What's the difference between MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger, and Windows Messenger?

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I have just install msn 6.1.do I uninstll msn 6.

6.0 should already be gone, then. 6.1 is an upgrade and should take care of that for you.

Leo

No matter what I do, THE FONT ON MSN JUST WONT CHANGE! I press personal settings, change font, press the one i wont, then if i go to start a new convo, it's the font i want, but the size hasn't changed.

The font on MSN? Or the font of your messages within MSN Messenger?

Anyway, it sounds like the font DID change ... just not the size of the font?

I don't have a good answer for that, but I may also be missunderstanding what you're experiencing. Perhaps you could clarify?

Thanks,

Leo

Comment to : UnaX at March 24, 2004 12:05 AM that wrote :
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This helped me, since I've had problems when I started up my computer. MSN messenger was the only one to show, but i got logged off my account, because Windows Messenger was running in the background. It took me quite a while to find out why it was doing it, but when I finally figured it out, I needed help to remove Windows Messenger. This site helped me and of course the comments did. So if anyone else got the problem with both MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger starting, do as "L I M" wrote and uninstall either MSN Messenger, in the add/remove software application in Control Panel, or Windows Messenger by going to Start --> Run and write the following: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
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I must say, I faced the same problem and solved it by doing the following :
1) inside Internet Explorer - tools - windows update
2) go RUN tap gpedit.msc + enter -> open computer configuration -> admin templates -> windows components -> windows messenger -> in the right pane you'll find two settings : 1st one you disable and the 2nd one you enable.
This way I can use Msn Messenger and Windows Messenger next to each other and msn does not sign off because windows messenger played on the background. It's simply a vulnerability in the Win XP that you have to patch. What "L I M" wrote is "overkill", it's not needed.
Greetings from George, Brussels, Belgium

i have msn 9 dial up which comes with msn messenger i wanted to ask how can i sign in using another screnn name or user name

thank you

Hye there! i have problem logging into windows messenger and MSN messenger at the same time. I am using windows xp Home edition, can anyone tell me how to be able to log in for both msn messenger and windows messenger at the same time. I tried to enable the windows messenger from the add/remove windows commponent, but windows messenger didn't appeart! appreciate it!

herandy: In MSN MEssenger, File menu, Sign Out, followed by File.Sign In where you specify the new user name to log in as. That *should* be completely separate from your dial-up.

Leo

I HAVE HAD MSN EMAIL MESSENGER FOR 3 MONTHS HAVE HAD QUITE ABIT OF PROBLEMS WITH CONNECTING OR LOGGING IN .HAVE THE PASS PORT AND PASS WORD. ON MY TOOL BAR RIGHT SIDE OF MY DESK AT THE BOTTOM THE TWO LITTLE PEOPLE FOR LOGING IN HAVE A RED CIRCLE AROUND THEM AND THERE IS AN X IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE. I HAVE GOTTEN MESSAGES THAT I AM HIDING BEHIND A FIRE WALL . SO WHAT DO I DO TO GET IT TO WORK ,THIS IS REALLY DEPRESSING. IS IT THAT ALL PEOPLE HAVE TROUBLE WITH YOUR EMAIL MESSENGER? WITH THIS PROBLEM I CAN NOT EMAIL MY DAUGHTERS IN COLORADO. ANY HELP WOULD BE VERY NICE. PLEASE EMAIL ME AT rhdh20032003@yahoo.com

Are you talking about email, or messenger? They're two different things. Clearly you've been able to connect to the internet in order to visit this site. Is MSN you ISP? If the problems you're reporting are with Messenger, does your email work reliably?

I'll also politely suggest you read this article: http://ask-leo.com/archives/000036.html .

Leo

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