Steve Lombardi - New photography on Virtual Earth

SlackmasterK wrote:Microsoft could guarantee never to have an IM server outage, thus forcing me to use other networks for my IM
SlackmasterK wrote:I could run it with the messenger service disabled (not just stopped, disabled.)
SlackmasterK wrote:Guarantee there will be no ads
SlackmasterK wrote:Run in minimal desktop and memory footprints
SlackmasterK wrote:Not look like that fruity WMP10 [still use Mplayer2 and Winamp]
SlackmasterK wrote:Funny that I can log into an MSN IM account via an E-mail address that hasn't existed in a few months
SlackmasterK wrote:I want to disable sounds, smileys, and those annoying notifications
SlackmasterK wrote:Dunno if it helps but I've found the easiest and most final way to stop messenger from respawning every time I shoot it down is to replace msmsgs.exe with ping.exe - it's part of my standard Windows install procedure. No load on boot, no load on outlook, no load spontaneously at random without cause, no recreating msmsgs.exe after it's deleted. I call this my BFG move, because it's the best way to kill it dead. and disable that service!!!
futurix wrote:Is there any IM network that *guarantees* 100% uptime?
I bet the answer is - NO.
futurix wrote:
SlackmasterK wrote: Run in minimal desktop and memory footprints On your 286 pc?
I find Messenger pretty fast actually.
futurix wrote:
Winamp? Isn't it even more fruity? In fact it has no native GUI too.
Oh, idea for future mindless MS bashing - you can also blame Microsoft for terribly slow codecs (since unlike newer players your Mplayer2 does not support fast ASF/WinMedia reader).
futurix wrote:
SlackmasterK wrote: Funny that I can log into an MSN IM account via an E-mail address that hasn't existed in a few months Would you like monthly or weekly checks for your e-mail validity more?
futurix wrote:
SlackmasterK wrote: Dunno if it helps but I've found the easiest and most final way to stop messenger from respawning every time I shoot it down is to replace msmsgs.exe with ping.exe - it's part of my standard Windows install procedure. No load on boot, no load on outlook, no load spontaneously at random without cause, no recreating msmsgs.exe after it's deleted. I call this my BFG move, because it's the best way to kill it dead. and disable that service!!!
Or you can just set the option in "Preferences". Or in "Group Policy". Or simply in registry. Or use provided .inf file to remove it. Or disable it using "Add/Remove programs". And again, Windows "Messenger" service is not connected to MSN Messenger. And msmsgs.exe is not Windows "Messenger" service.
You probably downloaded the MSN Messenger Activity SDK but there's also the Windows Messenger SDK which allows to do more with MSN Messenger. Too bad it's the same API which the old Windows Messenger uses - there's no way to communicate with MSN Messenger
without having to install Window Messenger unless you use this Activity SDK which doesn't offer much, I guess.
I hope that they will add more advanced API commands to the next version/s which won't require Windows Messenger installed too.
SlackmasterK wrote:Perhaps my perceptions about the connection between Messenger and Messenger were incorrect. However, one command into the run box to me is faster than opening preferences, policy editors, registry editors, or CP applets. The MSN IM client, upon Windows default installation, comes with pop-up balloons and an extraneous systray icon, while stifling efforts to close it by re-opening itself next boot or next time Outlook is opened. Deleting it causes it to re-appear next boot more often than not. It's just a bit of an annoyance.
yyy wrote:You probably downloaded the MSN Messenger Activity SDK but there's also the Windows Messenger SDK which allows to do more with MSN Messenger. Too bad it's the same API which the old Windows Messenger uses - there's no way to communicate with MSN Messenger without having to install Window Messenger unless you use this Activity SDK which doesn't offer much, I guess.
I hope that they will add more advanced API commands to the next version/s which won't require Windows Messenger installed too.
Hi,
I want to build an interactive E-learning course. How can I put the materials in the MSN and retrieve the information by asking the questions as you did to ask about Geogre Bush.
Thanks,
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A summary of the interview by a friend of mine who used to work with Scott.
Here's a question!
<scott starts talking for .5 seconds>
Here's a sarcastic comment!
<scott acknowledges comment and starts talking again for .5 seconds>
Here's a lame non-sequitur...
<scott rolls his eyes>