Is it possible

Ok here's my question:
My problem is that one of my friends appeared on my
contact list as
"my-friends-nick[away]", and she says that just at the
given moment she
signed on msn,
so according to her story:
the last time she signed out her status was set to away
and somehow
Messenger remembered her status and when she signed in
again her status was
"pre-set" to "away". I've tried the same thing with my
msn6 but it didnt
work: every time i signed in my status was set to "online"
no matter what
status i set in the previoous session...
the only way that i could make that work is if i BLOCK
someone as "away" and
then unblock that person then my status would still
be "away".... right?
Personally i think its a lie but i wanted to check with
the microsoft
support to see if you have encountered such a problem,
Alot of ppl are complaining at the new messenger so i
thought it might be
due to the buggy messenger.......

Anywayz thanx for ur help ;)

Shadow
Fri Aug 29 01:51:56 CDT 2003

Not too sure myself on that, but it does seem that they're hiding
themselves in the way you described to me....wait for Jonathan to reply
though...he knows more than I do on that.

"30PAH" <p30pah@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ok here's my question:
> My problem is that one of my friends appeared on my
> contact list as
> "my-friends-nick[away]", and she says that just at the
> given moment she
> signed on msn,
> so according to her story:
> the last time she signed out her status was set to away
> and somehow
> Messenger remembered her status and when she signed in
> again her status was
> "pre-set" to "away". I've tried the same thing with my
> msn6 but it didnt
> work: every time i signed in my status was set to "online"
> no matter what
> status i set in the previoous session...
> the only way that i could make that work is if i BLOCK
> someone as "away" and
> then unblock that person then my status would still
> be "away".... right?
> Personally i think its a lie but i wanted to check with
> the microsoft
> support to see if you have encountered such a problem,
> Alot of ppl are complaining at the new messenger so i
> thought it might be
> due to the buggy messenger.......
>
> Anywayz thanx for ur help ;)
>
>

Edward
Fri Aug 29 08:19:15 CDT 2003

you can do it with some polygamy patches
"Shadow Designs" <shadow5731@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Not too sure myself on that, but it does seem that they're hiding
> themselves in the way you described to me....wait for Jonathan to reply
> though...he knows more than I do on that.
>
> "30PAH" <p30pah@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:018001c36df7$5d8c6ea0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > Ok here's my question:
> > My problem is that one of my friends appeared on my
> > contact list as
> > "my-friends-nick[away]", and she says that just at the
> > given moment she
> > signed on msn,
> > so according to her story:
> > the last time she signed out her status was set to away
> > and somehow
> > Messenger remembered her status and when she signed in
> > again her status was
> > "pre-set" to "away". I've tried the same thing with my
> > msn6 but it didnt
> > work: every time i signed in my status was set to "online"
> > no matter what
> > status i set in the previoous session...
> > the only way that i could make that work is if i BLOCK
> > someone as "away" and
> > then unblock that person then my status would still
> > be "away".... right?
> > Personally i think its a lie but i wanted to check with
> > the microsoft
> > support to see if you have encountered such a problem,
> > Alot of ppl are complaining at the new messenger so i
> > thought it might be
> > due to the buggy messenger.......
> >
> > Anywayz thanx for ur help ;)
> >
> >
>
>

3OPAH
Fri Aug 29 09:29:18 CDT 2003

I think she has a quite normal MSN Messenger 6, was there
a bug that made that possible in previous releses or betas?

btw. would you mind explaining what are polygamy patches
exactly and what do they do???

>-----Original Message-----
>you can do it with some polygamy patches

3OPAH
Sat Aug 30 00:27:47 CDT 2003

Hey Jonathan do you have any comments on this?

"3OPAH" <p30pah@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:05d001c36e39$ee26d760$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I think she has a quite normal MSN Messenger 6, was there
> a bug that made that possible in previous releses or betas?
>
> btw. would you mind explaining what are polygamy patches
> exactly and what do they do???
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >you can do it with some polygamy patches
>

Jonathan
Sat Aug 30 00:42:31 CDT 2003

Hi,

The two main scenarios where someone can be automatically set to away is if they're on Remote
Desktop (Messenger's detection of whether or not you're there doesn't quite work while
connected via Remote Desktop, so it will set to away within the first few minutes of being
connected) or if someone is away and their Messenger client is disconnected, Messenger will
periodically try to "reestablish" the connection and when it does, it will set the status as
away.

