Windows messenger

[Guest]

Hi there. I have two icons at the bottom right of my screen that say I have
two messenger programs. A friend told me about 7.5 so I downloaded it and
now I have two. How do I change it to only have 1 messenger icon without
losing my contact names in the original one

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Boo,

Both Messenger clients operate on the same network so you don't need to worry about losing
your contacts. You'll simply need to disable Windows Messenger. You can do so by opening it
up (click Start, then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK), click Tools, Options, Preferences tab
and uncheck 'Run this Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows
starts' (depending on version) as well as 'Allow this program to run in the background' or
'Allow Windows Messenger to run in the background' (depending on version).
____________________________________________
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) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

 

[Guest]

Jonathan
Thank you so much for all your help, it worked. Thank you.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Boo,

Excellent
____________________________________________
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) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

 

[Guest]

Firstly, sorry for replying to this thread when it is a different topic - For
some reason, when I click on New and question, nothing happens, it wont let
me start a new thread. Anyway

I have a contact on my Windows Messenger list and they were blocked once
upon a time but they are no longer. Yet the red circle and red line going
through it appears and when I click to delete this contact, it says it cannot
do it and automatically signs me out of Messenger. Whats gone wrong?