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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:21 pm
by Jack Ruby
hahah, pkm you kill me man you kill me.
I use yahoo messenger, thats what my friends use so its quite useful if I want to talk to them. is yahoo messenger bad ??
Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:33 pm
by PKM
the church of me does not sanction murder. although deacon splateos has been known to kill a good thread.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:20 am
by Habsey
Msn is a great program in my opinion lol,
prolly the first program i ever used on a comp

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:41 pm
by Rookie One.pl
It would have been good if:
1. You could leave messages for offline contacts.
2. It wouldn't eat up so much memory.
3. It wouldn't integrate itself so much into the OS.
4. It wouldn't attack you with all kinds of adverts.
5. It wasn't made by M$!!!
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:36 pm
by lizardkid
Rookie One.pl wrote:It would have been good if:
1. You could leave messages for offline contacts.
2. It wouldn't eat up so much memory.
3. It wouldn't integrate itself so much into the OS.
4. It wouldn't attack you with all kinds of adverts.
5. It wasn't made by M$!!!
i agree with 1 and 2. but 3... well it's designed for windows, to interact with it... i mean if you like programs being "alien" to the OS i guess that's your cup of tea...
and 4... wtf? where are ANY adverts?
actually come to it, i think Xfire is my favorite program of that type.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:53 pm
by hogleg
My first message hardware turns out to be the most reliable means of communication to date.
1. No spam
2. No dropped calls
3. Upgrades not necessary
4. Only recieve calls when I want
5. And the biggest appealing feature, MS not required.

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:15 pm
by At0miC
^ Oh I dont have you on my rope yet, may I knot you?

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:51 pm
by Rookie One.pl
lizardkid wrote:well it's designed for windows, to interact with it... i mean if you like programs being "alien" to the OS i guess that's your cup of tea...
OK, how do you uinstall it from a standard wincrap installation, without using any external programs or guides?
lizardkid wrote:and 4... wtf? where are ANY adverts?
I don't remember exactly (I used MSN the last time some 2 years ago lol), but there were some tabs on the left that were supposed to show stock news and stuff, and opening them would have me drowning in popups.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:29 pm
by Splaetos
OK, how do you uinstall it from a standard wincrap installation, without using any external programs or guides?
Integration is the bane of customization.
And its the main complaint by people who more then casually use windows.
Worse still, it is the trend of the future, with all companies marketing towards the most common consumer, sacrificing ease of customization for thier own integrated peripherals that can be hard to replace and/or impossible to remove. Just look at many modern automobiles, especialy in regards to audio equipment, which are becoming harder and harder to replace with a new system.
Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:44 pm
by Rookie One.pl
Very good point, Splaetos. That's why I love Linux - it's customizable in every aspect possible, including the system kernel.

Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:21 pm
by lizardkid
OK, how do you uinstall it from a standard wincrap installation, without using any external programs or guides?
y'know, maybe you should take the time to get used to windows, maybe just learn how it works. all this stuff is pretty easy to find without help. i just followed what i knew and there we have it.
Start>Control Panel>Add Remove Programs
click the third tab down, labelled "Add/Remove Windows Components"
the checked boxes indicate whats already installed. simply uncheck and hit the next button.
I don't remember exactly (I used MSN the last time some 2 years ago lol), but there were some tabs on the left that were supposed to show stock news and stuff, and opening them would have me drowning in popups.
oh those...lol yeah, i just took out the option of those (i think theres an option under preferences, i did it so long ago...). except for the games, i used to have mad chess games with a friend over MSN. generally involving both of us getting 8 queens and then trying to win.