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    Le centriste
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    today i tried to close the MSN Messenger application and got the following message: --------------------------- MSN Messenger --------------------------- There are other applications currently using features provided by MSN Messenger. You must close these other applications before you can exit MSN Messenger. These applications may include Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, and Internet Explorer. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- What? Those application used to run without MSN Messenger running, but now they can't? WTF? Michel It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a very long time to say, and to listen to.
    - TreeBeard

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      today i tried to close the MSN Messenger application and got the following message: --------------------------- MSN Messenger --------------------------- There are other applications currently using features provided by MSN Messenger. You must close these other applications before you can exit MSN Messenger. These applications may include Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, and Internet Explorer. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- What? Those application used to run without MSN Messenger running, but now they can't? WTF? Michel It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a very long time to say, and to listen to.
      - TreeBeard

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      _Magnus_
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      I have stopped upgrading my MSN long time ago, every new version is just more fluff and less functionality. X| /Magnus


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      • L Le centriste

        today i tried to close the MSN Messenger application and got the following message: --------------------------- MSN Messenger --------------------------- There are other applications currently using features provided by MSN Messenger. You must close these other applications before you can exit MSN Messenger. These applications may include Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, and Internet Explorer. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- What? Those application used to run without MSN Messenger running, but now they can't? WTF? Michel It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a very long time to say, and to listen to.
        - TreeBeard

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        brianwelsch
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        I hated the message I'd get telling me some functionality would be lost in other programs if I dared close Messenger. So I got Trillian.[^] :-D [clickity edited :-O] BW "I'm coming with you! I got you fired, it's the least I can do. Well, the least I could do is absolutely nothing, but I'll go you one better and come along!" - Homer J. Simpson

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          today i tried to close the MSN Messenger application and got the following message: --------------------------- MSN Messenger --------------------------- There are other applications currently using features provided by MSN Messenger. You must close these other applications before you can exit MSN Messenger. These applications may include Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, and Internet Explorer. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- What? Those application used to run without MSN Messenger running, but now they can't? WTF? Michel It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a very long time to say, and to listen to.
          - TreeBeard

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          Roger Wright
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          I dumped Messenger as soon as I discovered Trillian. AIM and ICQ are gone now, too, and I haven't missed them a bit. At least Trillian doesn't try to take over my machine (or crash it, as all versions of AIM did). "Another day done; all targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly." - Jennie Agard, McGuckin Hardware Systems Manager

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            I hated the message I'd get telling me some functionality would be lost in other programs if I dared close Messenger. So I got Trillian.[^] :-D [clickity edited :-O] BW "I'm coming with you! I got you fired, it's the least I can do. Well, the least I could do is absolutely nothing, but I'll go you one better and come along!" - Homer J. Simpson

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            Lost User
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            Hmm. You might want to amend your link to point here (http://www.trillian.cc/trillian/index.html[^]) instead. :) J

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              Hmm. You might want to amend your link to point here (http://www.trillian.cc/trillian/index.html[^]) instead. :) J

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              Oops, thanks. :-O:-D BW "I'm coming with you! I got you fired, it's the least I can do. Well, the least I could do is absolutely nothing, but I'll go you one better and come along!" - Homer J. Simpson

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              • L Le centriste

                today i tried to close the MSN Messenger application and got the following message: --------------------------- MSN Messenger --------------------------- There are other applications currently using features provided by MSN Messenger. You must close these other applications before you can exit MSN Messenger. These applications may include Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, and Internet Explorer. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- What? Those application used to run without MSN Messenger running, but now they can't? WTF? Michel It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a very long time to say, and to listen to.
                - TreeBeard

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                Shog9 0
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                I use it at home still, and yeah, it's a pain how it links in w/ IE (oooh, i *really* needed those icons in HoTMaiL). At work i just use Trillian, and skip all the problems.

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                  today i tried to close the MSN Messenger application and got the following message: --------------------------- MSN Messenger --------------------------- There are other applications currently using features provided by MSN Messenger. You must close these other applications before you can exit MSN Messenger. These applications may include Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, and Internet Explorer. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- What? Those application used to run without MSN Messenger running, but now they can't? WTF? Michel It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a very long time to say, and to listen to.
                  - TreeBeard

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                  Le centriste
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                  I made a little experiment and opened Task Manager and killed the process manually. It restarted itself, and I cannot login anymore, nor have access to the hotmail account, and the "Forgot your password?" feature tells me the action could not be performed. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGHHH :mad: Michel It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a very long time to say, and to listen to.
                  - TreeBeard

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                    today i tried to close the MSN Messenger application and got the following message: --------------------------- MSN Messenger --------------------------- There are other applications currently using features provided by MSN Messenger. You must close these other applications before you can exit MSN Messenger. These applications may include Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, and Internet Explorer. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- What? Those application used to run without MSN Messenger running, but now they can't? WTF? Michel It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a very long time to say, and to listen to.
                    - TreeBeard

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                    Nnamdi Onyeyiri
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                    this is not the fault of msn msgr 7, it has been like that for a while.

