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Main MSN Window Background by ayjay on 09-14-2004 at 06:25 PM
Hi,
I remeber reading a while ago that someone had changed the background of the main MSN Messenger window (the one with contacts etc). I have searched everything but I can't find the post now. I know you had to just copy the file into some filename in the MSN Messenger bit in Program Files or something but I can't remeber exactly what.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Dom.
RE: Main MSN Window Background by lhunath on 09-14-2004 at 06:27 PM
That doesn't work with any MSN Messenger versions above 6.0 anymore. (To my knowledge).
And it was something like.. lwback.gif I believe.
RE: Main MSN Window Background by ayjay on 09-14-2004 at 06:30 PM
Oh right, never mind.
Thanks anyway lhunath.
RE: Main MSN Window Background by Millenium_edition on 09-14-2004 at 06:35 PM
it still works. lvback.gif is the name 
RE: Main MSN Window Background by Chop on 09-14-2004 at 06:48 PM
Yeah.. u only have to make the image you wanna put a gif, and then rename it as IVback.gif .
Erase the one on the msn messenger forlder and add the one you created 
.
Its easy
RE: Main MSN Window Background by lhunath on 09-14-2004 at 06:54 PM
quote:lvback.gif
Originally posted by gerardo_cm2
and then rename it as IVback.gif .
with the L of Loser instead of the I of Imbicil.
Just some silly examples btw. =)
RE: Main MSN Window Background by ayjay on 09-14-2004 at 07:16 PM
I can't see a file called lvback in the MSN Messenger folder, I see...
- custsat.dll
- 1033
- dw
- license
- mailtmpl
- msgsc.dll
- msgslang.dll
- msmsgs
- msnmessenger
- newalert
- newemail
- online
- ring
- type
- unicows.dll
Thanks everyone.
RE: Main MSN Window Background by Plik on 09-14-2004 at 07:33 PM
Its not there by defult, but if you create your own one it will use it.
RE: Main MSN Window Background by BEWARE^^ on 09-14-2004 at 07:55 PM
but if you reinstall msn messenger i think that the problem should be solved
but it could also be the msgplus (if you are useing msgplus)
RE: Main MSN Window Background by lhunath on 09-14-2004 at 08:21 PM
quote:There is no problem here..
Originally posted by BEWARE^^
but if you reinstall msn messenger i think that the problem should be solved
but it could also be the msgplus (if you are useing msgplus)
And yes, it is absent by default, which is why in the background you don't see an image. just fetch a gif, rename it, and put it there, restart MSN Messenger, et voila.
RE: Main MSN Window Background by Abz2k4 on 09-14-2004 at 09:20 PM
You could just go to www.msgicons.com and click the MSN Backgrounds link for some ready made backgrounds which are pretty good. Heres what mine looks like. My MSN
RE: Main MSN Window Background by Chop on 09-14-2004 at 09:38 PM
quote:
Originally posted by lhunath
quote:lvback.gif
Originally posted by gerardo_cm2
and then rename it as IVback.gif .
with the L of Loser instead of the I of Imbicil.
Just some silly examples btw. =)
Lol. Sorry
lvback.gifquote:Hey, you have Crystal msn, where did u get it? i want it
Originally posted by Abz2k4
Heres what mine looks like. My MSN
..its for 6.2.0137??
RE: Main MSN Window Background by Vantage on 09-14-2004 at 10:38 PM
Yeah buts it's really hard to get the tint no? , so dont u have to save it as a .jpg but put it into the lvback.gif?
RE: Main MSN Window Background by CookieRevised on 09-15-2004 at 12:34 AM
quote:No, that wont work for any image, or even for any file for that matter.... The file extension is not what makes the file, it is the content... I can name a JPEG whatever I like, it still will be a JPEG...
Originally posted by Vantage
so dont u have to save it as a .jpg but put it into the lvback.gif?
(Renaming a Word document to an AVI file, wont make a movie out of it)
RE: Main MSN Window Background by lhunath on 09-15-2004 at 01:03 PM
quote:CrystalMSN is a WindowX MSN Messenger skin, get WindowsX MSN Messenger at http://www.windowsx.org/enhance/msn6/download.html
Originally posted by gerardo_cm2
Hey, you have Crystal msn, where did u get it? i want it ..
its for 6.2.0137??
It's for MSN Messenger 6.2.0133, so not build 137. Don't know what's new anyhow..
quote:It has to be a GIF saved as a gif... That's about as complex to comprehend as it gets.. =P
Originally posted by Vantage
so dont u have to save it as a .jpg but put it into the lvback.gif?
RE: Main MSN Window Background by RaceProUK on 09-15-2004 at 04:11 PM
On http://www.mess.be there is a link to Crystal MSN for build 137...
RE: Main MSN Window Background by lhunath on 09-15-2004 at 04:27 PM
quote:=O
Originally posted by raceprouk
On http://www.mess.be there is a link to Crystal MSN for build 137...
