Can I retrieve old MSN Messenger conversations?

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Yeah, I've been recieving that thing about MSN and Hotmail will be costing during the Summer of 2006. I thought it was a phony, so I came to MSN to check it out, and apparently I was right. I didn't think that we would have to pay for it, cuz a majority of ppl use MSN messenger anyways. That's what I wanted to know.

i know this isnt about retrievin old msn messenger convos but i was wondering if its true that msn messenger will b charging pple over the summer

No. Not true.

when i'm trying to access the message archive i cannot open the conversation of one of my contacts. i guess the .xml may be corrupted. is there anyway to recover/fix this file?

You could take a look at the file in notepad. Perhaps you can see what's messed up.

hey everyone, ok dont go thinking uve answered this question already becoz ye it was a good answer 2 dat girls question but to me it didnt really help my problem that much. i use msn quite often n i make sure the 'save messages' thing is off ... but my mum n dad always find msgs on our computer of my saved msgs from msn. ive made sure saved msg is off but it doesnt help. it saves on a thing called message log or sumthin n its all in like a note pad.... i duno if its the same thing as what you said or not(the files it saves in!)..!? n it saves one file for each contact but when you delte one it just starts a new 1 n i cant stop it saving! i really dont want my mum n dad reading some of the thngs i say n i cant help wat ppl say 2 me! if u get my drift! lol
anywayz leo if theres anyway you could help me stop it saving even when save msgs is of n it saves wit msg log dat would help me loads n keep me out of trouble!!?? n any1 else who has da same problem or used 2 plz help 2!! cheers xxxxxx

about the retrieve messages thing::

i think it works if u right click on the contact that u want to view ur history with wen they are online and then click on message history a box comes up with all your conversations you have had in that day. im not sure if this does work but its worked with me b4. as long as youve talked to that person in that day i think it works. sory if i dont but i worked b4.
let me know if it works

Hello People

Challenge for everyone does anyone know what the numbers are at the end of the history xml's in messenger. For example it would say the name of the person you were talking to and then 10 random numbers.

its_me3456789012
xml document

Anyone know what these numbers are for?

Hey there again...when I open msn mesenger, there is no tools option...I only get the following..."about, preferences, services, hide msn, hide others, quit. When I go to preferences, I click the tab "privacy" and I get a "ghost" page, unable to make any changes on it. Please, please help. My privacy is very mportant.

thx, S & C

Hi Leo, From reading all your comments, I google Trillian and found its a free way to save all your im. I am a complete, and I really mean complete idiot when it comes to computers. How exactly does it work? Will other users be aware of it? I am the mother of an 11yr old girl, I respect her privacy but as a parent I also need to make sure she is safe from pretadors.
I really hope you respond back to me...please

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