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Changed nickname? by ficho01 on 11-16-2007 at 11:54 AM
The problem is that my Messenger sometimes chagnes my nickname to the few previous ones that I had, week or two ago. Not the avatar, not status, not the personal message, just the nickname. 
Any suggestions?
EDIT: Windows XP SP2 + Windows Live Messenger 8.1 + MSN Plus! 4.23
No one can help me?
It is very annoying, I sometimes write in my nickname for example [In school
] and remove it when I come back home. After few days it auto changes back to [In school ].
RE: Changed nickname? by exbox on 11-17-2007 at 02:04 PM
does it only change back when you're at home?
i think your cache is corrupt, close msn and delete these folders:
on windows XP:
%userprofile%\contacts
%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
on windows Vista:
%userprofile%\contacts
%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts
then sign-in again and hopefully it will be fixed
RE: Changed nickname? by Nagamasa on 11-17-2007 at 02:05 PM
quote:Perhaps using Windows Live Messenger 8.5 Final can solve your problem?
Originally posted by ficho01
EDIT: Windows XP SP2 + Windows Live Messenger 8.1 + MSN Plus! 4.23
RE: RE: Changed nickname? by ficho01 on 11-17-2007 at 03:57 PM
quote:
Originally posted by exbox
does it only change back when you're at home?
Messenger automatically changes my nickname no matter where I am. I just wrote this "In school" for example because when I set my status to "Away" I usually write where I am. So, it's quite confusing when my nickname on Sunday changes to "In school".
I'll try deleting those files...
RE: Changed nickname? by ficho01 on 11-27-2007 at 10:19 AM
Hi folks! 
I've deleted those files and it was okay for some time, then again it went wrong, automatically changing my nickname. 
Does this has anything with if I am very often for long periods signed into messenger? I think it shouldn't make any trouble...
Please help!
RE: Changed nickname? by exbox on 11-27-2007 at 01:17 PM
try deleting the files again? also you may try updating to the latest wlm 8.5
RE: RE: Changed nickname? by ficho01 on 11-28-2007 at 11:48 AM
quote:
Originally posted by exbox
try deleting the files again? also you may try updating to the latest wlm 8.5
Of course, I'll delete again those files but I want to know why is this happening? What am I doing wrong?
Last time I tried to update to 8.5 version there was some error, but I'll update it these days...
RE: Changed nickname? by exbox on 11-28-2007 at 02:07 PM
might be a bug in 8.1, seems those files get corrupted every now and then
RE: Changed nickname? by ficho01 on 11-30-2007 at 11:39 PM
Deleted again those files and upgraded to WLM 8.5.
Hope this will fix the bug, finally.
RE: Changed nickname? by exbox on 12-01-2007 at 03:01 AM
let us know if it comes back
RE: Changed nickname? by ficho01 on 12-07-2007 at 04:16 PM
It came back...
I really don't know what I'm doing wrong?!?
Using the Nicksaver script or what? I'm sick of this...
RE: Changed nickname? by exbox on 12-07-2007 at 06:48 PM
did you upgrade to the latest wlm 8.5?
RE: Changed nickname? by ficho01 on 12-07-2007 at 07:52 PM
Yes, of course.
btw. I wanted to delete the files again and I couldn't find "%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows Live Contacts"
I've found and deleted just this..."%userprofile%\contacts"