Shoutbox

i apologize if there is already a topic for this but im new and wasnt able to find anything similar..

ok i am witnessing a starnge thing that heppens.
i use  lastest version of plus i think (4.23.0.276) and lastest of windows live messenger (8.1) on my windows xp
i have 2 accounts on one i use encrypting for my archives and on one not.
i log in with my first account and everything is ok, all options are looking good, but if i enter with the other account and put different options they change also for the first one.. is this supposed to happen?
i mean, i dont want the archives to be encripted in the second account, and everything is ok, but if i go in options i find the box for encrypting cheched(WHY?) so i uncheck the box, but it changes also in my first acc..
then i thought the problem was probably in me, so i told him "save my preferences with password" in my first acc. the curious thing is that i was able to change that options from the other acc even if they were protected with password and without any need of entering it..
am i doing anything wrong? if so tell me please, or if it is a bug maybe you can move this thead in bugs report.

latest versions are:
Windows Live Messenger 8.5.1018
Messenger Plus! Live 4.50.0.310

and I think this happens because the data is stored in the registry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER which loads up for the 2nd account and that... but i thought it should still do it by email...

now i have the real lastest versions, and have same problem,
i didnt understand what did you mean "do it by email"???

he means that it makes a new regestry key by email adresses used(correct me if im wrong)

the emails i use are different, so why i still get the options that are the same for both accounts? it is not a real problem but it is annoying, couse also other ppl uses wlm and plus on this pc

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Originally posted by Stormsight
i log in with my first account and everything is ok, all options are looking good, but if i enter with the other account and put different options they change also for the first one.. is this supposed to happen?

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Absolutely not...

And that could indeed be a big bug which should be fixed asap before people get into trouble...

EDIT:

It seems that the regisrty key 'ChatLogEncrypt' is not read in upon signing in with another account (no problem with that though), but also is not read when you open the preferences panel for log encryption. This makes that the preference panel shows the wrong setting for "encrypt chat logs" if there wasn't yet a log created.

However, and this is to ease to pain on Stormsight a bit , that specific registry setting will be read in before chatlogs are created! This means that logs will be encrypted or not encrypted if you don't want it to. So, although the settings is shown wrong in the preference panel, the workings of the encryption is correct.


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RELATED NOTE:
@Stormsight

The option "seperate logs in different messenger accounts" is a bit ackward too. Although Plus! will tell you that you need to restart Messenger, this can give troubles also.

Imagine one person wanting to seperate his logs in different subdirectories for his 2 accounts, but another person (the annoying little sister ) turns this option back off in her account. Of course, in that case the big brother should slap little sis with a large trout and tell her to make her own log directory, or maybe the big brother should make another Windows account for his little sister, but still...

The reason for this is that "ChatLogInUserDir" (the registry value for this option) is saved and read in the GlobalSettings subkey and thus not saved per-user.

So, @Patchou: in regards to the ChatLogInUserDir key: maybe add in the tooltip the text that this option is saved per Windows-account, not per-Messenger-account, just like with the polygamy option.

@Stormsight again: But in regards to showing the correct state of the "seperate logs in different messenger accounts" option: it is read and written correctly. It is just not very clear to the user that this will also influence other Messenger-accounts too...

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EDIT: to the others: it doesn't matter what options he checked for the archiving, that wouldn't solve it (refering to the option "seperate logs in different messenger accounts" in Plus! 4.50). Plus! doesn't read out the correct registry options when you sign off and sign back in with another Messenger account.
PS: always also trying todo what has been explained by the top poster might be wise before replying

ohh thanks i feel important now^^, so this will be fixed in new version? cool !

After some checking, it seems that the bug is not so severe as first thought... see my previous, edited, post for more info.

Fixed for the next version refresh, thank you for reporting