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Comment from Carol on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T18:22:34Z

I have Windows Live Messenger set to save all my conversations and am aware that you can view message history at any time, however my laptop crashed and the first part of the conversation is missing - where can I retrieve this conversation from, is this possible - would really appreciate your help thanks.

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Comment from nicola on 2009-10-15

2009-10-15T16:00:23Z

is it possible for the MSN messenger to change the settings of this message history?

i had it set to not record my messages and 2 days ago some conversations appeared. is this possible?

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Comment from fiona on 2009-10-04

2009-10-04T16:22:47Z

Hi my msn is able to save all history except with one person. I don't know why its this way. What can I do about it. HELP

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Comment from Simas on 2009-10-04

2009-10-04T14:12:40Z

I have messenger for mac, and i tried everywhere to find those things: in the msn site, the windows site, in my email, is it different when you have mac messenger?

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Comment from noor ali on 2009-09-07

2009-09-07T13:19:00Z

plz i need to retreive msn conversation in several email addresses
the history not useful for me they arenot save

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Comment from John on 2009-09-05

2009-09-05T09:52:10Z

Is it possible to store & review webchats in MSN Messenger, in the same way as viewing text history? Thanks.

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Comment from Robert on 2009-08-26

2009-08-26T11:27:06Z

Hello, with the old msn, version 8.5, my conversations were being saved as .html files. This format created larger files, but it looked better as well in my opinion. In the new version it can only be saved in XML format however, and it wont be saved in folders by month either which used to be the case. Would you happen to know how I can get that again? Thanks in advance, Robert

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Comment from selma on 2009-05-22

2009-05-22T13:26:26Z

Hi I have msn 8.0 & I'm afraid if there is another file or another place where the convos are saved in. & I did as you said but in the tools, options ... I found that I'm not saving the convos. plz help me and tell me where can these convos can be.

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Comment from Juliet on 2009-05-19

2009-05-19T08:01:25Z

Hi Leo, How can I make sense of the content of edb.log files in order to read not saved msn conversations? I can see they have information related to the conversations I need to retrieve, but most of them are in code language.

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Comment from Naemah on 2009-04-19

2009-04-19T11:57:28Z

Can I recover my lost conversations when I close the massnger with CTrl+Alt+delete bottons ?
How I can do this please?

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Comment from carol on 2009-04-17

2009-04-17T17:39:25Z

if you save coversations dose it logg if you talk when you put your off line

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Comment from Jessica on 2009-04-16

2009-04-16T08:20:34Z

Hi leo .... Im trying to do it ! im on the newest msn and its not working it doesnt let me check and boxes ? Wat to do !

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Comment from sndbdh on 2009-04-14

2009-04-14T08:57:47Z

I cannot see the messages tab when I go to the Tools --options button. Is there another way?

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Comment from me on 2009-04-12

2009-04-13T03:01:29Z

are there any programs or something that you can do so that the convos are sent to me by email automaticly?

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Comment from Tracy on 2009-04-11

2009-04-12T05:07:51Z

Hi there Leo, How do you save your conversations back when you pressed 'Do not save conversations' Because i have tried everything that was possible but it wouldn't work, know anything? if do you great, if you don't then that's fine too :]

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Comment from A on 2009-03-28

2009-03-28T14:35:39Z

Ok, I just initiated the 'save conversations' mode. I don't see any past conversations. I didn't retrieve old MSN messenger convos.

Is there a another way to retrieve them?

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Comment from katie on 2009-03-13

2009-03-13T10:13:54Z

HI IV FOUND MSN CONVOS ON MY LAP TOP BUT WHEN I TRY AND OPEN THEN THEY COME UP IN A FUNNY LANGUAGE HOW CAN I OPEN THEN TO READ THEM?

That's a data file intended to be opened by Messenger. Use the Messenger program itself to review your old conversations.

- Leo
13-Mar-2009

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Comment from Mick on 2009-02-12

2009-02-12T23:56:04Z

Hi, i have vista and have been having convos with a contact that i do not wish to be saved to computer anywhere. I am not saving history but ive heard that the canvos are still saved somewhere. Is this true and how do I delete this information.
Thanks Very Much

They're not saved anywhere on your computer that I know of unless you specify that they should be. (Or unless you have spyware installed.)

