I was wondering how do you remove the message "Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation." from your chat window.

I have Googled for a solution for ages but I am running Windows Vista and the main solution of editing the registry by adding the string IMWarning to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MessengerService\Policies" does not seen to apply to Vista as MessengerService only contains "Clients" and "SessionManager" there is no "Policies"

I have Messenger Discovery installed and set it to remove all advertisements but it is still there. I also tried the A-Patch but I still have this warning.

Is there any other method to remove this credit card warning?

I'm pretty sure it just goes away after a while, perhaps after a certain number of conversations held.

Alternatively, try creating the "Policies" key, and then add the IMWarning string.

Hope this helps

The key you want to add/modify is:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger\PerPassportSettings\<msnid>

Key name: WarningMsgCount
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 5

your msnid number can be calculated here:
http://gifpaste.org/dev/msgrid/

Everything is explained in detail in this 4 year old post:
CookieRevised's reply to MsgPlus rock!  ???

Sorry for the delayed response been away for a while.

Well thanks for the link but if you look at the last posts in that topic I have the same problems as the posters do there and no solution was ever made.

I have tried setting both "WarningMsgCount" and "IntroShownCount" to various numbers (5 and higher). Which is successful in removing the message. The only downside is that the next time I sign into messenger the "WarningMsgCount" resets to 0 and the message comes back.

anyone?

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what i do is just open and close conversations until it's gone

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So by the vast number of replies I'm getting I assume that there currently is no solution to this.

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lol ye that's one way but there has to be some way to stop WarningMsgCount from resetting to 0 each time you sign on (Basically a matter of convenience).

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lol ye that's one way but there has to be some way to stop WarningMsgCount from resetting to 0 each time you sign on (Basically a matter of convenience).

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It doesn't reset to 0 each time you sign on; maybe it resets the first time you use it in a new location...

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lol ye that's one way but there has to be some way to stop WarningMsgCount from resetting to 0 each time you sign on (Basically a matter of convenience).

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It doesn't reset to 0 each time you sign on; maybe it resets the first time you use it in a new location...

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Well unless I am seeing things it does reset to 0 each time I sign in. Hell I even kept the registry open set WarningMsgCount to 5 which removed the message, completely exited  Windows Live, ran Windows Live again, Signed on and WarningMsgCount was back to being 0 and so the message was back again. I believe that pretty much describes the definition of "reset". I only have 1 user account on this computer to.

I am come across other people with this exact same issue on other forums and even on topics on this forum and on every single one of them nobody ever responds with something helpful.

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what i was thinking of doing is writing a script to set the value to 0 on messenger open but i didn't get very far as it appears i do not have the ability to write to the whole registry just keys specific to plus am i right?

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lol ye that's one way but there has to be some way to stop WarningMsgCount from resetting to 0 each time you sign on (Basically a matter of convenience).

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It doesn't reset to 0 each time you sign on; maybe it resets the first time you use it in a new location...

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Well unless I am seeing things it does reset to 0 each time I sign in. Hell I even kept the registry open set WarningMsgCount to 5 which removed the message, completely exited  Windows Live, ran Windows Live again, Signed on and WarningMsgCount was back to being 0 and so the message was back again. I believe that pretty much describes the definition of "reset". I only have 1 user account on this computer to.

I am come across other people with this exact same issue on other forums and even on topics on this forum and on every single one of them nobody ever responds with something helpful.

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Try setting the permissions of the reg key so that it can't be changed by the system? I haven't tried this, but worth a shot?

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If this is a one off problem that it resets to 0 every time, surely someone could make a bandaid fix type script which quickly opens and closes 5 conversations upon signing in? While it's not exactly the best way to go about it, it solves the individual's problem.

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If this is a one off problem that it resets to 0 every time, surely someone could make a bandaid fix type script which quickly opens and closes 5 conversations upon signing in? While it's not exactly the best way to go about it, it solves the individual's problem.

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what i was thinking of doing is writing a script to set the value to 0 on messenger open but i didn't get very far as it appears i do not have the ability to write to the whole registry just keys specific to plus am i right?

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So has anyone made any progress on a solution.

I have the same problem.  It keeps coming back even after I change the message code at IMWarningMsg, so I tried deleting the WarningMsgCount, it just made another one.  Then I tried putting a variable value in there instead of a DWord, but it just changed it back.

