re-installing. But 4 some reason when I am logged in2 MSN Messenger I can not change the status (ie.. offline,away,appear offline) and when I try 2 MSN just states unable to perform... and logs out of MSN. I run Windows XP sp2 with Kaspersky Internet security 7.0.0.125 and w/ SpyWareBlaster. This is really going to bother me as my other hotmail had the same problem with MSN and I had to ditch that email.......and if this happens with my only active hotmail account.... I will scream!!!!!!!!!! Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92477
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    - No automatic logon of Live Messenger 8.5 on portable computer Hello group, I have a problem with a portable computer (Acer Aspire 5610, Vista Premium SP1, Panda Antivirus and Firewall). When Windows Live Messenger starts, it doesn't show the three marks (Remember me, Remember password, Automatic Logon) in the main window, only the email address, password, "Log on as..." and the Log on button. I have the same version of Messenger on a stationary computer and there the three marks are present. The two computers are wirelessly linked to an access point with access to the Internet (fibre optic cable). How do I get back the three marks on the portable computer, so the computer can automatically log on? Please, help me! Best regards, Lars, Denmark. Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92476
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    - when using version older than wlm: I appear offline to my contacts Hi, When I'm using MSN messenger 7.5 or older, some contacts see me as offline when I'm actually online. On some pc's I use I can't upgrade to WLM so is there another solution? This problem has been bugging me for I while now and haven't find an answer yet. Thanks Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92470
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    - arrrrrr total frustration here...HELP!!!!!!!! I have just (paid) to have my PC reformatted etc and am now running SP3. My problem is that when I was running SP2, I had windows live messenger and it worked great. Since running SP3 I have downloaded live but it will only get to 20% install then stops. Ive tried deleting and redownloading, but same thing always happens. I have turned off my firewall..made sure I have enough space etc..even my computer guy has no idea..so its with total frustration I turn to you. Can anyone help me to install Live Messenger cause Im missing chatting with my many friends and family heaps. Thanks. Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92467
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    - Reading mail offline with MSN 7.0 How can I read my email while offline in 7.0. MSN want to connect when I start the application. Thanks. Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92466
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    - Difficulty loading ctt file I was sent a ctt file that is supposed to contain messenger contacts. Unfortunately, I can not seem to import the contacts. From windows messenger: File->Import Contacts from a Saved File Then I chose the file, but I get an error message stating: "This is not a properly formatted conatact list . . . " Is this a matter of different messenger versions? Is there anything I can do? Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92462
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    - Problems after installing and then overwriting SP3 I had my system just the way I wanted it and everything I wanted to do worked. Then I upgraded to SP3. SP3 wouldn't boot and nor would safe mode so I had to "repair" my installation by reinstalling my original SP1 installation disk and installing SP2 over the top of it. Sadly my system is nowhere near the state it was in before. Since SP3 caused this problem and SP3 intransigence in not allowing me to remove it in the usual way has caused a lot of problems that would take me 20 mins to list here ... I would like to know where to go in the Microsoft hierarchy to get some help getting my system back to scratch. A brief list RPC server not working. DCHP has to be started manually each time I start the machine. NVIDIA driver installation doesn't recognise NVIDIA drivers and won't install. Windows update won't start. Any suggestions? -- Bill Jillians, a dude BJ must be the king idiot here, because I've laughed out loud at his posts. - River (25/11/2007) Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92455
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    - Opening the news groups by clicking on links in e-mail When I post a message and get a reply back in my MSN e-mail, I cannot click that url in my e-mail and go to back to the answer like I use to. Anyone have any suggestion what is causing this. I am using XP SP2 with "windows live messenger" version 2008. I can open all other links that appear in my e-mail except the one from the newsgroups. This did not happen while I was using MSN Messenger. -- Wayne Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92454
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    - clicking a website in MSN and logging into the forums I have windows XP with SP2. Recently I had to update my AVG Antivirus to the 2008 version. This corrupted my MSN Messenger 7.0 and I had to upgrade to the newest version of window live messenger. Since upgrading the AVG Antivirus and windows live messenger I have been unable to click on a link and get back into this forum. Before when I received an answer from the forum it would appear in my MSN email, and I could click on the link and go directly back to my question. I cannot do that anymore. When I click on the link it say done at the bottom, but the link does not open up. Does anyone have any ideas why this would happen? I am certain if I get an answer back to this question, which will be sent back to me by e-mail, I will not be able to click on the link in my MSN Premium e-mail and get back to this question like I did before the updates. Thanks. -- Wayne Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92449
