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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Windows Messenger / December 2003"Arrow" through the icon's "head"?!
Greetings, all. I've had problems with my local machine lately with viruses, worms and trojans. I'm still not completely disinfected, but an oddity I noticed a few weeks ago, that mysteriously ceased, is back. The MSN Messenger icon in the system tray, when connected and logged on, has a horizontal line through its "head." Any idea what this means, or why it's happening? Is it a sympton of said virus/worm/trojan? I'm running XP Pro v5.1, Build 2600.xpclient.01817-1148, (no service packs), MSN Messenger 6.0.0602. Any thoughts? Is this something to be concerned about? Have I lost my mind? Thanks much in advance. Greetings Douglas, Haven't heard of this issue before, could we have a screenshot if possible? Also, which video card are you using in this PC? ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com > Greetings, all. I've had problems with my local machine lately with > viruses, worms and trojans. I'm still not completely disinfected, but [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Thanks much in advance. >Greetings Douglas, > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> >> Thanks much in advance. Response sent via e-mail. Hi Douglas, Thanks for the mail -- I can honestly I really haven't seen that before, nor have I encountered any issues (graphically in Messenger) with the S3 adapters. I'm unsure if there is one, but you may want to check WindowsUpdate for a driver update that might have this problem "disappear": http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com > >Greetings Douglas, > > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Response sent via e-mail. Yes, yes you did, and I found it. I want $10 million in small unmarked bills to give it back to you... Have I lost > my mind? > > Thanks much in advance. have a gander at this http://web.onetel.net.uk/~grahamilton/wtf.jpg The words "My Status" is covered by the words "(online)" or whatever status i set it. this sure doesnt look like what it is supposed to be, never used to look like that, not done any driver upgrades , etc system is clean from viruses & other nasty stuff MSN Messenger Version 6.1 (6.1.0203) XP Pro SP1 > Greetings, all. I've had problems with my local machine lately with > viruses, worms and trojans. I'm still not completely disinfected, but [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Thanks much in advance. Greetings, This is a known issue in 6.1.0203. Simply open up the main Messenger window, click the Tools menu, then Options, rewrite your display name, then log off, then log back on and the problem should be corrected. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com > have a gander at this > http://web.onetel.net.uk/~grahamilton/wtf.jpg [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > > > Thanks much in advance. Cheers, that fixed it > Greetings, > [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > > > > > Thanks much in advance. Hi, Glad to be of assistance =). ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com > Cheers, that fixed it > [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > > > > > > > Thanks much in advance. |
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