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Menu change? by fluno on 07-28-2005 at 12:51 PM

We have a user who currently uses messenger 4.7 for exchange which does not currently support logging chat sessions.  This person has been accused of harrasment and thus we would like to start logging his chats. 

We think Messenger Plus! would be a great solution for this, but, we wanted to install it without the user knowing we did.  The only real difference that we have seen so far with Plus installed is that Plus! appears in the file menu.  Is there a way to remove Plus! from the file menu so it runs in a hidden mode? 

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or answers.


RE: Menu change? by Mnjul on 07-28-2005 at 01:37 PM

No there is no way to do this. You are invading your user's privacy and Plus! is never designed to serve that purpose. :)


RE: Menu change? by fluno on 07-28-2005 at 01:42 PM

I appreciate the answer.  We actually are not invading their privacy as we own the equipment and they read a warning logon message stating this each time they login.  We are completely within our legal rights to log chat sessions, we just currently are looking for the best method to do it.


RE: Menu change? by Mnjul on 07-28-2005 at 03:00 PM

Well, I understand you, but still, Plus! has no functionality to hide itself from Messenger. You may need another program to achieve this :)


RE: Menu change? by mwe99 on 07-28-2005 at 03:19 PM

Why dont you update messenger, doesn't newer versions log chats anyways?


RE: Menu change? by Mnjul on 07-28-2005 at 03:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mwe99
Why dont you update messenger, doesn't newer versions log chats anyways?
MSN Messenger only signs in .Net Messenger Service, and its logging can be turned off without any administrator's knowledge... :)
RE: Menu change? by Dempsey on 07-28-2005 at 03:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mwe99
Why dont you update messenger, doesn't newer versions log chats anyways?
they have to use windows messenger becuase afaik msn messenger cannot connect to an exchange server
RE: Menu change? by Patchou on 07-28-2005 at 05:31 PM

You can set a password to lock the preferences panel and prevent the user from going in there and changing the logging options. If you say that privacy concerns are not an issue because ther user is aware, then leaving the Plus! menu but blocking it with a password shouldn't be a problem either :).


RE: Menu change? by matty on 07-28-2005 at 06:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Patchou
You can set a password to lock the preferences panel and prevent the user from going in there and changing the logging options. If you say that privacy concerns are not an issue because ther user is aware, then leaving the Plus! menu but blocking it with a password shouldn't be a problem either :).
Just hope that on the specific computer they do not have access to the registry to delete UDataP.