hey i have a problem with my tabbed chats too! Whenever i select a conversation then select another one with the tabbed chat box, the chatbox will get smaller and smaller each time i switch the conversations till it becomes a small window! Is there anyway to correct this?

Do you have any software such as Windowblinds/MyColors etc, to change the appearance of Windows? They were known to cause this problem a couple of years ago and I'm not sure if the incompatibility was ever fixed (in either that software or Messenger Plus!).

Anyway, if you do have either of these installed, try adding Messenger (msnmsgr.exe) to the exclusion list as this fixed it in the past.

Are you running Messenger in compatibility mode? if so, this may be the cause.

yup in on vista compatibility mode as i dont like to have the extra box on the task bar. i prefer the small icon in my taskbar. is there any addons to do just that? even running without the compatibility mode, the chats still shrink!

Edit: my colours is causing the problem! thanks for your help! =)