Status changes by itself

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Mark

i set status to appear offline

program changes status to online by itself

i am not at my machine (it is actually locked)

why does it do this and can you stop it!
 
Hi,
When you lock or Sleep the computer,MSN will show"Busy".
If you want to show offline,please don't sleep or lock your computer!
 
Greetings Mark,

Are you using an older version of Messenger? If so, older versions if disconnected, didn't
handle the status properly. MSN Messenger 7 does handle this situation correctly though:
http://messenger.msn.com/download
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hi there

thanks for your reply

i am using the latest version

i believe it is related to the option "show me as away when i'm inactive for
n minutes" and/or the "show me as busy and block my alerts when i'm running
a full screen program..."

these options were checked last time...i have since unchecked them and my
status remained the same.

ie: at the end of the day i would set my status to "appear offline" and
lock my pc but in the morning i would come in to find my status was
"online". since turning off the above options the status has remained as
"appear offline"
 
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