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    - damned tabs How come in Messenger live on my notebook, I can choose to disable tabs in the contacts list, but I can't disable them in Messenger 7 on my PC? They take up a lot of useless space... -- regards, |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92445
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    - Messenger crashes when i launch cam Hi Ive been having a problem with my messenger for the last few weeks, when i try to start my cam or the persons cam im chatting with once they accept the request or i do my msn crashes instantly and i have to restart it, once restarted it works fine, does anyone have any ideas? i am using build 8.5.1302.1018 any help would be very appriciated Danny Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92444
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    - updating data - gosh, finally... ... I seem to have succeeded in modifying my messenger (live?) account at last. It was a very confusing nightmare. I suspect this was the result of the fact that I made my messenger account long time ago (2001) and conflicts due to new versions and services. I needed to change the e-mail adres I used to sign in because it had become invalid. Now I have one question: will my contacts still be able to see me in their messenger list? -- regards, |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92438
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    - Contact list almost all empty Hi A few days ago I noticed my MSN contact list was almost empty with only 7 or 8 people (showing as offline) out of almost 50 or so that I used to have. I thought at first it was the program that had gone buggy but since then I've logged on different ways (web version, Meebo, etc) and my list in fact has almost all dissapeared! Is there a way to retrieve my previous contact list sort of like the 'XP system restore'? Thanks! Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92436
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    - AVG 8.0 corrupted my MSN Messenger 7.0 I downloaded & installed AVG 8.0 Antivirus over AVG 7.5 as recommended. Since installing AVG 8.0 I noticed that I cannot sign into my 7.0 version of MSN Messenger. All my contacts are gone, and a lot of the components have lost there ability to make any changes in them. Has anyone else had this problem. Another problem I am experiencing with the new AVG antivirus is that I cannot proceed to a website by clicking on the a website link that comes into my MSN e-mail. I am very disapointed with AVG 8.0. to say the least. I violated my own rule to never download a newer product when the old one is working fine. If I receive an answer to this question within my e-mail from you folks I should be able to click that link and come back into this website like I used to, but now I am unble to do that also. Stay away from the new AVG 8.0. Thanks for any help anyone can give me. The above two things I have noticed so far ... there may be other things I haven't come across yet. -- Wayne Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92433
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    - Microsoft companies I want know about microsoft companies Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92432
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    - MSN EMAIL HELP ME TO SET UP '--------------@msn,com Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92429
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    - Cannot log into MSN I've tried Meebo, mig33, Adium and Windows Messenger. mig33 reports a 500 internal error (but I don't trust it!). Windows Messenger says that .NET messenger service is currently unavailable. Anyone else having any problems? Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92422
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    - Problem in my office Hi, I have a problem, in my office i don't understand because Skype function and messenger not. I know that my administrator have managed the proxy but what i do you do, if is possible, to use MSN? Thank's Carlo. Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92417
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    - How do I appear Mobile? I am trying to get my ID to appear 'Mobile' when I am signed out of Live Messenger. I have gone to Tools -> Edit your mobile settings... and signed up, but I am still not appearing Mobile for anyone. Is there something I'm missing? Or does it not go into effect right away? Any help would be greatly appreciated... Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92411
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    - HP Pavilion dv6625el problems with webcam Hallo, I've a notebook HP Pavilion dv6625el. When I try to use the integrated webcam with Messenger (v 8.5), it crashes. I've installed last drivers, but it crashs. Some suggestion? Thanks Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92409
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    - How can I see to which group a contact has been assigned? Hi, is there an easy way to find out to which (manually created) group a contact from the "all contacts" group has been assigned? I want to make sure that I didn't miss any of the "all contacts" and assigned them all to their respective group because the "all contacts" group is pretty big ... Thanks in advance for suggestions, Best regards, Gabi Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92408
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    - sign in error codes hey, can someone help me? when i try to sign in, i get error code 80048820 and extended error code 80048412. When i trouble shoot, i get no checkmark next to IE's offline setting and a yellow caution next to key ports... ive checked firewall and proxy says im not connected to .NET network.... any suggestions? ive deleted the whole program and redownloaded and still no luck Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92403
