Greetings all,
I used my brother's laptop and used MSN messenger live.By chance I was browsing through 'my documents' and noticed that all the convos are saved?
I deleted them and emptied out the recycle bin...my query is ,is there any way to restrict/remove this app and will the convos come back to haunt me even though i've deleted them off the 'chat logs' folder.i dont want to find that there is a hidden folder lurking somewhere.


I'm so freaked out by this,i honestly thought MSN messenger gave individual choice when you were logging off in regards to saving conversations!?

Messenger Plus! Live logs your chats by default; you can change this in the Preferences.

thanks!
im still worried about the convo files not being fully deleted off the laptop though....is there a way to trace the convos even though I have emptied them out of the recycle bin?its still saved on the hard drive right?

the data will still be on the computer like any other file you "delete" so you can get it back but its hard... but if you deleted them it should be ok

The real problem here is that most users don't understand how to use the security and multi-user features built into Windows correctly.

Windows has a concept of user accounts.  User accounts should correspond one to one to humans.  Even though you used your brother's computer, you should never have used it with his user account (nor should he have allowed you to).  Instead, a separate Windows user account should have been made for you.  That alone would have insured, among other things, that 1)you can change any settings you want without affecting your brother; 2)you would get your own Documents and your own logs -- not all that well protected from him if he was trying to see them, but at least out of his immediate sight.

MsgPlus! shouldn't enable chat logging for new users by default

I still support this idea, and at that thread Patchou wrote

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A lot of peopel actually install Plus! for the chat logging option...

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Originally posted by Patchou
and the configuration wizard was made clean and simple exactly so that most people would check it out.

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Originally posted by queen_bee
I'm so freaked out by this,i honestly thought MSN messenger gave individual choice when you were logging off in regards to saving conversations!?

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I disagree, the wizard is there so they can easily disable chat logging if they want to when they first install. It's their fault for not going through the wizard if they don't want chat logging.

Well, you could have just set up an encryption for the new & old files, rather than deleting them. That way you don't have to worry about them being recovered.

vaccination, do you know there is a Registry Setting which prevents Configuration Wizard to pop-up for new users? For example, queen_bee's brother may have disabled Configuration Wizard via Registry Settings, and therefore queen_bee may haven't even gone through the wizard in the first place. I mean the wizard may not be there always.

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the wizard is there so they can easily disable chat logging if they want to...

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I deleted them and emptied out the recycle bin

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Adeptus-I understand the multiple user fac for windows but to be honest my own laptop was not charged and i was too lazy to look for the adapter hence using my brother's very quickly.That was the first and last time I ever used his laptop so it didnt seem worth it.

ahmetgns-i agree also, it should not automatically allow chat logs by default for new users.there should be an option.i never went through a wizard so it must have been disabled.


nanafreak- 'so you can get it back but its hard' yes thats what i thought but what do you mean by 'hard'?what do you have to do?

giant spider-encryption?i have never encrypted anything in my life?like a hidden folder?im so not as tech friendly as i prided myself in lol

anyways thanks for all your help and patience guys. it serves me right for being so lazy!

You don't have to do it yourself, it is simply an option in the preferences in plus. Much like the abilty to save files is there, so is the ability to encrypt them. All you have to do is put a password where it says and your done.

For furture reference try Preferences > Conversations > Logs Encryption

giant spider-oh i see,well just before i uninstalled the Plus!last night(after i changed the default option that is) i did make a password for my msn username/email in the preferences....so when i unistalled the plus! app a box appeared asking if i wanted to keep the settings that were changed so if anyone was to download plus! again it would remember user preferences and i clicked yes

ok so yeah what i was going to ask was that even tho i deleted the files before i changed my preferences it will still apply IF somebody was to try to recover my chat log files right?they could only find them if they were logged in with my msn and knew the password for my settings?*exhales* lol

Not quite.

If the files weren't encrypted (which by the sounds of it, they weren't) then if they were recovered then whoever did it would be able to read them.

But if your brother is just an average user he probably wouldn't be able to do it. And I can't imagine him wanting to do it.