Shoutbox

Everytime I restart MSN Messenger, the thing resets the sounds back to the annoying original... Is there any way that can be disabled through plus? I would be soooo gratefull ^_^

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how are you sure it'd be a nice feature if you don't know what I'm referring to?

Anyway, I'm reffering to the fact that if you start msn, it automatically resets it's sounds (the sounds you hear when someone talks to you, or when you get a new email).

It's goddamn annoying to go to the config screen and load a previously saved scheme each time you restart your computer.

And now that I talk about it, I also have the problem that msn changes my display picture each time I log in.. anyone got a fix for that?

right well now that i do understand what your talking about i still agree it would be a nice feature i havent used custom sounds before so i personally havent encountered it but yes i can see where your coming from.

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Originally posted by DeltaBlast
And now that I talk about it, I also have the problem that msn changes my display picture each time I log in.. anyone got a fix for that?

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That shouldnt happen. Does it reset your custom emoticons aswell?
Because i think there is a problem with storing the preferences on you computer.

my dp keeps changing as well but my emoticons dont change

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Originally posted by DeltaBlast
And now that I talk about it, I also have the problem that msn changes my display picture each time I log in.. anyone got a fix for that?

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Tools | Options | Secrecy -- bottommost option: untick (rough translation from Swedish)
Does that help at all?

I have the same problem with the customized sounds being reset every time I startup Messenger.
I solved it by renaming my customsounds to the same name as the original ones and put them in place of MSN Messenger's original sounds.
Quick n' Dirty.
But first I made a BACKUP of the original sounds.

Now for the display pictures, is it a display picture you previously used? If so it might be MSN Messenger not actually saving the information on exit. You can try the following.

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to open a task manager (If using Windows XP, click on Processes) find MsgPlus.exe and end the process.

What you will want to do next is sign on to MSN Messenger (if you aren't already) and set your DP. Then sign off and exit MSN Messenger from the system tray. Reload MSN and check to see if your DP is different.

For the sound exit MSN Messenger, goto the Control Panel (Start (> Settings) > Control Panel > Sounds (or Sounds and Audio Devices)

Click the Sounds tab, and change the sounds for MSN save it as a scheme and hit apply. Reload MSN and see if the sounds have changed. If they are the default ones you can replace the default sounds in C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger with the ones you want them to be or try changing them form within MSN Messenger.

The other option is try changing it in the registry. If the others don't work I will give you the steps for that.

wow gd tip thanx for the help

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Originally posted by Leif

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Originally posted by DeltaBlast
And now that I talk about it, I also have the problem that msn changes my display picture each time I log in.. anyone got a fix for that?

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Tools | Options | Secrecy -- bottommost option: untick (rough translation from Swedish)
Does that help at all?

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Wow that actually work... even though it has nothing to do with my adressbook, it worked ^_^

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Now for the display pictures, is it a display picture you previously used? If so it might be MSN Messenger not actually saving the information on exit. You can try the following.

Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to open a task manager (If using Windows XP, click on Processes) find MsgPlus.exe and end the process.

What you will want to do next is sign on to MSN Messenger (if you aren't already) and set your DP. Then sign off and exit MSN Messenger from the system tray. Reload MSN and check to see if your DP is different.

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That didn't work though. But leif's did, so that's all good. I guess that adressbook=contactlist

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Click the Sounds tab, and change the sounds for MSN save it as a scheme and hit apply. Reload MSN and see if the sounds have changed. If they are the default ones you can replace the default sounds in C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger with the ones you want them to be or try changing them form within MSN Messenger.

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I guess replacing the sound files worked... never thought of it. Still an odd way to do it

Could be a good feature for plus anyway; custom sounds for everything, not only contacts

Tnx for the tips, all. ^_^

yeah custom sounds for everything would be a good feature for plus.