Are you *sure* there's no way to retrieve MSN Messenger history without "archive messages" selected?

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i was just wondering if my mom can go back and read my convos i am having with my friends i don't have anything to hide but i just think that kind of stuff is personal to person i am upset to still be living at home since im old enough to be on my own but i just want my privacy and i am afraid she can read my convos how do i erase them so she cannot??

I accidently deleted the file containing a conversation from the "My Received Files" directory. (From what I remember it had the persons name followed by a lot of numbers). Now when I go to Tools/Options/Messages I cannot select "Automatically keep a history..." as it is greyed out. How can I recreate this? I thought restarting would recreate it but it doesn't. I'm using Windows XP. Can anyone help please.....

Rebooting certainly won't recreate a file that has been deleted. You *may* have luck with an undelete utility, but it's a very slim chance - I actually don't have a recommendation for one - you might try Googling for one.

hi!
i just wanted to know if my conversations on ayhoo messenger cna get saved even if i have disabled message archieving ?

is thur a way of seeing who the personm i am tlking to is tlking to?

Nope.

how do i make sure my parents can'nt read my msn conversations.. i think that we might have "spy buddy" .. how do i know?

Hi
I was wondering if there is a way to prove that someone is coming on a friend's msn messenger when they are not even near a computer...is there a way to get the IP address? A friend left his password on his msn at another friend's comp and I know someone uses it when he isn't around his own computer...any suggestions?
thanks
bk

can any one tell me what the numbers after a person ID means in my history file?They have to have some sort of use.
dont they?
thanks
Jules

I don't save my conversations and some how, my dad gets on the computer and reads my conversations. It sucks.

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