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How do I keep AIM from putting an away message up when switching users in XP? When I switch users, without logging off, AIM automatically puts up the default away message. I don’t want that, if I want an away message, I’ll put it up! Thanks for you help!
Go to My AIM > Edit Options > Edit Preferences > Away Message and set it to “Insert in personal profile only.” This way, the only way they’ll see your away message is if they check your profile. You can take this a step further by editing the default away messages to “blank” messages.
Also, make sure your Idle Message setting is unchecked, and under Privacy, uncheck “Allow users to see how long I’ve been idle.” That should pretty much do it.
Thanks for the reply. I do want users to be able to see when I have away messages and am idle, I use away messages all the time! I just don’t want AIM to automatically put the default one up when I switch users, I don’t want any other changes. Is this possible?
I have XP as well and I don’t think there is a way to get around it, its written into the Windows XP programming.
OK, well I just found out that it at least doesn’t replace an away message you already have up with the default one, so i’ll just put my own up before i switch users. I’ll also find the registry hack or whatever to change the default message.
you dont need to hack into anything to change your default away message, you can change it by editing it in preferences 😀
OK guys I figured it out… Go into regedit (start > run, type in “regedit”), then go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Softwhere > America Online > AOL Instant Messenger (TM) > Users > [your screen name] > IAmGoneSpecialCases, and then rename or delete the value, “OsLO.” And there you have it! No more automatic away messages at least for that screen name on that windows username. Hope this helps someone!
Quote:quote:Originally posted by tinkerbell8298you dont need to hack into anything to change your default away message, you can change it by editing it in preferences 😀
Thanks, I overlook the simplest things 😀
Quote:quote:Originally posted by TheBigKevDoggOK guys I figured it out… Go into regedit (start > run, type in “regedit”), then go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER > Softwhere > America Online > AOL Instant Messenger (TM) > Users > [your screen name] > IAmGoneSpecialCases, and then rename or delete the value, “OsLO.” And there you have it! No more automatic away messages at least for that screen name on that windows username. Hope this helps someone!
okay i did all that stuff that thebigkevdogg said to do because i was having the same problem with xp…it did not work at all…now anytime when i put my away message on people cannot see it when they IM me…its really annoying to them because they think im just not talking to them…i tried to fix it but i dont know what to do!…someone help me fix it!
yeah i did that though…i even turned off my computer…i went back to change everthing back to normal and it looked like the olso or whatever had made a new file because the i renamed the other…the one i renamed was still there…i deleted the one i renamed and it still doesnt work right!:(
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