Satus won't change to idle - Printable Version

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Satus won't change to idle by lemitah on 10-30-2006 at 02:13 AM

I searched the forum and it seems others have had this problem too, but I tried all the suggestions and nothing worked for me. So, I’m here to ask again…

I have the box checked that says “Show me as “Away” when I’m inactive for 5 minutes.” But when I am inactive for longer than that, it still doesn’t change my status. I still appear as “Online” which causes my friends to think I’m ignoring them. I had the same problem with MSN 7.5, so I just used the option in msgplus!, which solved the problem. But msgplus! Live doesn’t have this option, so I know it’s a problem with WLM.

Anyone know what I can do to solve this problem?

I am using:

Windows Live Messenger
Version 8.0 [Build 8.0.0812.00]

With:

Messenger Plus! Live Version 4.01.0.240

RE: Satus won't change to idle by deAd on 10-30-2006 at 02:21 AM

Some programs running in the background can stop messenger from changing to idle. I believe iTunes is one of them, do you use that?

RE: Satus won't change to idle by lemitah on 10-30-2006 at 02:32 AM

No, I do not have iTunes. The only programs I currently have running are WLM, Yahoo Messenger, PeerGuadian, Limewire, and ZoneAlarm. Do you think any of those could be causing my problem?

RE: Satus won't change to idle by Felu on 10-30-2006 at 03:40 AM

quote:
Originally posted by lemitah
Limewire, and ZoneAlarm

Anyone of them could stop you from being idle [Image: xso_undecided.gif]

RE: Satus won't change to idle by lemitah on 10-30-2006 at 04:15 AM

Okay, so I shut down Limewire and ZoneAlarm, but the problem still persists.

Any other ideas?

RE: Satus won't change to idle by Felu on 10-30-2006 at 04:26 AM

Use CookieRevised's Idle on demand script?

RE: Satus won't change to idle by deAd on 10-30-2006 at 04:28 AM

Felu, he/she wants to go idle when he/she actually is idle :dodgy:

Lemitah, though you say you only have WLM, Yahoo Messenger, PeerGuadian, Limewire, and ZoneAlarm running, there are actually many, many more processes running in the background on your computer. Any of these can cause your idle not to work, but it is not advised to stop all of these.

RE: Satus won't change to idle by Felu on 10-30-2006 at 04:33 AM

quote:
Originally posted by deAd
Felu, he/she wants to go idle when he/she actually is idle (Smilie)

I know but when he/she is leaving her computer (s)he might just put the status as idle?

RE: Satus won't change to idle by deAd on 10-30-2006 at 04:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by -!Felu!-

quote:
Originally posted by deAd
Felu, he/she wants to go idle when he/she actually is idle (Smilie)
I know but when he/she is leaving her computer (s)he might just put the status as idle?

The whole point of Idle is to be automatic. It comes in handy when you have to leave suddenly and don't have a chance to set the status...it only changes to idle if your status is Online.