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Is it possible to lock down the personal message to make it difficult for people who pass by my pc to change my message.

Apparently there are "children" at my office who find it fun to change my personal message on me when I step away from my PC for a minute.

lock messenger when you step away?

That would be my first option. Perhaps you should see the idle security script.

http://www.msgpluslive.net/scripts/view/34-Idle-Security/

That is not exactly what I was looking for, but if it is my only option, then I guess it is better than what I have now.

I really only care to prevent my personal message from changing.  I imagine there is no built in way to do this then. 

Is it possible to detect when the personal message is manually changed and change it to a predefined value?  I am not really familiar with scripting and I was unsure about where I should have posted this me3ssage in the first place.  If anyone else has any suggestions or ideas, please let me know.

well somebody could make a script that checks avery fwe seconds to see if your PSM has changed and if it has, it will change it back

The PSM changing would be the very least of my worries when you say there are big "children" at your office who make it into a sport to change your PSM.

If you 'lock' the PSM down with a script like NiteMare suggested, those "children" would in no time find other things todo on your Messenger and even computer.

Not to mention that 'locking' the PSM down with a script can easly be worked around by simply disabling that script, of which I have no doubt those other guys will soon find out how...

I think the best option you have is really locking Messenger with Messenger Plus!'s Messenger Lock feature with a password. It was especially designed with "running children in your office" in mind...

Or better yet, lock your computer all together. This can be done for example with a screensaver and setting a password. Your current connection, etc will not be lost either if you do that.

What Cookie said about locking your computer is also a very valid point, and can stop them from messing with other things when they can't mess with your Messenger or PSM.

A quick way to lock your PC is to press the Windows key and L when you get up from your desk.

yeah, lock your comuter so you don't eventually come back with like porn as your decktop background, or something

I am less worried about my desktop background as others on MSN will not see it, besides even though they act childish sometimes, they still have to behave somewhat professionally.  The problem with locking my computer is that I get pulled away from it to assist others so often that I forget to do it & it can be a pain to have to unlock it all the time.

It does make sense what you said because they could change other things like my avatar, however it is less likely since most things that can be seen by those who I chat what are also easily visible by me in a messenger window.

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I did some research into this and found out how to write a script for this.  I thought it would be more difficult than this.  C'est la vie.
I used the timer to prevent the person who changes it from noticing the change easily.  It Follows:

function OnEvent_MyPsmChange(NewPsm)
{
    if(NewPsm != "My Personal Message")
    {
        MsgPlus.AddTimer("ResetPersonalInfo", 10000);
    }
}

function OnEvent_MyNameChange(NewName)
{
    if(NewName != "My Name")
    {
        MsgPlus.AddTimer("ResetPersonalInfo", 10000);
    }
}

function OnEvent_Timer(TimerId)
{
    if(TimerId == "ResetPersonalInfo")
    {
        Messenger.MyPersonalMessage = "My Personal Message";
        Messenger.MyName = "My Name";
    }
}

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Originally posted by Shaggie
I am less worried about my desktop background as others on MSN will not see it,

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We were not talking about your desktop background though.

We were talking about stuff like installing programs, removing programs, changing other (important) Windows settings, getting your Windows Live ID passport or other passwords, etc...

quote:

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Originally posted by Shaggie
The problem with locking my computer is that I get pulled away from it to assist others so often that I forget to do it & it can be a pain to have to unlock it all the tim.e.

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It's only 1 key press to lock your PC though, eg: WIN+L...



Either way, it's one or the other. Or you do lock your PC properly to prevent those "children" from changing/installing/removing stuff, or you don't lock it and you give them the chance to do whatever they want (even with that script)...

As said previously, having a script to prevent them from changing your PSM or whatever in Messenger is totally not a solution at all. All they need to do is a few clicks and they would be able to change anything they want again...