Display Picture Please

When i am in conversation with someone I sometimes change my display picture
to a more personal nature (not rude before you go down that route) however i
do not want any of my contacts to see these dispaly pictures I am posting
(sensitive nature)it if they engage in converstation or at least open my
profile box.

My Question is is it possible to dictate which contact sees what dispaly
picture and if not can i stop or block other contacts viewing the display
picture whilst still conversing with my first contact.

Thank you in advance, hope that makes sense...

I am sorry to say it but this is not possible. What you could do is have
different accounts for different people on your contact list (so lets
say Account A is for your normal display pictures and Account B is for
you "personal nature" display pictures) then use an add-on like
Messenger Plus! ( http://msgpluslive.net ) to enable multiple messenger
instances running at once.

Merlin wrote:
> When i am in conversation with someone I sometimes change my display picture
> to a more personal nature (not rude before you go down that route) however i
> do not want any of my contacts to see these dispaly pictures I am posting
> (sensitive nature)it if they engage in converstation or at least open my
> profile box.
>
> My Question is is it possible to dictate which contact sees what dispaly
> picture and if not can i stop or block other contacts viewing the display
> picture whilst still conversing with my first contact.
>
> Thank you in advance, hope that makes sense...

Many thanks for the prompt responce i have not looked into msgpluslive.net so
will read up on that. thanks again.....Shame there is no tool within msn 8
that allow you too

"ValSpy" wrote:

> I am sorry to say it but this is not possible. What you could do is have
> different accounts for different people on your contact list (so lets
> say Account A is for your normal display pictures and Account B is for
> you "personal nature" display pictures) then use an add-on like
> Messenger Plus! ( http://msgpluslive.net ) to enable multiple messenger
> instances running at once.
>
> Merlin wrote:
> > When i am in conversation with someone I sometimes change my display picture
> > to a more personal nature (not rude before you go down that route) however i
> > do not want any of my contacts to see these dispaly pictures I am posting
> > (sensitive nature)it if they engage in converstation or at least open my
> > profile box.
> >
> > My Question is is it possible to dictate which contact sees what dispaly
> > picture and if not can i stop or block other contacts viewing the display
> > picture whilst still conversing with my first contact.
> >
> > Thank you in advance, hope that makes sense...
>

This feature really seems impossible to do, but then again I am not a
developer and I do not develop Windows Live Messenger so I can't truly know.

Merlin wrote:
> Many thanks for the prompt responce i have not looked into msgpluslive.net so
> will read up on that. thanks again.....Shame there is no tool within msn 8
> that allow you too
>
> "ValSpy" wrote:
>
>> I am sorry to say it but this is not possible. What you could do is have
>> different accounts for different people on your contact list (so lets
>> say Account A is for your normal display pictures and Account B is for
>> you "personal nature" display pictures) then use an add-on like
>> Messenger Plus! ( http://msgpluslive.net ) to enable multiple messenger
>> instances running at once.
>>
>> Merlin wrote:
>>> When i am in conversation with someone I sometimes change my display picture
>>> to a more personal nature (not rude before you go down that route) however i
>>> do not want any of my contacts to see these dispaly pictures I am posting
>>> (sensitive nature)it if they engage in converstation or at least open my
>>> profile box.
>>>
>>> My Question is is it possible to dictate which contact sees what dispaly
>>> picture and if not can i stop or block other contacts viewing the display
>>> picture whilst still conversing with my first contact.
>>>
>>> Thank you in advance, hope that makes sense...

Hi,

It's not impossible to do. It would just take a lot of work and a service which monitors all
network traffic whilst blocking the appropriate requests to send your display picture.

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"ValSpy" <> wrote in message news:...
> This feature really seems impossible to do, but then again I am not a developer and I do
> not develop Windows Live Messenger so I can't truly know.
>
> Merlin wrote:
>> Many thanks for the prompt responce i have not looked into msgpluslive.net so will read up
>> on that. thanks again.....Shame there is no tool within msn 8 that allow you too
>>
>> "ValSpy" wrote:
>>
>>> I am sorry to say it but this is not possible. What you could do is have different
>>> accounts for different people on your contact list (so lets say Account A is for your
>>> normal display pictures and Account B is for you "personal nature" display pictures) then
>>> use an add-on like Messenger Plus! ( http://msgpluslive.net ) to enable multiple
>>> messenger instances running at once.
>>>
>>> Merlin wrote:
>>>> When i am in conversation with someone I sometimes change my display picture to a more
>>>> personal nature (not rude before you go down that route) however i do not want any of my
>>>> contacts to see these dispaly pictures I am posting (sensitive nature)it if they engage
>>>> in converstation or at least open my profile box.
>>>> My Question is is it possible to dictate which contact sees what dispaly picture and if
>>>> not can i stop or block other contacts viewing the display picture whilst still
>>>> conversing with my first contact.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance, hope that makes sense...