Excuse me, wasn't aware.
RE: Main MSN Window Background by ayjay on 09-15-2004 at 04:35 PM
Thanks everyone. I tried it and it works. YAY! I have a background of a dancing banana 
if anyone cares
RE: Main MSN Window Background by aNILEator on 09-15-2004 at 05:28 PM
animated or static?
RE: Main MSN Window Background by CookieRevised on 09-15-2004 at 07:52 PM
static of course.... animated background GIF's are not possible. the lbvack.gif is read as a static GIF, no matter if you have it animated or not...
RE: Main MSN Window Background by EvilSeph on 09-15-2004 at 08:11 PM
quote:
Originally posted by gerardo_cm2
Hey, you have Crystal msn, where did u get it? i want it ..
its for 6.2.0137??
I updated Crystal MSN, but my computer died and the hard drive was wiped by the technicians. As such, Crystal MSN's updated version for 6.2.0137 has been lost..when/if I get time..I'll work on an update :\, really sorry.
quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
On http://www.mess.be there is a link to Crystal MSN for build 137...
Crystal MSN was made by me, the one listed on Mess.be is made by dlb and has a different name.
RE: RE: Main MSN Window Background by Vantage on 09-15-2004 at 08:23 PM
quote:
Originally posted by CookieRevised
static of course.... animated background GIF's are not possible. the lbvack.gif is read as a static GIF, no matter if you have it animated or not...
Then how come when i set my desktop item to the
it moves?, why wont it do that in msn messenger?
RE: Main MSN Window Background by CookieRevised on 09-15-2004 at 08:31 PM
"desktop item"? what's that?
anyways, it doesn't move in messenger because, like I said, messenger reads it as a static GIF, not a animated gif; it doesn't read the frames that come after the first frame; only the first frame is read; it can't handle animated GIF's (for the background).
RE: RE: Main MSN Window Background by Chop on 09-21-2004 at 01:02 AM
quote:Oh yeah, I know its yours and I really like that skin so I will wait for the update
Originally posted by EvilSeph
quote:
Originally posted by gerardo_cm2
Hey, you have Crystal msn, where did u get it? i want it ..
its for 6.2.0137??
I updated Crystal MSN, but my computer died and the hard drive was wiped by the technicians. As such, Crystal MSN's updated version for 6.2.0137 has been lost..when/if I get time..I'll work on an update :\, really sorry.
RE: Main MSN Window Background by BlackStar on 09-23-2004 at 11:55 PM
Hmm, I tried this lvback.gif thingy on two computers and nothing, absolutely nothing happens here and I tried several Gif's in different sizes. Strange.
RE: Main MSN Window Background by Chop on 09-24-2004 at 05:58 AM
you sure you put it on the Msn Messenger folder?.. and you rename it correctly?
RE: Main MSN Window Background by matty on 09-24-2004 at 06:22 AM
If you are using Windows XP this technique will only work if you are not using a 3rd Party application to skin Windows. (Style XP, Windows Blindes, etc)
The file you are adding into the MSN Messenger directory (usually C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger) must be a gif file.
The name of the file must be LVBACK.gif (all lower case letters tho)
Close the main contact window and reopen it. It should work if now then you might have just saved a picture to a gif extension.
quote:This is so damn priceless!
Originally posted by CookieRevised
Putting a Word document into a AVI file, wont make a movie out of it
RE: Main MSN Window Background by BlackStar on 09-24-2004 at 11:27 AM
Yes, I am 100% shure about the filename and its format and I've put it in the proper folder. I don't have any skinning application at all. The file is in lower case letters too.
I have checked everything several times.
I found the problem.
I had another color for the backgroundcolor instead of the default White. (Display Properties/Appearance/Advanced/Active Window)
When turning it back to the Default White the lvback.gif was displayed properly.
RE: Main MSN Window Background by CookieRevised on 09-24-2004 at 01:08 PM
Even that prevents it from showing? I didn't know that. Thanks for letting us know. But next time don't double post it's against the forum rules
RE: Main MSN Window Background by benjyrama on 09-24-2004 at 06:47 PM
if u look in the program file folder after installing a skin like Rolando's penguin msn, u see a lvback.gif too. It's how he inserts the peguin picture in the background
RE: Main MSN Window Background by lizard.boy on 09-24-2004 at 07:25 PM
quote:yes actually it works :/
Originally posted by CookieRevised
Even that prevents it from showing? I didn't know that. Thanks for letting us know. But next time don't double post it's against the forum rules
i had to use stylebuilder to change the default background color of my favorite vstyle ashen so i had a white bg
RE: RE: Main MSN Window Background by Chop on 09-25-2004 at 09:31 PM
quote:I´m using windowsBlind with Windows XP and has my lvback.gif image on my msn, so this isnt the problem.
Originally posted by Matty.
If you are using Windows XP this technique will only work if you are not using a 3rd Party application to skin Windows. (Style XP, Windows Blindes, etc)