Certainly the other person could be saving it. And of course any computer or networking equipment that is used to transmit your conversation from your PC to theirs could be logging it, but it's not very likely.

- Leo
13-Feb-2009

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Comment from Breanne on 2008-11-17

2008-11-17T21:38:53Z

oh and for that big question every one wants to know

please try and follow these EASY steps!
1:open your Windows Live Messenger(msn)
2:at the top on your toolbar please click on TOOLS
3:click on OPTIONS
4:on the left hand side you will see Messages,CLICK
5:at the bottom you will see two boxes to be checked for messge history, check both boxes.

and voila !

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Comment from bob on 2008-10-12

2008-10-13T04:57:15Z

is it possible to track or find old hot mail chat convos from the past...im trying to find a few convos from like 2 years ago, is it possible?

No, not that I'm aware of.

- Leo
13-Oct-2008

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Comment from Micky Bananas on 2008-08-26

2008-08-26T20:26:51Z

Hi There Leo, you have saved me from many a slapping my own forehead moment in the past so thanks for that!
Anyhow, my question regarding messenger hitory.... have always had the save history tickbox checked since day one, but when I try to recall it I find there are coversations that don't appear. For example, speaking to my girlfriend who's the other side of the world at the moment virtually everyday, yet when I recall our history there are gaps of several days between recorded chats, and some of the once recorded haven't saved the complete chat.
Any ideas? Could really do with getting that history back cos she's given me some inportant dates for my diary that i didn't write down at the time and she will get mighty cross if I ask her again!
Thanks Leo, and keep up the excellent work!
Mike

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2008-04-14

2008-04-14T13:08:57Z

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I don't believe it's possible.

Leo

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Comment from joana on 2008-04-13

2008-04-13T13:00:37Z

i have a MAC laptop and MAC msn and i've tried really hard but i can't seem to find a way to recover my unsaved conversation.
I REALLY need to recover it, as soon as possible. If you don't have any ideas on how to figure it out, do have any as to how i could even find that out?
thanks

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Comment from theo on 2008-02-17

2008-02-17T15:35:56Z

Sorry to disagree but By default MSN Messenger V7.5 logs Chat.If you look in My Documents > My Chat Logs.
May have to enable Show hidden files in Explorer
>Folder Options> View > Show hidden files.

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2008-01-04

2008-01-04T19:03:05Z

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No, not that I'm aware of. The only hope might be to ask the
person you were IMing with if they had kept a log.

Leo

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Comment from ZACH on 2008-01-02

2008-01-02T23:39:25Z

Does MSN messenger save messages in any other place on my computer other than what you have described?? I have my message history off, and see no message history in my files, but i have been told MSN stores messages in other places? Is this true?

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Comment from Not applicablt on 2007-08-14

2007-08-14T12:38:37Z

Ok everybody out there looking for convo historys. If you saved then deleted them you can get them back. many of the simple undelete programs will do it. you have 60000000kb in a 60gig Hdd small for todays terms. and the average convo is for arguments sake 500kb. Unless that particular 500kb was writen over you can get it back easily. As far as forensic teams from data years ago. The department of us defence uses 24 passes using secure wiping programs. That is wiping and re writing 24 times and there are still people out there who can get the data back. So its in there somewhere. if you diddnt save the history there may be a temp file of it but it will be stored on a small segment of the harddrive (sorry dont know where) and will be wiped over multiple times in a short time. not detectable by your average free recovery software

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Comment from Steven on 2007-07-08

2007-07-08T23:02:44Z

Probably this software can help you: [url]http://www.bestsoftware4download.com/software/t-free-message-history-import-export-for-msn-download-duevkjoq.html[/url]

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Comment from julie on 2007-06-27

2007-06-28T00:49:17Z

I know we've asked so many times but I'm so confused...

If a conversation that was never saved doesn't hit the disk does that mean the expensive forensic recovery thing can not retrieve it?

Also, if there is the chance that the conversations that were never saved did hit the hard drive disk but the conversation occured years ago is it possible for the expensive forensic recovery thing to still retrieve it or would it be over written by now

thank you so much!

