Threads Replies Last Post 19 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19   Newbie question I am new to windows Live messenger and have a simple question. Any way to have messages open up the alert box on the taskbar but NOT open up the fulle messenger chat box? I do not like my screen that I am working on being obscured by the chat box constantly opening, and would prefer just the alert box noifying me of a message and if I choose to respond I would then open the chat box. ... 2 19.04.2007 04:10:00 msnbackup I am trying to run msnbackup for the 1st time and get an error message #429 ActiveX component cannot create object ... 2 19.04.2007 04:08:29 Cpu heats up when windows live messenger is closed Win dows live messenger heats up the cpu when closed and is in the task bar and freezes will not open from task bar have to use windows task mamager to close it so it will exit and my cpu temp returns to normal... 2 19.04.2007 04:02:10 Lite Messenger I have a client with a bunch of older computers that do not have a whole lot of resources available to them. They are slow. I am wanting to add some type of IM utility to each of the computers to allow better support and response when they have problems. But, Messenger is way too big and uses up way too much RAM for these older systems. I have been searching and searching for a very lite IM u... 8 19.04.2007 04:01:14 Messenger 8.1 had to close VISTA I was running Messenger 8.1 under Windows XP Media Centre Edition I did the upgrade to Vista Home Premium and it kept coming up saying messenger had to close whenever messenger tried to start. So I uninstalled and reinstalled messenger 8.1 and the same problem... so I searched the net and it said messenger 8.0 would work so I reverted back to that and it works. However my brother has... 4 19.04.2007 03:54:56 re help im new here and was wondering how do u find other people that are using the same service is there a chat room or something thanks ... 4 19.04.2007 03:47:20 PING> MVP: blog says WLM has encrypted shared folder file transfers http://messengersays.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1pa8Iikfy0xU3xf4W911Jq4Q!1607.entry search for the word encrypted on that page.. so is this correct or bogus? ... 2 18.04.2007 23:43:40 getting windows live messenger to run under vista machine i have tried to install messenger on my machine it appears to install correctly. when i try to open the program it opens but never shows on the desktop. i know it has loaded when i check the task manager in the processes tab if i try to open several times they all show in there as well. i have uninstalled messenger, reinstalled vista and formatted the hard drive installed vista then tri... 6 18.04.2007 14:21:33 Newbie question I am just begining to use windows live messenger, I have never really used any IM client software before so forgive my ignorance. My question is , is it possible to have a message come in to my client and only open the alert box on the taskbar and not open the full message box unliss I click it to indicate that I want to answer? Right now every time I get a message coming in it opens the ... 1 18.04.2007 13:15:07 Can not delete shared files ore folders Using WLM Ver: 8.1 on XP SP2, with NAV installed. Sharing files and folders works great, but when I try to delete ore remove some of the files in these folders XP shuts down the entire WLM. I get the message: msnmsgr.exe Error. Missing PDC_SDK.DLL. Try to reinstall. Why is it so??... 1 18.04.2007 13:10:02 Audio Problems Live Messenger When I ry to use Live Messenger I can see and hear my contacts, they however can see me but do not receive audio. I have reinstalled Messenger to no avail. Skype works ok with audio both ways albeit at a poorer quality, therefore my set up appears ok Any suggestions please? -- Digiman... 1 18.04.2007 10:16:00 Where Are Custom Emoticons Stored? Hi, I was wondering if someone could tell me where all my custom emoticons are stored on my computer and how i could get to them? I save all my emoticons on a photobucket account for safe keeping and my friend sent me some i would like to get the files of so i can put them on my photobucket account. But idk how to get to the folder that stores the ones you save while in a conversa... 2 18.04.2007 08:00:37 Saving message conversation Can someone please tell me how to save all my conversations in Windows Live Messenger. The message history box in options does not highlight when I try.... 5 18.04.2007 07:06:03 Remote Assistance not working I have recently noticed that I can no longer help other users with their computers when they send me a Remote Assistance Invitation when we are chatting or even if they send it to me in an email. I used this feature all the time and all of a sudden it is not working. I do not have any firewall turned on on my system and my corporate firewall is not blocking it either. Like I said this... 12 18.04.2007 03:43:55 Contacts show offline My contacts are showing offline when they are in fact online, have tried removing contacts and then restoring them but still have problem. When i go to TOOLS - OPTIONS and then to CONNECTION there is a red circle with a yellow exclamation mark between the computer symbol and the server symbol. I have tried going to add remove programmes, then repair, but still have probs... I was going ... 2 18.04.2007 02:20:32 ?????? When I try to type in WLM to send a message I can only get E's/e's with an accent for the question mark. How do I change this as it seems to be only happening in this program?... 2 18.04.2007 02:16:45 Multi User interface for Whiteboard and Applications sharing Can't you invite multiple contacts (in Messenger) to an instance of application sharing or whiteboards? I don't see how to start multiple contacts in either. NetMeeting has the ability to have multi users in a application sharing/whiteboard. I am under the assumption that Messenger utilizes net meeting for application sharing and whiteboards. ... 2 18.04.2007 02:16:14 are shared folders secure- encrypted? How well? Bits? are shared folders secure- encrypted? How well? Who many Bits? thanks ... 3 17.04.2007 23:20:59 Log in problem error 800401f3 Hi, im having trouble signing in windows live messenger it always says signing in failed because the service is temporary unavailable I tried to sign in with older version of msn i still had the same problem. (error : 800401f3) I don't know if this might help but on my older account on this computer wlm worked very well but I had to delete that that account and now it isnt working on... 1 17.04.2007 20:32:00 How do I make WLM Mail button launch other than MSN Mail? In the Programs section of my Internet Options settings, I recently changed the specified E-mail program from "MSN Mail" to "Windows Live Mail" and Messenger still launches MSN Mail whenever I press the Mail button. However, if I instead use the pull-down menu 'Actions -> Send other -> Send an e-mail message...' or click the Inbox link on the Windows Live Today page, Messenger lau... 4 17.04.2007 04:34:02 MSN Messenger Will Not Start - Restrictions I cannot start msn messenger. I receive "This operation cancelled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Likely a group policy thing. I am an administrator on my notebook, is there any way to circumnavigate this restriction? ... 2 16.04.2007 23:34:25 Windows Live Messenger problems I have had problems for the whole week since last friday. When I started Windows Live Messenger, it never started. But in task manager, I saw one process called msnmsgr.exe and its mem usage is 13,972 K. Sometimes at odd time, it finally started. But when I need to chat with my friends at specific times and I never got it started. Really I dont know what to do to fix it and couldn't... 17 15.04.2007 22:37:35 Clicking "Email" button on WLM to get Hotmail My wife can click on her WLM "Email" button and is automatically taken to her Hotmail Inbox. If I try to do this on my own computer, nothing happens. Is there a setting I should be altering to allow this? Grateful for any advice thanks. Geoff Cooper... 2 15.04.2007 02:40:25 vista speech recognition, dictation, in IM? I injured my hand so I've been using Vista's speech recognition with great success to dictate and navigate. I was surprised and dissapointed that I couldn't get dictation to work in IM. Does messenger not support Text Services Framework? If not, any plans to add it? I ended up using Word to dictate and cutting and pasting into IM. Lee Hopkins Parker CO... 1 14.04.2007 17:04:03 19 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19