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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Windows Messenger / October 2004net. passport and change of country
Hi I have windows messenger and msn messenger on my computer. I downloaded and installed these and created my net. passport in the UK. I and my computer have since moved to Australia and i am trying to change my settings so when i use messenger i log onto the Australian msn site and not the uk one. I have edited my net. passport details to Australia and i ahve uninstalled msn messenger and downloaded it again from the Australian site but still i connect to the UK site. I know this because there is an advert for British Gas. Appreciate any help given regards Darren If you are using Internet Explorer as your browser ??? Then check whats your home page is ... To view this just open Internet Explorer and click tools follow by internet Options ... Just change the home page and add the Australian msn as your home page , make sure to click apply ... Then try out your msn to see if that fixed ... > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Darren Hi Thanks for the reply. Yes, i am using ie 6. I set the Australian msn as my homepage and tried messenger but its still the uk messenger. Darren > If you are using Internet Explorer as your browser ??? Then check whats your > home page is ... To view this just open Internet Explorer and click tools [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > > > Darren Hi ... Okay why don't you explain how you are viewing msn site ??? How do you get the UK msn website , Do you using IE 6 to get msn website ??? What exactly are you doing to view UK msn site ... Also you said that you try unistalling msn messenger , How did you go about uninstalling messenger ??? > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >> > >> > Darren Hi Roadrunner Thanks again for the reply. Heres some answers to your questions. I am logging onto MSN messenger. I know i am on the uk site because of the advert at the bottom of the msn messenger box is for British gas. Also the link to e-bay on the side of the msn messenger box is to ebay.co.uk. These are how i know i am logging onto the uk messenger and not the australian messenger. I uninstalled messenger by going to add/remove programs. I tried to reinstall from the australian msn site which worked fine but when i logged onto messenger again it was still uk messenger. When i went to MSN site Australia to re download messenger, i used ie6 to get there. I am thinking maybe i need to uninstall windows messenger and msn messenger and start from scratch with new passport but of course then i will need to redo all my contacts which is hassle. What do you think? Thanks again for your help Darren Hey Darren ... Try this ... Uninstall msn messenger from the add and remove programs area again afterward go to windows explorer and search in the programs files area , look for the msn messenger folder and deleted that folder as well ... Then do a search on your computer for msn messenger , now when you do this search make sure its looking under the C drive , Now whatever the search finds also delete that as well ... Then go to your recycling bin and delete from there as well .... Now restart your computer , afterward when its up and running again go to the Aussie site and try downloading the messenger again ... See if that did it .... PS: Whenever deleting anything from the add and remove programs area , always delete that same program folder under the windows explorer ( C/Program Files/whatever ) and then afterward also from the recycling bin , restart the computer ... > Hi Roadrunner > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Darren Hi That worked! did what you said and did a search for all things msn messenger and emptied recycle bin and then reinstalled and it worked!! Thankyou very much for your time and help Regards Darren > Hey Darren ... Try this ... Uninstall msn messenger from the add and remove > programs area again afterward go to windows explorer and search in the [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > > > Darren Ok, this is really starting to annoy me now! I uninstalled msn messenger again(add/remove programs). Realised you cannot uninstall windows messenger on xp home but disabled it anyway. Terminated my net passport. Went to Australian msn site and created a new passport(gave Australia as address etc.) Made Australian msn my homepage. Downloaded msn messenger (from Australian site). logged in. No contacts showed which proved i have started from scratch. But STILL logging onto uk messenger (ebay link is ebay.co.uk, some dating link is uk, advert at bottom is uk). Please help!! Darren Hey ... Do you want windows messenger ?? Because there is ways i believe to totally remove that messenger ... Now what i mention in the above post will work but have u tried going into your user info in hotmail.com or passport.com (depending on what email your using) and changing your country info to Australian ??? > Ok, this is really starting to annoy me now! > I uninstalled msn messenger again(add/remove programs). Realised you [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Darren |
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