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-06-11

2007-06-12T00:08:59Z

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-06-11

2007-06-12T00:07:48Z

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Peter: Just a rumor. I don't believe it.

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Comment from candy on 2007-06-11

2007-06-11T16:59:25Z

yeah the above statement works but i didnt have the message history box checked off for the conversations i want back there like a week old i tried the above method by checking off the message history box buti want the conversations that didnt have the message history box checked off how can i get those back

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Comment from Peter on 2007-06-11

2007-06-11T15:28:52Z

I heard a rumor that MSN actually archives MSN IM traffic, for what reason I don't know. Can anyone confirm or dispel this myth?

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-03-03

2007-03-03T18:03:33Z

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You would need to install some kind of parental monitoring software.
This article touches on that:
http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_keep_my_kids_safe_from_internet_garbage.html

Realize, though, that savvy kids can often detect, disable or work
around just about anything.

Leo
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Comment from Raj on 2007-03-02

2007-03-03T06:17:24Z

Dear Leo, Is there any other way you can record(save) msn conversations, in order to monitor your kids, what they are doing? Kids are smart, they know how to turn off history option. I am looking for something out side the msn settings, so they can't disable it. Does any one know any third party software to monitor massenger?

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2006-11-04

2006-11-04T17:15:18Z

No. Not that I'm aware of.

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Comment from caroline on 2006-11-04

2006-11-04T10:05:26Z

Hi, i'm looking for a conversation i had few days ago on MSN. i havnt got the message history option switched on, so it wasn't automatically saved in WebLogs. The person i was conversing with had no archive of this onversation.
Is there any was of retrieving the conversation? is it saved somewhere on the server? thank you

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2006-10-29

2006-10-29T19:55:11Z

You cannot.

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Comment from konnie on 2006-10-29

2006-10-29T18:27:17Z

how can I recall an MSN email that was sent in error?

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Comment from katie on 2006-07-16

2006-07-16T21:56:05Z

Hey dont know if this can help all of you people out there, but i just found out that on the new live messenger if you want to save all of your conversations, click tools then options, then on the side click messages, at the bottom it should say message history, you can click an save all of ur message history so u can look at what conversations have n=been going on xx

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Comment from Leo on 2006-05-11

2006-05-12T01:55:10Z

You can install trillian in place of MSN MEssegner, AIM or whatever other service. You'll need to uninstall or turn off the other services. It does look different, but the people you are chatting with will not know, or care, that you're using trillian.

I use it myself.

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Comment from Marie on 2006-05-11

2006-05-11T19:41:52Z

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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Comment from S & C on 2006-04-29

2006-04-29T13:37:13Z

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

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Comment from John Radcliffe on 2006-04-26

2006-04-26T11:18:06Z

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?

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Comment from emily on 2006-04-18

2006-04-18T10:31:09Z

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

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Comment from Helena on 2006-04-16

2006-04-16T20:53:19Z

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

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Comment from Leo on 2006-04-09

2006-04-10T05:12:12Z

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

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Comment from din on 2006-04-09

2006-04-10T03:04:19Z

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?

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Comment from Leo on 2006-03-26

2006-03-26T19:27:40Z

No. Not true.

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Comment from andrew on 2006-03-26

2006-03-26T19:20:20Z

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

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Comment from Taylor on 2006-03-21

2006-03-22T02:39:02Z

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.

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Comment from Leo on 2006-03-11

2006-03-11T17:42:49Z

It's fake.

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Comment from Paul on 2006-03-11

2006-03-11T12:32:43Z

Hi Leo,
I get the following message from friends, and they all believe its a true statement
"Hey everyone!!
Here's a warning to all those who would love not to throw their money out the window!

In summer of 2006, it will be necessary to pay to use MSN and the e-mail accounts

if we don't send this message to at least 18 addresses from our contact list.
It is not a joke and if you do not believe me go on the website ( www.msn.com ) and check it out yourself.
When you have successfully sent this message to a minimum of 18 of your contacts, your msn icon will turn blue.
Please copy and paste this message; do not forward it, because it will not be taken seriously"

So obviously my question if the statement is true or not.

