Shoutbox

as u can see tat a msn messenger main page with background to color it up a little...

hope to see it added in near future and ur suggestions


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Oskie,NJ

You can already do that;

Save the image you want as lvback.gif and then in a Windows administrator account go to the MSN Messenger program files folder (by default it is C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger) and place the lvback.gif file in there.

To save the image as lvback.gif, you could open the image you want in Microsoft's Paint, and then go to file > save as > save the name as lvback and set the "Save as type" at GIF (*.GIF).

You may need to Exit MSN Messenger and reopen for this to take effect.

Once this is done, the image will be the background for MSN Messenger.

tat is for Windows Messenger not Msn Messenger

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Originally posted by oscarntommy
tat is for Windows Messenger not Msn Messenger

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Not true, try doing that but make sure you put the lvback.gif in C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger or wherever your MSN Messenger folder is - this does work in MSN Messenger.

but wat if it's a shared msn messenger? the image will still remain there...any suggestions?

There is no way, but if you made several installations of MSN Messenger in various directorys, and each person used their own installation folder of MSN Messenger, you could do it.


On the administrators account, go to C:/Program Files in there, copy and paste the msn messenger folder, and rename the folder that you pasted something like "Number 1 MSN" or something.

Now, put the lvback.gif that you want in your folder.

Then make another one like "Number 2 MSN", and then make sure that the other people use that one, with no image in.

most will say no thx for the dupicated space and the trouble of creating more shortcuts ect.

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Originally posted by oscarntommy
most will say no thx for the dupicated space and the trouble of creating more shortcuts ect.

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Well if you're not prepared to do that, then no there is no other way.

If you have programming skills it wouldn't be all that hard. But it would require conversion of images.

On Initialize get the users email address
Get a stored path to a picture
Convert it to a gif, save it in c:\program files\msn messenger and rename it to lvback.gif

On Uninitialize
If the file exists delete the lvback.gif file from the folder.

i almost forgo to say tat never use MS paint to cr8 gif pic...it will never get the best quality

and any1 know how to make the contact's nick brighter if ur background? (with rename nick & attached original nick)

Edit: The rename nick should hav no prob but there will b when seeing the attached nick