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I have this problem too. I’ve noticed that when I have the bandwidth full yahoo gets disconnected for a few seconds, and reconnects back automatically, unfortunately the status is set to Available after it reconnects.
Someone also showed me this registry patch http://ratsoid.net/download/misc/YM_7_No_Ads_Final.rar that also removes the white space at the botton of Yahoo, not just the ad. I’d say it’s the best of all the cracks out there, you can use it even if you previously used another ad remover.
Use the keyboard shortcut, CTRL+V to paste 😐
Btw, about all this “i’m invisible but they use buddy spy and talk to me anyway” and the other issues, maybe you should just make the courage to tell the people that are bothering you just that, that they are bothering you. It won’t kill them, it won’t make them hate you, it’s ok to be busy from time to time and say you don’t want to be bothered, everyone feels like this from time to time, so they’ll understand.
I used it myself just now, and the ad doesn’t show anymore, just a white rectangle. Thanks for the tip!
OK, thanks. The first topic you pointed me to goes to a link on Dermot’s website. The second speaks about removing ads from chat rooms (have no idea what that is, having never tried yahoo chat, i think it’s a different thing than IMs). Before running any of these programs, I’d like to know they’d fix my problem, remove the add that’s below the buddies list, not some ads in chatrooms, webcams or wherever else they might appear.
So can anyone say which solution they’ve used to remove the ad below the buddies list? I won’t try them before and see what happens, the less you mess with YM, the better 😛
If Niq and Netti’s advice still doesn’t work for you, a Windows reinstall will probably solve the problem, but that’s quite a harsh solution. Be careful about what other programs you’re also running, maybe certain firewalls, antivirus software, windows themes, or any other software that uses windows in a more “intimate” way (so to speak) might interfere with Yahoo. So when you’re trying to launch yahoo, it gets a conflict with another program, and you get that error. Try disabling everything else, even not letting them load at all (including firewall – even windows firewall -, antivirus, etc) and then try running Yahoo to see what happens.
Did you get that error since the first time you ran Yahoo, or did it start making problems after a while? If the latter, try remembering if you installed any software in that period, or if you changed something in windows. If you do not wish to reinstall Windows (or that doesn’t solve the problem, though it’s not likely), you can always try older versions of Yahoo available at http://www.oldversion.com/ for instance, though you probably won’t be able to transfer files or use audibles and other features.
You could keep the “Automatically start…” option unchecked and simply remove Yahoo Messenger from the Windows Registry, it uses certain keys in there to launch itself at windows startup. To do this you have to go to Start > Run, input “regedit” and press ok. Registry Editor will load, in there under Hkey_Current_User > Software > Microsoft > Windows > Current Version > Run, you’ll find a key (maybe among others) called Yahoo Pager probably, and a path next to it. Simply select the key and press the Delete button to remove it, then close Regedit and reboot to see if it still loads.
You can do the same by going to Start > Run, typing “msconfig” and pressing OK, a program will load, under the tab Startup simply uncheck everything connected to Yahoo. It’s just that this will be considered a selective start and I think Windows will tell you each time it loads that some programs did not load because you disabled them and it can get annoying.
If you still don’t want to modify the registry yourself, use other programs. System Mechanic has a really nice tool for showing what starts at windows start, and you can disable Yahoo from in there (System Mechanic will remove it from the registry for you). Other programs like TuneUp Utilities or other utilities might also have similar options. You can probably even search download.com or softpedia.com for freeware programs that will show you which programs start together with Windows.
I’m saying this thinking that maybe Yahoo has problems with deleting that registry key itself (it is beta after all). If the key is not there, or if you delete it and yahoo still loads with windows, its probably getting launched from somewhere else. That’s just more to search for, and settings to tweak.
Btw if you’re not sure about modifying the registry, don’t do it at all. And don’t delete keys in any other sections, you could get into trouble by doing this.
niq6566 wrote:In order to find out if somebody’s invisible you can check the online status in the user’s profile or use a program like buddy spy.I’m not so sure about that actually. In Yahoo Messenger > Preferences > Privacy if you uncheck the option “Allow Yahoo web site to show my online status” or something like that, you’ll no longer appear online in yahoo website and probably even other sites that use those Yahoo button-like images saying “yahoo-id is online” and a smilie face (don’t know their name, some people have that in their blogs or websites, the point is that those site are not made/hosted by yahoo).
Using buddy spy raises another question: is the person you’re spying on invisible only to you, or to everybody in their list? So to say, they don’t wish to speak to you and you alone, or maybe they’re not in the mood for anyone, or maybe are away and have switched to invisible mode…
Thanks guys! I already found the solution, I’m going to post it here in case someone gets into the same trouble.
I completely uninstalled Yahoo and put vers 7 back in, didn’t solve anything. Didn’t try the 7.5 beta, I have beta-fobia 😉I noticed some .swf files in my Yahoo directory. You have them too. They are Flash files, you can run them in a flash player (load them in your browser to see them). One of them is that Emoticon that sleeps and then wakes up and smiles when you connect to Yahoo (the Signing in screen), another one is that animated toolbar that I was posting about. So it seemed the problem was Flash related… Funny, since I had the latest version of Flash Player installed (8.0.22 at this moment). I’m also using Firefox 1.5 as my browser. I unistalled and reinstalled the flash player from the Macromedia site, I even tried a flash player version 7, didn’t change anything with Yahoo Messenger’s issue.
I also noticed that my audibles weren’t working. When I clicked on the audible button, a message would pop up saying I don’t have the latest flash player instaled, and it would take me to the Macromedia site. Since I already had the latest version, I started thinking that maybe Yahoo just doesn’t see it.
Anyway, here’s the solution: it seems Yahoo doesn’t use the Flash Player that’s installed in Firefox. It uses the flash player made for Internet Explorer (version 6 for me). And while I had the latest version of Flash for Firefox (basically when you click install on the Macromedia website, it automatically detects your browser and gives you the proper version), I didn’t have any flash installed in IE, and it seems Flash isn’t a system-wide program, you have to install it separately for each browser you might be using. So I used IE to go to the Macromedia website, installed the Flash Player again, and that was it. Now the sleeping emoticon shows up in the sign in screen in Y! (failed to notice earlier that I didn’t show up there either), I have that animation in the lower toolbar, and all the buttons, and the audibles work again.
Should anyone run into similar problems, remember that Yahoo uses Flash Player, the one made for Internet Explorer, not just any flash player. Even if you’re not using IE anymore, it seems it might be a good idea to have the usual plugins installed in it, because you can never know which program also uses them.
As a side note, Yahoo kinda sucks when it comes to helping you solve any problems. Their Messenger Help section doesn’t even have an uninstall section (not to mention a “how to do a complete uninstall and clean install” section), they have a small note somewhere saying that Flash is required (doesn’t say for what exactly, and doesn’t say which Flash), and their feedback page is version 5.6 old I think… Cheers for forums like this one where people can discuss problems and post answers!