Thanks!
Regards,
Paul

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Comment from Leo on 2006-02-03

2006-02-03T22:08:20Z

You want this article: http://ask-leo.com/i_deleted_a_file_by_mistake_can_i_get_it_back.html

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Comment from Chris on 2006-02-03

2006-02-03T22:02:47Z

Hey there buddy I got a ? for ya. about 3 months ago i had a family reunion, well a big get together, i had the web cam in the living room watching everyone and stuff, gonna burn it to a disk and send them all a copy, but i screwed up, i deleted it from the libary that my webcam has, and recycle bin, is there a way of getting that back somehow???? Thakns for your help ( chris )

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2005-11-28

2005-11-28T16:46:43Z

Not that I'm aware of directly. You'll have to install some kind of parental control / tracking software. http://ask-leo.com/how_can_i_keep_my_kids_safe_from_internet_garbage.html has more.

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Comment from liam on 2005-11-28

2005-11-28T09:19:47Z

is there anyway i can save my msn messages, without clicking " save mesage history", this is because i want to see wot my children are up to and they know about the "save message history" tab. they then un tick the box so messages are not saved. thanx

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Comment from Leo on 2005-11-27

2005-11-27T08:08:04Z

I found this tool that may do the trick: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/mspass.html

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Comment from asim on 2005-11-26

2005-11-27T07:32:31Z

i have hotmail account, and i forget it's password,but i saved it's password on msn messenger,there is any way can i see saved password on msn messenger,

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2005-11-15

2005-11-15T20:22:45Z

Nope. If you didn't save them... then they're not saved.

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Comment from christine on 2005-11-15

2005-11-15T15:59:46Z

Hey.

I never used to save conversations before, but now i would like to be able to read them, is there anyway way at all to get them, if i hadn't saved them in the first place, or is that impossible?

Thank you.

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Comment from angel on 2005-10-24

2005-10-24T17:00:03Z

I learned once of an MSN messenger file that is not necessary and can be deleted after loading the program. Can you tell me what that would be? I recently reloaded MSN and seem to be short on ram and locking up alot. Thanks :)

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Comment from Leo on 2005-10-17

2005-10-18T00:10:03Z

I don't understand ... you said that you both DON'T save messages - so the messages aren't saved.

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Comment from Nikki on 2005-10-17

2005-10-17T20:51:37Z

I dont save my messages..neither does my boyfriend is there anyway possible that i could make it to where all his messages are saved??

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Comment from Leo on 2005-07-13

2005-07-14T00:52:42Z

If you didn't have the save option turned on, then I know of no way to recover the conversation. Sorry.

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Comment from cale on 2005-07-13

2005-07-14T00:35:22Z

Hi i had a conversation with a person on msn messenger that i need to find and view. However after the conversation i just closed out of the conversation window and then signed out of msn messenger. I have not selected any saving options in the msn messenger program so i would like to know if there is a way to find this conversation somewhere on my computer and if so i would like step by step instructions on how to do so
please help
thank you

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Comment from Leo on 2005-07-02

2005-07-03T03:39:45Z

If you did not save them, there is no way to look at them.

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Comment from becky on 2005-07-02

2005-07-02T20:53:40Z

how can i look at y old msn converstaions if i do not save them ..... can you give me a step by step way of doing this and can i deleate them to off my computer so knowone can see them ?

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Comment from Leo on 2005-05-15

2005-05-16T05:17:58Z

Not that I'm aware of, no.

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Comment from john on 2005-05-15

2005-05-15T16:47:33Z

hi ive just deleted my yahoo msn messenger archives is there any way i can restore it plz

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Comment from Leo on 2005-04-13

2005-04-13T21:07:34Z

You have WINDOWS Messenger 4.7, which is a different program, and does not have the same features as MSN Messenger.

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Comment from Jeana on 2005-04-13

2005-04-13T20:49:47Z

I have msn messenger version 4.7 and there is no message option/tab. Is this a feature that has been removed?

