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I just thought of something – if your friend has your real name listed on his or hers contact info in their yahoo messenger and their preferences is set to reveal your name it will show up like they have it set but that will only be for them to see they would not see no change on their messenger buddy list. they must make that change themselves.
williamleeMemberummm strange as I am currently talking to a long time friend who said it changed everytime I changed it this morning. I would give it some time as yahoo sometimes takes a little while to record changes. But other than what I suggested the only other thing I know is to close the account and making a new one. if you like the email addy name and hate to change it try keeping the same name with a minor change like for example if my email was william I could put wwilliam or williamm. anyway i hope you get your problem fixed and sorry if I was no help.
williamleeMemberhaving a list of names you added and deleted would be a great tool and very useful i would think but I never seen anything like this. good luck in your quest.
williamleeMemberSorry for the delay but You can go to two different places to change how your name appears on yahoo profiles. the email which does not always work for everyone, but has for me. go into your email and upper left corner choose options, once in options go to general preferences and the name and email section which is the top section change the name in email (from name). or you can try going into your email and center right click your account which is your yahoo account and once in your go to edit Address/Contact Information and change the information to what you want it to be. I hope this has helped you. I tried both just now and they worked for me.
williamleeMemberGo to yahoo email and go to options and change the name there. worked for me.
williamleeMemberIf we lived in a perfect world things like filling out profiles and just coming out and asking would work but well we dont. I have seen many profiles and talked to many people and well people lie a lot. being behind the closed door of the net it makes it easy to be something or someone your not and how do we know? well we either use good judgement or become trusting and take people at their word. I usually take things slow and allow conversation be the main tool and get to know someone before talk gets to an adult (personal level). one good rule to live by here on the net is, Those who rush and pressure usually have more to hide then those who are willing to take their time to get to know you. Take things slow there is more to life then knowing what color undergarment someone is wearing.
williamleeMemberYes I agree I use Buddy Spy myself it will allow you to see if another yahoo member regardless if they are on your buddy list or not if they are on line and even if they are using their webcam, no matter what buttons they check. good luck.
williamleeMemberdoes this happen with all your messages or just with one persons message
williamleeMembertry highliting the message field to see if the message fonts are white if you highlite white fonts they will show up a different color.
April 5, 2006 at 3:29 pm in reply to: Is there a way to find the source of a Yahoo Messenger IM? #141818williamleeMemberummmm maybe it is a test of trust – maybe she sent it to deny it to see how strong the trust is in your relationship. instant messages is hard to track and most likely came from whoever has access to the account. if multi-persons has access then any of them could have sent it. if it is email also the same thing. what i would do is keep the message in mind but delete it and tell her you trust her I am sure if she has lied it is only a matter of time before she does it again because those who fib will keep fibbing it is in their nature. good luck.
williamleeMemberyou may want to use a registry clean up and restore I had problems a few years back and restored my registry and defragged and scan disk and everything went pretty much back to normal as for zone alarm I had to go and delete it out of the registry to get it completely off my computer.
williamleeMembertry changing your password if someone is messing with you this will fix it. if the problem comes back then you have a hyjacker issue.
williamleeMemberI dont know if this can help but. I found out that if someone logs in using your id on a different computer it will boot you off of your instant messenger. could be someone has hacked your password and is using your id. but this is just a suggestion. I would first before getting into a big fix mode change my password and check it out and see if the problem is still there. I would also run hyjackthis program and see if someone has invaded your system. best of luck.
williamleeMemberyou can try placing your mouse pointer over the message area and right clicking and try highliting the message area if the font is white it will show up highlited. if not then I am guessing that the one sending you messages is not typing but just sending blank messages. if it does show up ask them to change their font color or go to your preferences and change the fonts for all messages using your own font choice.
williamleeMemberbeing a single parent of three children is not an easy task having to work out of the home to give them all I can so they do not grow up not even knowing who I am. in a world full of people trying to harm our children we try to protect them from the dangers which again is not so easy. you see I know many think wanting to keep an eye on my son and those who happen to contact him is betraying his trust or invading his privacy which may be true on the surface but loving my children I would never use it to punish him or make him feel he is not trust worthy as i do trust him I have a problem trusting those who prey on children. as parents we do not have the tools or resources to protect our children good enough when we have to go by common rules while these monsters have no rules. We look at life a little different when we are in protect mode and we put aside these common rules when it’s our own kids and do whatever it takes to protect them. I can’t see it as invading his privacy but keeping aware of the harms that are sure to confront him. one asked why am I asking about webcams well it is simple it is the only section I do not already have access to and before you rule me a mean and crappy parent he is fully aware of the other access as for him acting naughty well he is a male teenager and at the age of making mistakes that he will have to learn by experience. I am not really concerned about seeing him on cam but was told in order to view this area (what he see’s) I have to have access to the entire webcam section. I do not want to sound like a jerk or offend anyone for their advice and I did say thank you but you must understand that I have three kids and I am a single parent who loves his kids and I am aware I can not put them in glass houses and padded floors but I can try everything I can to protect them from as many harms as possible and if that means I have to ignore a few rules to get a better look then I cant but try. as for someone invading my privacy like one suggested my wife hiring someone well that cant happen as she is no longer in the picture but then you also have to look at it as I am a parent looking after my kids not spying on a spouse although if that were the case she waste her money and the one looking for information would have a very boring job to do. I do however understand why you do not wish to help and I admire your way of also having something to protect but in my quest I can not complete unless I asked. thanks again
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