I am trying to create custom tabs in messenger 5.0
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/WMsngrBr.asp
(see appendix B), but I can not get the Tabs to show up
at all in Messenger 5.0 !

Note:
- I am allowing them in Tools/Options/Privacy/"Don't
download any tabs to my computer"
- I also do not get the option under Tools to Show a Tab.

Any suggestions?

Messenger 5.0 and custom Tabs by JihadJones

JihadJones
Thu Jan 15 13:56:01 CST 2004

You got no dukes! you need to add the reg via GPO, or reg
hack for
TabURL string
This string sets the name and location of the XML file for
the tabs.

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService\ServiceProviders\
{83D4679F-B6D7-11D2-BF36-00C04FB90A03}
\Branding\jihadjones.com\

TabURL: http://serverjj/jihad-tabs.xml

"REG_SZ"

The XML file, hosted via IIS, looks like:
html>
<head>
<title>Sample tab</title>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="MSThemeCompatible" CONTENT="Yes">
</head>
<frameset rows="21,*,25" cols="1" framespacing="0"
frameborder="0">
<frame src="header.htm" name="header" frameborder="No"
scrolling="No"
noresize marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<frame src="content.htm" name="main" frameborder="0"
scrolling="auto"
marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
<frame src="footer.htm" name="footer" frameborder="No"
scrolling="No"
noresize marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">
</frameset>
</html>

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/WMsngrBr.asp

JJ
>-----Original Message-----
>I am trying to create custom tabs in messenger 5.0
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
>url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/WMsngrBr.asp
>(see appendix B), but I can not get the Tabs to show up
>at all in Messenger 5.0 !
>
>Note:
>- I am allowing them in Tools/Options/Privacy/"Don't
>download any tabs to my computer"
>- I also do not get the option under Tools to Show a Tab.
>
>Any suggestions?
>.
>

Messenger 5.0 and custom Tabs by Deanna

Deanna
Fri Jan 16 09:16:42 CST 2004

Thanks for the response! :)

We have already done that as the instructions outlined on
the link in my post and yours, but it is not picking up
the Tabs and it still will not show the "Show Tabs"
option in Tools on Messenger 5.0 at all.

Also, if we use the same client to log into a different
domain, we CAN get tabs to work and we get the "Show
Tabs" option. We tried this on several workstations with
the same results. Starting to think it is a Server (or
server software) setting. Ideas?

Thanks!
D.