Windows Live Messenger/MSN slow to show unseen chat messages [modified]
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Hey guys, I've got a Windows 7 64-bit edition on a Quad Core, and also have Windows XP installed. On XP, everything runs fine, but if I use Messenger on Win7, there's a slight problem. If I have 2 chats open in tabs (using Plus!), then if someone says something in one chatbox and I switch to see it, it appears as if the moment I switched, the person just sent the message, no matter how old the message may be. However, once I've seen the message and I switch to another chat or program window and come back to it, it's fine. It only happens when I have multiple chat tabs and messenger alerts me of unseen messages. It works fine if I only have a single person's window open (i.e. no tabs). I haven't tried switching tabs off, I suspect it will work but I'll check and report back. This also reminds me, I've noticed that if I type fast, then the letters appearing onscreen are SLIGHTLY sluggish. It's barely noticeable, but it's there. I noticed especially when I rubbed and replaced the character with a new one. On XP everything runs fine. I've posted elsewhere too, but so far no replies. Other people have also reported similar stuff but nobody has a proper solution. Any ideas? Thanks :)
modified on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:39 AM
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Hey guys, I've got a Windows 7 64-bit edition on a Quad Core, and also have Windows XP installed. On XP, everything runs fine, but if I use Messenger on Win7, there's a slight problem. If I have 2 chats open in tabs (using Plus!), then if someone says something in one chatbox and I switch to see it, it appears as if the moment I switched, the person just sent the message, no matter how old the message may be. However, once I've seen the message and I switch to another chat or program window and come back to it, it's fine. It only happens when I have multiple chat tabs and messenger alerts me of unseen messages. It works fine if I only have a single person's window open (i.e. no tabs). I haven't tried switching tabs off, I suspect it will work but I'll check and report back. This also reminds me, I've noticed that if I type fast, then the letters appearing onscreen are SLIGHTLY sluggish. It's barely noticeable, but it's there. I noticed especially when I rubbed and replaced the character with a new one. On XP everything runs fine. I've posted elsewhere too, but so far no replies. Other people have also reported similar stuff but nobody has a proper solution. Any ideas? Thanks :)
modified on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:39 AM
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Hey guys, I've got a Windows 7 64-bit edition on a Quad Core, and also have Windows XP installed. On XP, everything runs fine, but if I use Messenger on Win7, there's a slight problem. If I have 2 chats open in tabs (using Plus!), then if someone says something in one chatbox and I switch to see it, it appears as if the moment I switched, the person just sent the message, no matter how old the message may be. However, once I've seen the message and I switch to another chat or program window and come back to it, it's fine. It only happens when I have multiple chat tabs and messenger alerts me of unseen messages. It works fine if I only have a single person's window open (i.e. no tabs). I haven't tried switching tabs off, I suspect it will work but I'll check and report back. This also reminds me, I've noticed that if I type fast, then the letters appearing onscreen are SLIGHTLY sluggish. It's barely noticeable, but it's there. I noticed especially when I rubbed and replaced the character with a new one. On XP everything runs fine. I've posted elsewhere too, but so far no replies. Other people have also reported similar stuff but nobody has a proper solution. Any ideas? Thanks :)
modified on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:39 AM
Member 3733986 wrote:
If I have 2 chats open in tabs (using Plus!), then if someone says something in one chatbox and I switch to see it, it appears as if the moment I switched, the person just sent the message, no matter how old the message may be. However, once I've seen the message and I switch to another chat or program window and come back to it, it's fine. It only happens when I have multiple chat tabs and messenger alerts me of unseen messages. It works fine if I only have a single person's window open (i.e. no tabs). I haven't tried switching tabs off, I suspect it will work but I'll check and report back. This also reminds me, I've noticed that if I type fast, then the letters appearing onscreen are SLIGHTLY sluggish. It's barely noticeable, but it's there. I noticed especially when I rubbed and replaced the character with a new one.
*bang* (head exploded)
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Member 3733986 wrote:
If I have 2 chats open in tabs (using Plus!), then if someone says something in one chatbox and I switch to see it, it appears as if the moment I switched, the person just sent the message, no matter how old the message may be. However, once I've seen the message and I switch to another chat or program window and come back to it, it's fine. It only happens when I have multiple chat tabs and messenger alerts me of unseen messages. It works fine if I only have a single person's window open (i.e. no tabs). I haven't tried switching tabs off, I suspect it will work but I'll check and report back. This also reminds me, I've noticed that if I type fast, then the letters appearing onscreen are SLIGHTLY sluggish. It's barely noticeable, but it's there. I noticed especially when I rubbed and replaced the character with a new one.
*bang* (head exploded)
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Hey guys, I've got a Windows 7 64-bit edition on a Quad Core, and also have Windows XP installed. On XP, everything runs fine, but if I use Messenger on Win7, there's a slight problem. If I have 2 chats open in tabs (using Plus!), then if someone says something in one chatbox and I switch to see it, it appears as if the moment I switched, the person just sent the message, no matter how old the message may be. However, once I've seen the message and I switch to another chat or program window and come back to it, it's fine. It only happens when I have multiple chat tabs and messenger alerts me of unseen messages. It works fine if I only have a single person's window open (i.e. no tabs). I haven't tried switching tabs off, I suspect it will work but I'll check and report back. This also reminds me, I've noticed that if I type fast, then the letters appearing onscreen are SLIGHTLY sluggish. It's barely noticeable, but it's there. I noticed especially when I rubbed and replaced the character with a new one. On XP everything runs fine. I've posted elsewhere too, but so far no replies. Other people have also reported similar stuff but nobody has a proper solution. Any ideas? Thanks :)
modified on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:39 AM
I'll give you the same advice I give everyone who complains about bloated, buggy, non-functional messaging software... Switch to Pidgin... or Ekiga, or one of the other lightweight multi-network clients... Let the end users generate ad revenue on the official clients... We're geeks :)
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Just did the same google search you've probably already done and only found your posts about the problem, so sorry, no idea how to help. It does not sound annoying, though...
Unfortunately for me it gets annoying. Especially when the OCD kicks in lol. It's more than the annoyance, I'm also interested in how or why it's happening on a 64-bit system. It could just as easily be the fault of the coding of Plus! when it comes to tabbed chats, but then it works fine on XP. Even opening the chat log folder first time is incredibly slow on win7 but fast on XP.