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Comment from Leo on 2005-03-21

2005-03-22T03:31:51Z

Are you sure you're using MSN messenger, and not Windows messeger? They're different, and I don't think that Windows Messenger has the archive. More here: http://ask-leo.com/whats_the_difference_between_msn_messenger_windows_messenger_and_windows_messenger.html

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Comment from Kathie on 2005-03-21

2005-03-22T03:14:43Z

I have gone to tools and options but there is no tab saying messages. How do I do this? I have MSN Explorer and Windows XP. Thanks

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Comment from Jason on 2005-02-08

2005-02-08T20:01:14Z

Without going into the unallocated space of a hard drive there is no way to retrieve conversations in IM. Unless of course you have the journaling enabled, which generally isn't.
you would:
A) have to image the ENTIRE drive, including empty space (bit for bit, not ghost)
B) use a forensic tool to search for the IM conversation bits. Encase, linux sleuthkit etc...

It is possible as this is brought up as evidence in some computer crime cases. All deleted data is always somewhat recoverable. It is just a matter of how much time or money you are willing to spend to get it back.

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Comment from Leo on 2005-02-01

2005-02-02T03:21:33Z

No, not that I'm aware of.

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Comment from Bat1 on 2005-02-01

2005-02-02T03:10:14Z

Does MSN save your instant messages?
If you did not save the message, can anybody retrieve your messages?

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Comment from Leo on 2005-01-07

2005-01-07T20:12:55Z

This article covers that: http://ask-leo.com/can_i_retrieve_old_aol_instant_messenger_conversations.html

but in a word: no.

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Comment from dakotaball44 on 2005-01-06

2005-01-07T00:18:29Z

can i get to my past conversations on AOL instant messanger

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Comment from Nuno on 2004-09-30

2004-09-30T07:43:03Z

Hari,
We use AMSN in Linux. It is very light and reliable. See http://amsn.sourceforge.net.
Regards, NUNO

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Comment from anand on 2004-09-07

2004-09-08T06:42:22Z

we r using Windows messenger 5.0. we r logging in toexchange server.yesterday we found proble in messenger. we can't logging int o exchange server from WMesseger. we uninstalled(RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove)by using this code. and installed one more time but still our problem is same pls find solution for my problem.how to uninstall complete msn enties from my system.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-07-27

2004-07-28T00:15:43Z

There's a small possibility that an undelete utiliti may work. Google "undelete" and look for some of the free utilities. It's a small chance, but possible.

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Comment from Tessa on 2004-07-27

2004-07-27T17:56:21Z

I am in somewhat the same situation, but your comment doesn't seem to apply to me since you said that the convos probably "never even hit the disk." In my case, I was looking at my conversation history in MSN Messenger and accidentally deleted it...which I didn't want to do! I looked in my trash but MSN doesn't seem to delete through the computer's trash folder...any ways I can retrieve these deleted files?

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Comment from Leo on 2004-07-19

2004-07-19T21:20:23Z

Are you running the latest MSN Messenger?
Are you sure it's *MSN* Messenger you're using? (Windows Messenger looks the same, but doesn't have this feature.)
http://ask-leo.com/archives/000017.html

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Comment from Nicole on 2004-07-19

2004-07-19T18:40:31Z

I can get as far as choosing TOOLS, OPTIONS, but the MESSAGES tab does not appear. Dose it depend on which version of MSN Messenger you are using??

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Comment from Sam on 2004-06-30

2004-06-30T16:11:43Z

use a good anti-spyware software...
i'll recommend ad-aware, google it.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-06-28

2004-06-28T16:22:43Z

There are thrid party IM applications, one called Trillian comes to mind - Google on that. There are arguments on whether those applications are "legal" - Microsoft and AOL both consider their IM services to be proprietary. But the thrid party applications do work.

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Comment from Hari on 2004-06-28

2004-06-28T09:07:21Z

Can I use MSN messenger service(not necessarily the msn messenger software) without having Internet Explorer? The current MSN Messenger software needs explorer to run and my explorer is not functional.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-06-25

2004-06-26T05:01:57Z

I wish I had a better answer for you, but I'm afraid I don't. The fact is the conversation may never have even hit the disk, so there may be nothing *to* retreive. About the only suggestion I have would be to call AOL support. But I don't have much hope.

