"Arrow" through the icon's "head"?!

[Douglas Estok]

Greetings, all. I've had problems with my local machine lately with
viruses, worms and trojans. I'm still not completely disinfected, but
an oddity I noticed a few weeks ago, that mysteriously ceased, is
back.

The MSN Messenger icon in the system tray, when connected and logged
on, has a horizontal line through its "head." Any idea what this
means, or why it's happening? Is it a sympton of said
virus/worm/trojan?

I'm running XP Pro v5.1, Build 2600.xpclient.01817-1148, (no service
packs), MSN Messenger 6.0.0602.

Any thoughts? Is this something to be concerned about? Have I lost
my mind?

Thanks much in advance.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Douglas,

Haven't heard of this issue before, could we have a screenshot if possible?

Also, which video card are you using in this PC?
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Douglas Estok]

Greetings Douglas,

Haven't heard of this issue before, could we have a screenshot if possible?

Also, which video card are you using in this PC?
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

Response sent via e-mail.

 

[Johnny]

Yes, yes you did, and I found it. I want $10 million in small unmarked bills to
give it back to you...

Have I lost

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Douglas,

Thanks for the mail -- I can honestly I really haven't seen that before, nor have I
encountered any issues (graphically in Messenger) with the S3 adapters. I'm unsure if there
is one, but you may want to check WindowsUpdate for a driver update that might have this
problem "disappear":
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[grahamilton]

have a gander at this
http://web.onetel.net.uk/~grahamilton/wtf.jpg

The words "My Status" is covered by the words "(online)" or whatever status
i set it.
this sure doesnt look like what it is supposed to be, never used to look
like that, not done any driver upgrades , etc
system is clean from viruses & other nasty stuff
MSN Messenger Version 6.1 (6.1.0203)
XP Pro SP1

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

This is a known issue in 6.1.0203. Simply open up the main Messenger window, click the Tools
menu, then Options, rewrite your display name, then log off, then log back on and the problem
should be corrected.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[grahamilton]

Cheers, that fixed it

Greetings,

This is a known issue in 6.1.0203. Simply open up the main Messenger window, click the Tools
menu, then Options, rewrite your display name, then log off, then log back on and the problem
should be corrected.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Glad to be of assistance =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com