Shoutbox

I was wondering how do you remove the message "Never give out your password or credit card number in an instant message conversation." from your chat window.

I have Googled for a solution for ages but I am running Windows Vista and the main solution of editing the registry by adding the string IMWarning to "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MessengerService\Policies" does not seen to apply to Vista as MessengerService only contains "Clients" and "SessionManager" there is no "Policies"

I have Messenger Discovery installed and set it to remove all advertisements but it is still there. I also tried the A-Patch but I still have this warning.

Is there any other method to remove this credit card warning?

I'm pretty sure it just goes away after a while, perhaps after a certain number of conversations held.

Alternatively, try creating the "Policies" key, and then add the IMWarning string.

Hope this helps

The key you want to add/modify is:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger\PerPassportSettings\<msnid>

Key name: WarningMsgCount
Type: REG_DWORD
Value: 5

your msnid number can be calculated here:
http://gifpaste.org/dev/msgrid/

Everything is explained in detail in this 4 year old post:
CookieRevised's reply to MsgPlus rock!  ???

Sorry for the delayed response been away for a while.

Well thanks for the link but if you look at the last posts in that topic I have the same problems as the posters do there and no solution was ever made.

I have tried setting both "WarningMsgCount" and "IntroShownCount" to various numbers (5 and higher). Which is successful in removing the message. The only downside is that the next time I sign into messenger the "WarningMsgCount" resets to 0 and the message comes back.

anyone?

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Originally posted by Tanith0709
anyone?

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what i do is just open and close conversations until it's gone

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Originally posted by roflmao456

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Originally posted by Tanith0709
anyone?

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what i do is just open and close conversations until it's gone

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lol ye that's one way but there has to be some way to stop WarningMsgCount from resetting to 0 each time you sign on (Basically a matter of convenience).

So by the vast number of replies I'm getting I assume that there currently is no solution to this.

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Originally posted by Tanith0709
lol ye that's one way but there has to be some way to stop WarningMsgCount from resetting to 0 each time you sign on (Basically a matter of convenience).

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It doesn't reset to 0 each time you sign on; maybe it resets the first time you use it in a new location...