IM Sign in Always Offline

Now that I have upgraded to Windows Live Messenger 8.5 I canmot find out how
to Always sign in Offline. My husband is linked into work with his IM but
whne he is on the computer at home he does not always want questions from
work. Has this option been removed?? I see people have problems not being
able to get rid of always offline but I would like the option to select as in
the old version of IM. Any help would be great!

Greetings Joanne,

The feature has not been removed and it's in the same place it has been since the feature was
added.

Load up Messenger as-per-usual. If it automatically signs you in, right-click on the icon in
the notification area (by the clock), and choose Sign out. Double-click the icon and bring
up the main Messenger window.

Now under 'Sign in as', just select the status you want, make sure 'Remember me' (and any of
the other saved options you prefer) is selected and click the Sign in button. It will now
retain this for future sessions.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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"Joanne" <Joanne @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Now that I have upgraded to Windows Live Messenger 8.5 I canmot find out how
> to Always sign in Offline. My husband is linked into work with his IM but
> whne he is on the computer at home he does not always want questions from
> work. Has this option been removed?? I see people have problems not being
> able to get rid of always offline but I would like the option to select as in
> the old version of IM. Any help would be great!
>