Now I've checked the FAQ, and it says that if sounds aren't playing, it might be caused by my status being set to busy.

However, there is a "Play sounds when my status is set to Busy" toggle in the Messenger Plus preferences menu, and I doubt it's there to be non-functional, so either there's a bug or there's something I'm doing wrong.

Because it doesn't work when i switch it on.

Does the toggle work for anyone else? What's the problem? If the toggle doesn't work why hasn't it been removed in an update?

Thanks in advance. *subscribes to thread*

What sounds are you talking about?

he means the built in msn sounds for when people sign in and stuff

cant help cuz using plus! live

In that case he should check the MSN options

I did. What option am I not seeing then and where can I find it?


Or, if I may re-write my initial post:

What do I need to do to make sure that sounds are played when I'm set to busy?

You need to turn on all options like 'Play sounds when busy' and turn off those that say otherwise.

But I've checked the MSN options and the Messenger Plus options over and over again, and I've only found one option, "Play sounds when my status is set to Busy", and it doesn't work.

Where are the other options?

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Originally posted by Run
Play sounds when my status is set to Busy

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I've tried both checking it and unchecking it, but it doesn't make a difference. MSN still goes silent when I set to busy, and it's very annoying.

Then check Messenger's own settings

Or since everything else hasn't worked... just try to reinstall.... It couldn't hurt

It wasn't answered (only assumed in your place), so to help you in a proper way we must know what sounds you exactly mean, just as raceprouk asked at the start of this thread...


Run, what exact sounds do you not hear when your status is set to busy?:

- the event sounds from messenger. eg: when people msg you with a new message, when nudges are played, when you have new (hotmail) email, when people sign in, etc... etc...

- the new sound clips from messenger. eg: the ones you need to record in a chat conversation on the fly by holding F2 and when you release F2 the sound clip is send.

- the Plus! build in sounds. eg: the ones you start with a Plus! command like /swoow, /sevil, /sbrb, etc in a conversation..

- the Plus! custom sounds. eg: the ones you can send to people and people can send to you in a conversation.

- the Plus! event sounds. eg: the ones you can attach to special events which aren't standard in messenger. eg: like contacts change their name, contacts change status, a specific contact signs in, etc.

Be very specific in your answer.

Also, we need to know what Plus! version and what msn messenger version you use. State the exact and complete version numbers (in the form of "x.xx.xxx"). For the version number of msn messenger look in the menu "Help > About Messenger". For the version number of messenger Plus! look in the menu "Plus! > About Messenger Plus!".

Try updating to the latest Messenger Plus! and Msn Messenger versions.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
Run, what exact sounds do you not hear when your status is set to busy?:

- the event sounds from messenger. eg: when people msg you with a new message, when nudges are played, when you have new (hotmail) email, when people sign in, etc... etc..

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Then check the Messenger sounds in Control Panel > Sounds.

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Originally posted by raceprouk
Then check the Messenger sounds in Control Panel > Sounds.

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Originally posted by raceprouk
Then check Messenger's own settings

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Hmm... don't know where to look in Messenger now.
Also:

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Originally posted by raceprouk

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By any chance, if you change your status to "on the phone"  does it also disable the MSN sounds? Because that's supposed to happen.

Do you have any plugins installed? I remember some plugins did effect the toast sounds for me

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Originally posted by Absorbation
Do you have any plugins installed? I remember some plugins did effect the toast sounds for me

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Yeah, I have this same problem of not having sounds play when I specifically tell them to! I had a bunch of extra add ons in the past but I don't think I have them anymore. The ones I've tried to run don't work anymore. My versions are: Plus!-3.63.148, MSN-7.5.0324

I'm sure this wil be fixed in Messenger Plus! Live

I am also exposed to this sound dilemma all this while but never made an issue. What I did was to customize all my contacts with their name sound when they come on or go offline but each time I sign in it would only work for approximately 5 to 10 minutes then it would go dead. Glad to know that that problem will be sorted in the new version. Hi all…!