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    - sign in error codes hey, can someone help me? when i try to sign in, i get error code 80048820 and extended error code 80048412. When i trouble shoot, i get no checkmark next to IE's offline setting and a yellow caution next to key ports... ive checked firewall and proxy says im not connected to .NET network.... any suggestions? ive deleted the whole program and redownloaded and still no luck Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92402
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    - Automatic sign-in Problems XP Home, SP2 Windows Live Messenger 8.1 (MSN Messenger). Although I have the options checked to allow automatic sign-in when Windows loads and to "remember me" (remember name & password), it does not work, I have to manually open the program and enter my name & password. The problem started months ago when I was using MSN Messenger 7. I have since uninstalled 7 and installed 8, but the problem persists. Out of curiousity, I tested Windows Messenger 4.7, and the same problem occurs - automatic sign in does not work, and name & pw are not remembered. ** I have two Windows user accounts, both Admin level accounts. This problem occurs only for one of those accounts. If I view Start-Control Panel-User Accounts: Admin Account#1 -(the one for which auto-sign in works correctly) When I view this user account, the main panel on the right lists five options. Change name, pw, picture, account type, and delete account. On the left pane, under Related Tasks, there are two options - change another account, and create a new account. Admin Account#2 - (the one with the problem): The main right panel does not include a Delete Account option like #1 does, and it includes an option #1 doesn't - "Set up my account to use a .NET passport". If I choose that option, it starts a ".NET Passport Wizard". This apparently associates the Windows account with a passport ID, but I have run through the wizard several times (using the ID I use for MSN Messenger) and nothing changes. It's like the wizard doesn't remember that I've already set it up. On the left panel, under Related Tasks, there are two additional options that Account#1 doesn't have: "Mange my network passwords" and "Prevent a forgotten password". If I click on "Manage my network passwords", a dialog box opens. It's titled "Stored Usernames and Passwords" and says "Windows allows applications to store logon information for network locations and websites. To edit an existing entry, select it then click Properties". There are no existing entries, the box is empty. Ideas on how to fix this please? Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92399
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    - Sharing contacts Is there a may to share my contacts with another user? Thanks in advance, Arie Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92395
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    - MSN History viewer I have an xml file in my messenger history and I'd like to view the contents. I've searched for a while for a freeware archive history viewer and have come across programs which either crash and a number of dead links. Can anyone point in the right direction for one? Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92394
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    - Dropped Messages Hi everyone, I tried to Google this, but almost all the hits I got were about "drag and drop messages"...ugh! Lately, a friend and I (both using WLM 8.5) have begun to notice that a couple of times a night, messages will just randomly not show up, even though they were very clearly sent, and the sender receives no error message of any kind. This doesn't seem to have happened to us until maybe a week or two ago. Does anybody know if there's something that might be causing this that I should be looking for? The only thing I can think of is that I know he upgraded from 8.1 to 8.5 around that same time, but I *think* the problem preceded the upgrade. Thoughts? Thanks, Rob Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92393
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    - WLM 8.5.1302.1018 freezes while signing in Hi All, This seems to be a common problem but the common solution isn't working out for me. I have WLM 8.5.1302.1018 installed on Windows XP SP2. Recently, when I try to log in the messenger windows hangs. When I open the task manager window I see two processes named Windows Live Messenger and one of them is eating up 50% of the CPU. I have tried the suggested fixes that were mentioned before, which are: -removing the MSNMessenger folder from the registry. -installing and uninstalling this version and older versions. -Removing any cached data. None of the above has worked for me. I can log in from my Mac book with MSN messenger for Mac. Any info would be much appreciated. -joseph Tag: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box Tag: 92392

Does anyone know how to remove the Advertisement @ bottom of main MSN
messenger screen? I've found several "tweak" programs, but would honestly
prefer to change something in registry vs. downloading a external program for
this.
Thanks!

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Re: Advertisement @ bottom of Messenger box by StephenB

StephenB
Tue Jun 17 18:38:15 CDT 2008

SN Hyde <SN Hyde@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Does anyone know how to remove the Advertisement @ bottom of main MSN
>messenger screen? I've found several "tweak" programs, but would honestly
>prefer to change something in registry vs. downloading a external program for
>this.
>Thanks!
I know that there are 3rd party products that will do this, but the ads support
the service, which is free to you and I, so I let the ads exist.
-steve
--
Stephen Boots
MVP Windows Live
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sboots@mvps.org

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