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Originally posted by kryp2nyt
Hello all

Am going to refer to my problems with the 3 versions of MSN/WLM: 7.5, 8.0 and 8.1.

7.5: all contacts nicknames are updated and are THE SAME whenever I sign in anywhere.

8.0: Contacts update well, but they only update on the machine I use upon the contact's sign in. It DOES NOT UPDATE in 7.5 (that is, the OLDER nicknames since 7.5 remains unchanged, DESPITE THEY CHANGED in 8.0)

8.1: Same as 8.0, with an exception of another problem, my nickname cannot remain the same, it changes to the 'First Name' that appears in my emails, that is, the first name registered in my Windows Live ID credentials. It ALWAYS reverts back to that name, NOT to my preset nickname

Any idea about all of this? Is 7.5 the best of all of them afterall?

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I'm not 100% sure about this problem but may have a slight idea.

The contact names, and your nickname may not be updated on the Windows Live Servers. Possibly due to a connection problem. If this is the case, you re-sign in it will use the nickname on the server (or so i believe).

Has this always been happening?

Like i said, i'm not sure as to the cause, but i think they updating on the Windows Live Servers could be a possible cause