I knew my other computer didn't have the problem, so I tried copying everything over from that registry.  There was 1 key that was missing that seems to have fixed the problem.
Using Regedit, go to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger\PerPassportSettings\2616624179 <--Substitute this number for whatever one your account is, this number is your msn account.

Then right click, add new DWord, Name = SMSPromoCount  Value = 2
(Some people have 5, I have 2, don't know what that does.)

Make sure you also change IMWarningCount to 5.
SMSPromoCount stops it from resetting, but if it's at 2 or 3, it will have to count UP to 5 before it freezes.

Afterwards, it shouldn't be there anymore.  Give it a try.

(If you aren't sure about which MSN account yours is, and you have several, either change them all, or try this program.  I found it on the forum, works great, no virus/trojans.)
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=15...d=132217#pid132217

mess patch removes it

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I have the same problem.  It keeps coming back even after I change the message code at IMWarningMsg, so I tried deleting the WarningMsgCount, it just made another one.  Then I tried putting a variable value in there instead of a DWord, but it just changed it back.

I knew my other computer didn't have the problem, so I tried copying everything over from that registry.  There was 1 key that was missing that seems to have fixed the problem.
Using Regedit, go to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger\PerPassportSettings\2616624179 <--Substitute this number for whatever one your account is, this number is your msn account.

Then right click, add new DWord, Name = SMSPromoCount  Value = 2
(Some people have 5, I have 2, don't know what that does.)

Make sure you also change IMWarningCount to 5.
SMSPromoCount stops it from resetting, but if it's at 2 or 3, it will have to count UP to 5 before it freezes.

Afterwards, it shouldn't be there anymore.  Give it a try.

(If you aren't sure about which MSN account yours is, and you have several, either change them all, or try this program.  I found it on the forum, works great, no virus/trojans.)
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=15...d=132217#pid132217

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If anyone would like to try my script, I've (hopefully) come up with a solution to this problem.

If you can test this, and tell me if you still get the warnings, and if so. Under what circumstances the warnings still appear.

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Wouldn't a reg file do this fine?

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Wouldn't a reg file do this fine?

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Wouldn't a reg file do this fine?

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yes but then you'd have to use it each time wlm starts cos mine tends to reset, with a script you can add the reg file on start up.
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I thought a regfile that did it automatically would be a great idea, so I started studying how to do it...until I realized it was impossible (or at least I don't have enough coding experience to know how).

The reason is the MSN-ID, everyone has a different ID number with MSN which correlates to their email address.  Since I don't know what your MSN-ID is, I can't create a reg file that inputs code there.  Unless there's a funtion that puts it into all numerical fields.

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I thought a regfile that did it automatically would be a great idea, so I started studying how to do it...until I realized it was impossible (or at least I don't have enough coding experience to know how).

The reason is the MSN-ID, everyone has a different ID number with MSN which correlates to their email address.  Since I don't know what your MSN-ID is, I can't create a reg file that inputs code there.  Unless there's a funtion that puts it into all numerical fields.

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yes but then you'd have to use it each time wlm starts cos mine tends to reset, with a script you can add the reg file on start up.
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That's exactly it. Somehow it's still resetting, so I'm not sure what event i should be firing it on.

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I have the same problem.  It keeps coming back even after I change the message code at IMWarningMsg, so I tried deleting the WarningMsgCount, it just made another one.  Then I tried putting a variable value in there instead of a DWord, but it just changed it back.

I knew my other computer didn't have the problem, so I tried copying everything over from that registry.  There was 1 key that was missing that seems to have fixed the problem.
Using Regedit, go to \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger\PerPassportSettings\2616624179 <--Substitute this number for whatever one your account is, this number is your msn account.

Then right click, add new DWord, Name = SMSPromoCount  Value = 2
(Some people have 5, I have 2, don't know what that does.)

Make sure you also change IMWarningCount to 5.
SMSPromoCount stops it from resetting, but if it's at 2 or 3, it will have to count UP to 5 before it freezes.

Afterwards, it shouldn't be there anymore.  Give it a try.

(If you aren't sure about which MSN account yours is, and you have several, either change them all, or try this program.  I found it on the forum, works great, no virus/trojans.)
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/showthread.php?tid=15...d=132217#pid132217

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Yup, thanks Tanith.  We're just trying to make a program so that people who don't know how to edit their registry or are too afraid to (since it could kill your system) can still fix the problem.

I have a newer version of my script which i have sent to MenthiX, which incorporates the registry key elach has found.


http://www.msgpluslive.net/scripts/view/486-NoMoreCreditCardWarning/