MSN messenger question...

cdfreelancer · 07-10-2005, 01:16 PM

I recently stayed at a friend's house and whilst there I installed msn messenger onto their PC. Unfortunately I forgot to uninstall it when I left.

My friend phoned me this morning and informed that he's more than a little peeved with me because messages keep coming onto his PC screen and have been doing for a couple of weeks.

Periodically, msn has been informing me that it's signed into two locations at once so I always sign out and back in again and it sorts itself out.

What I've done to resolve the issue is to change my hotmail/msn password. Hopefully this means that it wont sign in automatically on his PC.

Before anyone suggests it: He wont allow me to uninstall msn because he knows nout about PC's and is stubborn.

Now that I've changed the password, should it stop msn automatically signing-in on his PC?

Thanks in advance!

elmarcorulz · 07-10-2005, 01:37 PM

yes, the reason it was signing in on his, is because when you typed in your details, you also checked the sign in automatically box. changing your password will stop these annoyances from now on

cdfreelancer · 07-10-2005, 01:41 PM

Great, that's a relief!

dyserq · 07-10-2005, 01:57 PM

In the most recent msn messenger you can choose whether to delete your deatils including email address from his computer as well, not just disabling his ability to sign in automatically.

cdfreelancer · 07-10-2005, 02:23 PM

Oh really? How do I do that? I have msn 7.0 which is the latest version.

Just out of interest, would he have been able to have read my instant message conversations as they were happening? Please tell me it isn't so! lol

b3n · 07-11-2005, 03:54 AM

Get trillian, its pretty good. I like it more than msn messenger.

dyserq · 07-11-2005, 04:00 AM

Ok
First off only if you have kept logs would he have been able to read it, by default this is off for privacy reasons
Secondly to delete your information about your msn account from his computer just go to the options tab in the main window and then select general tab on the left. In there should be a heading called sign in accounts and passwords, under there there is
a button called change, clicking that brings you to a window with all the information, just select yours and then press delete
And now your friend should not be able to access your account no more

PS i think msn messenger is better b3n because more people use msn messenger when compared to trillian

elmarcorulz · 07-11-2005, 09:36 AM

all trillian is a different interface. it uses yahoo, msn and aim messengers all in one. kind of like www.e-messenger.net

dyserq · 07-11-2005, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elmarcorulz

all trillian is a different interface. it uses yahoo, msn and aim messengers all in one. kind of like www.e-messenger.net

Emessenger i hardly ever use because its is extremely difficult to use since all the data has to be sent via internet and is not installed on your computer which to me is a real hassle

I only ever use MSN messenger so i don't find trillian much of use, although i have a yahoo messenger account also

I might try it somtime later though, just to test it out

elmarcorulz · 07-11-2005, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dyserq

Emessenger i hardly ever use because its is extremely difficult to use since all the data has to be sent via internet and is not installed on your computer which to me is a real hassle

i only use e messenger when im a) at college or b) msn doesnt work and wont sign in, 9/10 times e messenger will for some reason

07-10-2005, 01:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
cdfreelancer Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Bath, UK Age: 29 Posts: 226	MSN messenger question... I recently stayed at a friend's house and whilst there I installed msn messenger onto their PC. Unfortunately I forgot to uninstall it when I left. My friend phoned me this morning and informed that he's more than a little peeved with me because messages keep coming onto his PC screen and have been doing for a couple of weeks. Periodically, msn has been informing me that it's signed into two locations at once so I always sign out and back in again and it sorts itself out. What I've done to resolve the issue is to change my hotmail/msn password. Hopefully this means that it wont sign in automatically on his PC. Before anyone suggests it: He wont allow me to uninstall msn because he knows nout about PC's and is stubborn. Now that I've changed the password, should it stop msn automatically signing-in on his PC? Thanks in advance! __________________ AMD Athlon 2400+ ECS K7S5A Radeon 9600 (256MB DDR) DDR-SDRAM PC2100/PC3200 1024MB Windows XP Pro 32 bit 8MB broadband

07-10-2005, 01:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 21 Posts: 6,032	yes, the reason it was signing in on his, is because when you typed in your details, you also checked the sign in automatically box. changing your password will stop these annoyances from now on __________________ C2D E6300 @ 2.6Ghz Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 2GB DDR2 667 1TB (1x500GB 2x250GB HDD) BFG 8800GTS 320MB PFC Til I Die

07-10-2005, 01:41 PM	#3 (permalink)
cdfreelancer Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Bath, UK Age: 29 Posts: 226	Great, that's a relief! __________________ AMD Athlon 2400+ ECS K7S5A Radeon 9600 (256MB DDR) DDR-SDRAM PC2100/PC3200 1024MB Windows XP Pro 32 bit 8MB broadband

07-10-2005, 02:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
cdfreelancer Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Bath, UK Age: 29 Posts: 226	Oh really? How do I do that? I have msn 7.0 which is the latest version. Just out of interest, would he have been able to have read my instant message conversations as they were happening? Please tell me it isn't so! lol __________________ AMD Athlon 2400+ ECS K7S5A Radeon 9600 (256MB DDR) DDR-SDRAM PC2100/PC3200 1024MB Windows XP Pro 32 bit 8MB broadband

07-11-2005, 03:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
b3n VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 373	Get trillian, its pretty good. I like it more than msn messenger. __________________ WinXP Home SP2 Intel Celeron D 3.1ghz XFX nVidia Geforce4 MX4000 128mb AGP 8x 512mb RAM 160 HD (2x80GB) Lite-On DL CDRW/DVD -/+ R RW 16x 17" LCD - 1280x1024@75hz www.glaciagames.com

07-10-2005, 01:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
dyserq Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 134	In the most recent msn messenger you can choose whether to delete your deatils including email address from his computer as well, not just disabling his ability to sign in automatically.

07-11-2005, 04:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
dyserq Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 134	Ok First off only if you have kept logs would he have been able to read it, by default this is off for privacy reasons Secondly to delete your information about your msn account from his computer just go to the options tab in the main window and then select general tab on the left. In there should be a heading called sign in accounts and passwords, under there there is a button called change, clicking that brings you to a window with all the information, just select yours and then press delete And now your friend should not be able to access your account no more PS i think msn messenger is better b3n because more people use msn messenger when compared to trillian

07-11-2005, 09:36 AM	#8 (permalink)
elmarcorulz VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Age: 21 Posts: 6,032	all trillian is a different interface. it uses yahoo, msn and aim messengers all in one. kind of like www.e-messenger.net __________________ C2D E6300 @ 2.6Ghz Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 2GB DDR2 667 1TB (1x500GB 2x250GB HDD) BFG 8800GTS 320MB PFC Til I Die

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