Windows Live Messenger - Disable something


  1. Posts : 212
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       #1

    Windows Live Messenger - Disable something


    In the Windows Live MSN window I can type a message in the 'Share something new with friends' box.

    This is then duly reported on my Windows Live/ Profile/ Messenger Social webpage for all to see.

    I don't want it reported and logged for all to see on that page.

    How can I disable what I type in my MSN 'Share something new with friends' box from being shared on my Windows Live webpage?

    thanks
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  2. Posts : 1,849
    Windows 7 x86/x64, Server 2008r2, Web Server 2008
       #2

    Sadly unless you install WLM 2009 you cannot disable this. It was part of MS's movement t the social side of messengers. Its just like you cannot set a custom name.
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  3. Posts : 212
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       #3

    So I should go back to WLM 2009?
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  4. Posts : 212
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    Because now every time I change my 'Share something new with your friends' box in MSN it gets plastered all over my Windows Live page (which I NEVER look at)...but some 'friends' have been snooping around there spying on me and reading exactly the 'things' I had been 'sharing' on the MSN box. I don't want them stalking me and making comments about something I might have typed in there and left there for 5 minutes. You type something in that 'share' box on MSN....you leave it there for 1 minute...yet it's permanently recorded on your Windows Live page. How much does that suck? Sure I can manually delete them...but that's a pain in the neck. You should be able to disable the whole thing.

    It's an outrage that this can't be disabled.
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  5. Posts : 1,849
    Windows 7 x86/x64, Server 2008r2, Web Server 2008
       #5

    Yes try 2009. Hopefully It will be around for a while.

    The Social Network side of messenger has cause ALOT of complaints and maybe eventually they will give you an option to "opt out"
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  6. Posts : 212
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    Do you know if there's any issues with running 2009 on W7 64bit?
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  7. Posts : 1,849
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       #7

    I used to run it no issue.
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  8. Posts : 212
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       #8

    Ok thanks for the help
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