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                    • L Le centriste

                      today i tried to close the MSN Messenger application and got the following message: --------------------------- MSN Messenger --------------------------- There are other applications currently using features provided by MSN Messenger. You must close these other applications before you can exit MSN Messenger. These applications may include Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, and Internet Explorer. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- What? Those application used to run without MSN Messenger running, but now they can't? WTF? Michel It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a very long time to say, and to listen to.
                      - TreeBeard

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                      David Wulff
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                      Check you have not inadvertantly told Outlook or OE to show your MSN contacts, and aren't visiting a website like msn.co.uk that reads your contact list.


                      David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

                      "Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea" - Martin Marvinski

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                        Check you have not inadvertantly told Outlook or OE to show your MSN contacts, and aren't visiting a website like msn.co.uk that reads your contact list.


                        David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

                        "Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea" - Martin Marvinski

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                        Web sites are allowed to read my contact list? Michel It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a very long time to say, and to listen to.
                        - TreeBeard

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                          I dumped Messenger as soon as I discovered Trillian. AIM and ICQ are gone now, too, and I haven't missed them a bit. At least Trillian doesn't try to take over my machine (or crash it, as all versions of AIM did). "Another day done; all targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly." - Jennie Agard, McGuckin Hardware Systems Manager

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                          Chris Losinger
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                          Roger Wright wrote: At least Trillian doesn't try to take over my machine it sometimes wipes out my desktop (Win2k). all the icons will disappear, though the taskbar still works. -c


                          “If it turns out that I’m actually the one who did it, then looking for the real killers would be a big old waste of time.” -- OJ Simpson

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                            Web sites are allowed to read my contact list? Michel It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a very long time to say, and to listen to.
                            - TreeBeard

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                            David Wulff
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                            Yes but you must authorise the site to access your Passport information first, and it *may* still be done client side. Recently I think the methods changed because some people use their e-mail addresses as their Messenger names and Microsoft did something to change that as it was a privacy risk. I've looked all over msn.co.uk (which used to show which of my contacts were online, like Outlook, etc) but can't see them now - maybe it was pulled altogether?


                            David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

                            "Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea" - Martin Marvinski

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                              today i tried to close the MSN Messenger application and got the following message: --------------------------- MSN Messenger --------------------------- There are other applications currently using features provided by MSN Messenger. You must close these other applications before you can exit MSN Messenger. These applications may include Outlook, Outlook Express, MSN Explorer, and Internet Explorer. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- What? Those application used to run without MSN Messenger running, but now they can't? WTF? Michel It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a very long time to say, and to listen to.
                              - TreeBeard

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                              Sean Cundiff
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                              Start -> Run -> gpedit.msc Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Messenger Do Not Allow Windows Messenger To Be Run -> set to Enabled Do Not Automatically Start Windows Messenger Initially -> set to Enabled Problem 94.7% solved.** **You never really know with Windows Messenger. -Sean ---- Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein.

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                                Roger Wright wrote: At least Trillian doesn't try to take over my machine it sometimes wipes out my desktop (Win2k). all the icons will disappear, though the taskbar still works. -c


                                “If it turns out that I’m actually the one who did it, then looking for the real killers would be a big old waste of time.” -- OJ Simpson

                                Smaller Animals Software

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                                Roger Wright
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                                Really! I haven't seen that - what version are you running? "Another day done; all targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly." - Jennie Agard, McGuckin Hardware Systems Manager

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                                  Really! I haven't seen that - what version are you running? "Another day done; all targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly." - Jennie Agard, McGuckin Hardware Systems Manager

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                                  Chris Losinger
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                                  the latest, i think (assuming the auto-update thing runs each time a new one comes out) -c


                                  “If it turns out that I’m actually the one who did it, then looking for the real killers would be a big old waste of time.” -- OJ Simpson

                                  Smaller Animals Software

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