Messenger startup popups

Hello,

after being forced to upgrade to WLM 14.0.8089.726 I've been getting popup
ads upon signing in to Messenger every few days. The popups are titled
"Welcome to Windows Live Messenger" and they urge me to use some of the
supposedly new features in this version of Messenger.

An example of such a popup can be seen here:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/758...1006094424.png
(it's in Estonian and says I should use animated display pictures)

I've found no way to disable these popups. At first I thought they would go
away after a time but I've been using the newest version of WLM for a few
weeks now and it's still nagging me. Is there any way to stop these popups?

Thank you very much for your time!

I've been using version 14 since it was released as a beta and I still get
the popups from time to time. I probably see one every 4-5 weeks. Unless you
are seeing them all the time, it should really be no big deal.

~Doris~

"Minttunator" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> after being forced to upgrade to WLM 14.0.8089.726 I've been getting popup
> ads upon signing in to Messenger every few days. The popups are titled
> "Welcome to Windows Live Messenger" and they urge me to use some of the
> supposedly new features in this version of Messenger.
>
> An example of such a popup can be seen here:
> http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/758...1006094424.png
> (it's in Estonian and says I should use animated display pictures)
>
> I've found no way to disable these popups. At first I thought they would go
> away after a time but I've been using the newest version of WLM for a few
> weeks now and it's still nagging me. Is there any way to stop these popups?
>
> Thank you very much for your time!

Greetings,

They're actually based on the clock/date somehow and depending on what operating
system/locale you're in will depending on which ones you get.

Although I've managed to get the initial ones to be disabled, I've never fully been able to
disable them entirely since it is based on a time value. As Doris said, you can just ignore
them as after the initial ones, they won't appear again for awhile (months at least).

The ones we're seeing now are actually a new set (style wise anyway) that have appeared since
the forced upgrade started. I believe they work the same though.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


"Minttunator" <> wrote in message
news:1DDB512D-8902-45F3-B075-...
> Hello,
>
> after being forced to upgrade to WLM 14.0.8089.726 I've been getting popup
> ads upon signing in to Messenger every few days. The popups are titled
> "Welcome to Windows Live Messenger" and they urge me to use some of the
> supposedly new features in this version of Messenger.
>
> An example of such a popup can be seen here:
> http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/758...1006094424.png
> (it's in Estonian and says I should use animated display pictures)
>
> I've found no way to disable these popups. At first I thought they would go
> away after a time but I've been using the newest version of WLM for a few
> weeks now and it's still nagging me. Is there any way to stop these popups?
>
> Thank you very much for your time!

I get these as well, but it's once a week, not every few months. They're very
annoying. I've tried unchecking the "Show Windows Live Today" option but it
doesn't help. Is there any way we can get rid of this gratuitous advertising?

Many thanks.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> They're actually based on the clock/date somehow and depending on what operating
> system/locale you're in will depending on which ones you get.
>
> Although I've managed to get the initial ones to be disabled, I've never fully been able to
> disable them entirely since it is based on a time value. As Doris said, you can just ignore
> them as after the initial ones, they won't appear again for awhile (months at least).
>
> The ones we're seeing now are actually a new set (style wise anyway) that have appeared since
> the forced upgrade started. I believe they work the same though.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
> "Minttunator" <> wrote in message
> news:1DDB512D-8902-45F3-B075-...
> > Hello,
> >
> > after being forced to upgrade to WLM 14.0.8089.726 I've been getting popup
> > ads upon signing in to Messenger every few days. The popups are titled
> > "Welcome to Windows Live Messenger" and they urge me to use some of the
> > supposedly new features in this version of Messenger.
> >
> > An example of such a popup can be seen here:
> > http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/758...1006094424.png
> > (it's in Estonian and says I should use animated display pictures)
> >
> > I've found no way to disable these popups. At first I thought they would go
> > away after a time but I've been using the newest version of WLM for a few
> > weeks now and it's still nagging me. Is there any way to stop these popups?
> >
> > Thank you very much for your time!
>
>
>

If you only get them every few weeks you're lucky. I get them every single
time I sign in to Messenger on both of my home PCs and my work PC. _Very_
annoying, but it does often seem that Messenger is designed with
user-annoyance in mind! Maybe it's meant to annoy those of us still using XP
into upgrading or something.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> They're actually based on the clock/date somehow and depending on what operating
> system/locale you're in will depending on which ones you get.
>
> Although I've managed to get the initial ones to be disabled, I've never fully been able to
> disable them entirely since it is based on a time value. As Doris said, you can just ignore
> them as after the initial ones, they won't appear again for awhile (months at least).
>
> The ones we're seeing now are actually a new set (style wise anyway) that have appeared since
> the forced upgrade started. I believe they work the same though.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
> "Minttunator" <> wrote in message
> news:1DDB512D-8902-45F3-B075-...
> > Hello,
> >
> > after being forced to upgrade to WLM 14.0.8089.726 I've been getting popup
> > ads upon signing in to Messenger every few days. The popups are titled
> > "Welcome to Windows Live Messenger" and they urge me to use some of the
> > supposedly new features in this version of Messenger.
> >
> > An example of such a popup can be seen here:
> > http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/758...1006094424.png
> > (it's in Estonian and says I should use animated display pictures)
> >
> > I've found no way to disable these popups. At first I thought they would go
> > away after a time but I've been using the newest version of WLM for a few
> > weeks now and it's still nagging me. Is there any way to stop these popups?
> >
> > Thank you very much for your time!
>
>
>

I have Win7 on a new computer and Windows Live Messenger bugs me all the
time. It starts automatically if I go to the hotmail page or the Windows
Live Mail page and then it places Windows Messenger in my startup items. I
disable it using msconfig and it stays disabled unless I go to the Windows
live Mail or Hotmail page. Reason enough to stay away from those pages. Or
better yet if I use my Mac to go to Hotmail or Windows Live Mail I don't get
invaded with Messenger.

"Zagblorg" wrote:

> If you only get them every few weeks you're lucky. I get them every single
> time I sign in to Messenger on both of my home PCs and my work PC. _Very_
> annoying, but it does often seem that Messenger is designed with
> user-annoyance in mind! Maybe it's meant to annoy those of us still using XP
> into upgrading or something.
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > They're actually based on the clock/date somehow and depending on what operating
> > system/locale you're in will depending on which ones you get.
> >
> > Although I've managed to get the initial ones to be disabled, I've never fully been able to
> > disable them entirely since it is based on a time value. As Doris said, you can just ignore
> > them as after the initial ones, they won't appear again for awhile (months at least).
> >
> > The ones we're seeing now are actually a new set (style wise anyway) that have appeared since
> > the forced upgrade started. I believe they work the same though.
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> > MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> > MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> > Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> > --
> >
> >
> > "Minttunator" <> wrote in message
> > news:1DDB512D-8902-45F3-B075-...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > after being forced to upgrade to WLM 14.0.8089.726 I've been getting popup
> > > ads upon signing in to Messenger every few days. The popups are titled
> > > "Welcome to Windows Live Messenger" and they urge me to use some of the
> > > supposedly new features in this version of Messenger.
> > >
> > > An example of such a popup can be seen here:
> > > http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/758...1006094424.png
> > > (it's in Estonian and says I should use animated display pictures)
> > >
> > > I've found no way to disable these popups. At first I thought they would go
> > > away after a time but I've been using the newest version of WLM for a few
> > > weeks now and it's still nagging me. Is there any way to stop these popups?
> > >
> > > Thank you very much for your time!
> >
> >
> >