messenger alerts

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Johnny5

Hi I am runing Win 98se and have messenger 6.0 and when contacts sign in
only some alert me others do not does anyone know why?

Thank's
 
Hi J5,

No, all MSN/Windows Messenger versions [that are able to connect to the service] have basic
features that are compatible with one another. The only thing that could be showing this
type of effect is if you set yourself as 'Busy' -- when you set yourself as 'Busy', you won't
receive any "alerts" (otherwise known as "toast") for contacts signing in, etc.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
 
Thank's for that,

My settings were set to show busy after 5 mins so I have upped it to 20 so
I'll try that see how it goes.

Jonathan Kay said:
Hi J5,

No, all MSN/Windows Messenger versions [that are able to connect to the service] have basic
features that are compatible with one another. The only thing that could be showing this
type of effect is if you set yourself as 'Busy' -- when you set yourself as 'Busy', you won't
receive any "alerts" (otherwise known as "toast") for contacts signing in, etc.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


Johnny5 said:
Hi again,

when I am signed into messenger but not actually using it there is a light
blue box that pops up when a contact signs in isn't there, well some
contacts pop up when they sign in and some dont, I was wondering if it might
be that they dont have the same version of messenger as I do?

Thank's again.
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