Can I have two Messengers?

[Stephen]

Hi,

I have Messenger at work but if possible, I'd like to have
another Messenger with only my family, so that if I am
chatting with them, an employee won't see me signed in and
ask a question.

I got another passport with my home address but I can't
sign in with it.

It says: "Signing in to Communications Service failed
because they service is temporarily unavailable. Please
try again later."

I tried to uncheck the Communications Service (since I
don't really know what it is), and just use passport. But
Messenger only recognizes me business passport, not
my "family" passport.

If anyone can help me with this, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks a lot,

Stephen

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Stephen,

Firstly, click the Tools menu, then select Options. Click the accounts tab and then click
the option button '.NET Passport' under 'Sign in with this account first:'. Then, uncheck the
box 'My contacts include users of a communications service', and click OK. Then right-click
the Messenger icon in the system tray/notification area (by the clock), and click Sign In.
Then enter your "home" Passport and password and you should be signed in.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Stephen]

Hi,

Thanks a lot for your help.

I did what you said and it worked. I now have a "family"
messenger.

My new problem is that when I click on the Messenger icon,
it automatically goes to my "business" messenger. Before
I can sign out and sign in under my "family" name, I seem
to have three employees messengering me. Is there a way
to choose which Messenger I want to sign in
with "business" or "family?"

One last question. My daughter has Windows 98 on her
computer. Do you know if she can use Messnger with
Windows 98 or is that a problem?

Thanks so much again,

Stephen

-----Original Message-----
Greetings Stephen,

Firstly, click the Tools menu, then select Options.

Click the accounts tab and then click

the option button '.NET Passport' under 'Sign in with

this account first:'. Then, uncheck the

box 'My contacts include users of a communications

service', and click OK. Then right-click

the Messenger icon in the system tray/notification area

(by the clock), and click Sign In.