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Comment from Christine Han on 2004-06-25

2004-06-26T04:12:33Z

Leo this is so importnat and urgent.. I really need an old AIM convo to be retrieved.. i know you said that there isn't any other way to retrieve convos but I don't even know who to call or ask.. can you please look into it further/ it would mean the world for me.. I tried to look on the AIM site but they had nothing to send e-mails to. Thanks.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-06-24

2004-06-24T16:58:13Z

Spyware can be very sneaky. It's difficult to say what actually be happening, but many things are possible. This article reviews the topic: http://ask-leo.com/archives/000169.html

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Comment from Leo on 2004-06-24

2004-06-24T16:57:07Z

Snail mail? As in print it on paper and physically mail it to you? I can't imagine they would.

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Comment from l on 2004-06-24

2004-06-24T13:22:25Z

if u have spyware on another computer and someone uses ur account can they see ur convos

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Comment from ? on 2004-06-24

2004-06-24T13:21:34Z

can aol mail (snail mail) you ur aim conversations (note, i dont talk on aol its just my internet provider)

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Comment from Jeremy on 2004-06-23

2004-06-23T14:30:45Z

Hell's yeah you can block a keylogger... :P ... or you could just shut it down .. Or send alot of jibberish to it ... All the software does is send a hook for all the keys through a windows API..

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Comment from steve on 2004-06-20

2004-06-20T19:29:35Z

is there no way to block a keylogger then, if so how

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Comment from Leo on 2004-06-15

2004-06-16T02:29:58Z

The short answer is that there's no way. Nothing may ever have been written to the hard disk. You're screwewd.

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Comment from Rose on 2004-06-15

2004-06-16T02:24:19Z

im looking for how to read my hard disk of anything typed into my cpu ever (well after a reboot)so ill have more information on what my sisters telling my gf thats making her hate me even tho ive never did anything wrong
she uses aim msn yahoo and doesnt like icq so doesnt use it can i retreave from hard disk or am i screwewd?

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Comment from Leo on 2004-06-15

2004-06-15T18:12:54Z

No way that I know of, other than perhaps installing spyware.

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Comment from nasreen on 2004-06-15

2004-06-15T16:41:17Z

hi i want to keep my msn messenger talking a secret but i cant. my sister finds out everything. how do u go on to saved messages if they are not on received files

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Comment from Leo on 2004-06-06

2004-06-06T22:16:25Z

Not that I'm aware of.

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Comment from mmontes on 2004-06-06

2004-06-06T22:09:12Z

If neither you nor the person you chat with have saved your Instant Messages, is there still a way someone could go back and trace the messages and their content? from a remote location? Has anyone ever heard of anyone successfully retrieving unsaved MSN instant messages?

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Comment from Leo on 2004-06-04

2004-06-04T19:06:07Z

Not that I'm aware of.

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Comment from john on 2004-06-04

2004-06-04T19:03:20Z

can you recall AOL instant messages also?? If so how do you do it??

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Comment from the helper on 2004-06-03

2004-06-04T06:49:45Z

To all those spying on spouses, kids, parents, friends, coworkers, or whoever the simple solution is to install a 'keylogger' Look it up, they are little programs that track every letter written into every application. Best part is, they are untraceable, and undetectable, go to www.download.com and see what's there.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-06-03

2004-06-03T21:02:09Z

Once deleted, then there's certainly no easy way. There are undelete utilities that may work *if* the machine has not been used much since the deletion. And last resort there are forensic data recovery services, but those would be extremely expensive, and certainly obvious, as they start by removing the hard drive.

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Comment from annie on 2004-06-03

2004-06-03T20:27:18Z

I also suspect my husband of having an affair and not for the first time but he erases the message history is there any way to retrieve it

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Comment from Leo on 2004-05-25

2004-05-25T15:32:29Z

As best I can tell you can't in *Windows* messenger.

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Comment from John on 2004-05-25

2004-05-25T14:19:42Z

How can I do this in Windows Messenger? There doesn't seem to be a Messages tab, and since I switched from Windows 2000 to XP (and therefore from MSN Messenger to Windows Messenger), it doesn't seem to log my conversations anymore.

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Comment from Leo on 2004-05-14

2004-05-14T22:38:29Z

Interesting. I'm running 6.2, and there's definitely a messages tab on my tools options. How about File.Open Message History...?

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Comment from Jack on 2004-05-14

2004-05-14T22:29:07Z

This doesn't seem to work in v 6.2 of MSN Messenger. There is no "Messages" tab in Tools>Options. Can I do this somewhere else? Can I decode the .dat file?

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