Other then this, there is no way to "choose" your status before you sign in nor is there a
way to choose a status before your sign out and have Messenger "remember" it. Note that this
only applies to Microsoft's Messenger clients, third-party clients (ie. Trillian) do support
this feature (so if your friend is using Trillian, she may actually be seeing this). From a
technical prospective, the protocol does allow this to happen, it's just whether the clients
utilize it (which the Microsoft clients currently do not).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com




"3OPAH" <p30pah@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:u941cdrbDHA.2412@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hey Jonathan do you have any comments on this?
>
> "3OPAH" <p30pah@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:05d001c36e39$ee26d760$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > I think she has a quite normal MSN Messenger 6, was there
> > a bug that made that possible in previous releses or betas?
> >
> > btw. would you mind explaining what are polygamy patches
> > exactly and what do they do???
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >you can do it with some polygamy patches
> >
>
>

3OPAH
Sat Aug 30 02:54:18 CDT 2003

And how about if she is using a beta 6 version? Is there a bug in that
verison of messenger that can mess up the display of your status so it shows
"away" instead of "online"?


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
news:ukFfGmrbDHA.3444@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> The two main scenarios where someone can be automatically set to away is
if they're on Remote
> Desktop (Messenger's detection of whether or not you're there doesn't
quite work while
> connected via Remote Desktop, so it will set to away within the first few
minutes of being
> connected) or if someone is away and their Messenger client is
disconnected, Messenger will
> periodically try to "reestablish" the connection and when it does, it will
set the status as
> away.
>
> Other then this, there is no way to "choose" your status before you sign
in nor is there a
> way to choose a status before your sign out and have Messenger "remember"
it. Note that this
> only applies to Microsoft's Messenger clients, third-party clients (ie.
Trillian) do support
> this feature (so if your friend is using Trillian, she may actually be
seeing this). From a
> technical prospective, the protocol does allow this to happen, it's just
whether the clients
> utilize it (which the Microsoft clients currently do not).
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Windows MVP, Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

Jonathan
Sat Aug 30 10:12:49 CDT 2003

Hi,

No bug with that in any of the beta versions (public or leaked) that I'm aware of.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"3OPAH" <p30pah@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:esRg9usbDHA.3872@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> And how about if she is using a beta 6 version? Is there a bug in that
> verison of messenger that can mess up the display of your status so it shows
> "away" instead of "online"?
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
> news:ukFfGmrbDHA.3444@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > The two main scenarios where someone can be automatically set to away is
> if they're on Remote
> > Desktop (Messenger's detection of whether or not you're there doesn't
> quite work while
> > connected via Remote Desktop, so it will set to away within the first few
> minutes of being
> > connected) or if someone is away and their Messenger client is
> disconnected, Messenger will
> > periodically try to "reestablish" the connection and when it does, it will
> set the status as
> > away.
> >
> > Other then this, there is no way to "choose" your status before you sign
> in nor is there a
> > way to choose a status before your sign out and have Messenger "remember"
> it. Note that this
> > only applies to Microsoft's Messenger clients, third-party clients (ie.
> Trillian) do support
> > this feature (so if your friend is using Trillian, she may actually be
> seeing this). From a
> > technical prospective, the protocol does allow this to happen, it's just
> whether the clients
> > utilize it (which the Microsoft clients currently do not).
> > ____________________________________________
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Windows MVP, Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>
>

3OPAH
Sat Aug 30 11:58:20 CDT 2003

thanx man keep up the good work ;)

Jonathan
Sat Aug 30 15:23:02 CDT 2003

Hi,

You're very welcome and thanks =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"3OPAH" <p30pah@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:%23PTUTQzbDHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> thanx man keep up the good work ;)
>
>