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RuNE
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Need MSN help! I hate this fuckin program!
#5258389 - 02/03/06 06:39 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I hate MSN Messenger. Its clunky, and annoying, and ......just very crap compared to AIM.......especialy a nice, clean, hacked AIM where all ad's are removed.
Anyway. Everyone here in T.O seems to use MSN. Everyone. ppl are like 'wtf is AIM?'. My mom is one of them. She keeps bitching. Why?
Well, an annoying family member will msg her the instant she hits the login button in XP Home. (it auto logs out when idle). The funny thing is, MSN does not auto sign in, infact it will still be 'signed off' with the lil red icon in tray while the msg is staring at her in the face. Now i know MSN has weezled its way into Hotmail, and im starting to suspect this is why this person will see her sign on... but im not sure.
If im signed off a chat program, i want to be signed off. Microsoft can go fuck themselves. I've tried the help files, looking thru all settings, google, etc.
How the fuck does she sign off so they dont see her, please, im tired and im ripping my hair out.
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automan
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Re: Need MSN help! I hate this fuckin program! [Re: RuNE]
#5258404 - 02/03/06 06:50 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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OJK
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Re: Need MSN help! I hate this fuckin program! [Re: automan]
#5258786 - 02/03/06 10:55 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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GAIM is amazing
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wilshire
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Re: Need MSN help! I hate this fuckin program! [Re: RuNE]
#5258794 - 02/03/06 10:57 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah, use gaim. and turn off messenger.
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Le_Canard
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Re: Need MSN help! I hate this fuckin program! [Re: wilshire]
#5258850 - 02/03/06 11:20 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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wilshire said: turn off messenger.
Yes, or better still, delete the piece of crap.
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browndustin
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Re: Need MSN help! I hate this fuckin program! [Re: Le_Canard]
#5260106 - 02/03/06 05:30 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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I used to work for MSN so I know all about Messenger problems. I actually still love the program. I only keep like 60 people on.. but asides from the resources, ads, etc it's still my favorite instant messenger. The integration with cell phones is the best part. Aim on celly's is wack.
I used to know all the scripts to rip out of that program to have it running so nice. Microsoft is really screwing up the MSN profiles and search, etc. It's all fucked up now.
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RuNE
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Re: Need MSN help! I hate this fuckin program! [Re: RuNE]
#5267081 - 02/05/06 06:53 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Are you all saying there's nothign else to do but 'switch'?
Remember, this is for my computer illiterate mother. It was hard for her to learn MSN to begin with, i dont wanna have to deal with the headache of teaching her another one.
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Vvellum
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Re: Need MSN help! I hate this fuckin program! [Re: RuNE]
#5269456 - 02/06/06 01:25 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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RuNE said: Are you all saying there's nothign else to do but 'switch'?
Remember, this is for my computer illiterate mother. It was hard for her to learn MSN to begin with, i dont wanna have to deal with the headache of teaching her another one.
gaim is easy to use. just install it & set up the accounts. have them save passwords & log in automatically when she signs in... and that's all you have to do.
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OJK
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Re: Need MSN help! I hate this fuckin program! [Re: RuNE]
#5270222 - 02/06/06 04:47 PM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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It's possible that if one of her MSN contacts is using another chat program compatible with the MSN protocol (e.g. Trillian or Gaim). When you log out due to inactivity, probably MSN messenger maintains the connection to the server and just sets you to "appear offline", in order to make it quick to start chatting again once you're back.
It's possible that messages sent from other chat programs will appear to you, because you are connected to the server, even though you are not "online".
It's also possible the contact is sending "offline messages" (which I believe were included in the latest version of MSN) that are meant to appear to you as soon as you go back online, but they are misbehaving and think you are online because you're still connected to the server.
It's also possible that the contact is using software like Enat to send offline messages, but they are misbehaving.
It's also possible that the "messages" your mother is receiving are fake, sent by spyware or adware through things like the messenger service (enabled by default), but that she doesn't realise they aren't sent through MSN messenger because she is computer illiterate.
It's also possible the contact is using a beta version of MSN that is misbehaving.
Contact the contact sending the messages, ask them if they're doing anything or running anything non-standard.
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RuNE
bomberman


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Re: Need MSN help! I hate this fuckin program! [Re: OJK]
#5276112 - 02/08/06 01:33 AM (17 years, 11 months ago) |
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Thanks for the ideas, i'll look over them next time i check her PC.
Then again, my hatred for MSN could overcome me and i'll install GAIM. Probably for the best anyway.
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