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"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. |
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"Arrow" through the icon's "head"?!
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 "Douglas Estok" wrote in message ... 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. |
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:50:54 -0500, "Jonathan Kay [MVP]"
wrote: 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 "Douglas Estok" wrote in message .. . 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. Response sent via e-mail. |
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Yes, yes you did, and I found it. I want $10 million in small unmarked bills to
give it back to you... "Douglas Estok" wrote in message ... Have I lost my mind? Thanks much in advance. |
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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 "Douglas Estok" wrote in message ... On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:50:54 -0500, "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: 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 "Douglas Estok" wrote in message .. . 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. Response sent via e-mail. |
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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 "Douglas Estok" wrote in message ... 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. |
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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 "grahamilton" [email protected] wrote in message ... 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 "Douglas Estok" wrote in message ... 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. |
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Cheers, that fixed it
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message ... 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 "grahamilton" [email protected] wrote in message ... 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 "Douglas Estok" wrote in message ... 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. |
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"Arrow" through the icon's "head"?!
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 "grahamilton" [email protected] wrote in message ... Cheers, that fixed it "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message ... 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 "grahamilton" [email protected] wrote in message ... 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 "Douglas Estok" wrote in message ... 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. |
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