What makes my Status = on-line?

If MSN Messenger is running, but I am not actively using it, what changes my
status to on-line? Is it any activity on IE? I'm assuming the reverse of
your answer is true for Status = Away. I'm using 7.0.813. Thanks

BillW
Tue Jun 21 21:47:46 CDT 2005

Thank you, Stephen. I appreciate your reply.

"StephenB" <sboots@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> "BillW" <xxx@xxx.com> wrote:
>
>>If MSN Messenger is running, but I am not actively using it, what changes
>>my
>>status to on-line? Is it any activity on IE? I'm assuming the reverse of
>>your answer is true for Status = Away. I'm using 7.0.813. Thanks
>>
> If you have the option for "set to away if computer is idle after xx
> minutes"
> turned on, it will flip from Online to away when nothing is happening at
> your
> computer - no keyboard, no mouse, etc. If you then use the mouse or
> keyboard,
> your status will switch to Online from away. It works like a screensaver,
> actually.
> -steve
>
> --
> Stephen Boots
> MVP MSN.COM
> sboots@mvps.org