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Originally posted by Menthix
Either http://profile.live.com/details/edit/name or sign in to an old Messenger version and your old friendly name is there. Depending on which client your contacts use they can see either of those.
I'm using 2009 (14.0.8117.416) and my friend is using the latest 2011. I did change my name there, where you link, into the display name I wanted. It's right there right now. And even before that, I didn't have my full name there, I had a different nickname. Weird stuff really. Some setting must have got stuck or something. I tried to install WLM2011 into another PC, but somehow the installation completely messed up my Win 7 taskbar (icons were gone), and Messenger wouldn't connect. And after uninstalling and doing a system restore to before installation, icons were still gone, and my Firefox profile was reset! The installation seems really intrusive.
Also, Facebook is the only other service I use, and I never used my full name on FB. Even more so, it's not connected to Live.
