Stop Messenger Window from Taking Focus

[RobC]

Is there any way to stop MSN Messenger Conversation Windows from taking
focus when receiving a message. I have many windows open and I end up
typing in the MSN conversation Window of a recently received messege when I
thought I was in another application. I hate AIM but it does have one nice
feature in that it blinks the task bar when a messege is received vs.
stealing focus. This stealing focus has caused me to send info to the
wrong person. Maybe I should just learn to type without looking at the
keyboard...

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Rob

PS. Anyone know how to automatically save conversations? Yahoo has that
feature.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Rob,

Actually AIM steals the focus, MSN Messenger does not -- are you sure you're referring to
right product?

MSN Messenger also has a built-in way to save conversations, assuming you're using MSN
Messenger 6.x, simply click the Tools menu in any Messenger window, click Options, then click
the Messages tab, and select 'Automatically keep a history of my conversations'.
____________________________________________
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Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
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[RobC]

Greetings Rob,

Actually AIM steals the focus, MSN Messenger does not -- are you sure
you're referring to right product?

MSN Messenger also has a built-in way to save conversations, assuming
you're using MSN Messenger 6.x, simply click the Tools menu in any
Messenger window, click Options, then click the Messages tab, and
select 'Automatically keep a history of my conversations'.
____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

Jonathan,

I had 4.7 on my XP Professional Dell laptop. Didn't know 6.2 was
availavble. I loaded 6.2 and see I can now automatically save
messages.... that is great! I was also mistaken on the focus issue I
mentioned in 4.7. I retested it yesterday and it did the blinking on
the task bar and did not take focus, though I would swear this happened
in the past. Sure would be nice to be able to hide some of those tabs
on the left.

Thanks,
Rob

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Rob,

Oh, but you can hide the tabs too -- just click the Tools menu, then Options, then Privacy
tab, select 'This is a shared computer so don't display my tabs' and click OK.

Glad to hear it's working out for you =)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.