Re: Alerts not working, even with check box

Greetings Paul,

Are you set to 'Busy' when you're trying these? When you're within the busy status, all
alerts are suppressed from displaying, regardless of your settings.

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"Paul E Collins" <> wrote in message
news...
> Hi.
>
> I'm using Live Messenger 8.1.0178 on Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
>
> Although I have ticked the two boxes "Display alerts when contacts come online" and
> "Display alerts when a message is received", I never get the slide-up alert boxes any more.
> I used to get those alerts, and I might have changed something since then, but I don't know
> what other settings might be involved. Any ideas?
>
> Eq.
>
>

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Paul,
>
> Are you set to 'Busy' when you're trying these? When you're within the busy status, all
> alerts are suppressed from displaying, regardless of your settings.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
>
>
> "Paul E Collins" <> wrote in message
> news...
> > Hi.
> >
> > I'm using Live Messenger 8.1.0178 on Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
> >
> > Although I have ticked the two boxes "Display alerts when contacts come online" and
> > "Display alerts when a message is received", I never get the slide-up alert boxes any more.
> > I used to get those alerts, and I might have changed something since then, but I don't know
> > what other settings might be involved. Any ideas?
> >
> > Eq.
> >
> >
>

I've been looking for this topic... no, I am not set to busy and I don't
have the box checked to have IM set to busy when idle. I am using Vista.
The alerts work just fine while I am "online" (actively working on computer)
but if my screen saver (slide show) is active I don't get any alerts when
messages arrive.


>> Greetings Paul,
>>
>> Are you set to 'Busy' when you're trying these? When you're within the
>> busy status, all
>> alerts are suppressed from displaying, regardless of your settings.
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> > I'm using Live Messenger 8.1.0178 on Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
>> >
>> > Although I have ticked the two boxes "Display alerts when contacts come
>> > online" and
>> > "Display alerts when a message is received", I never get the slide-up
>> > alert boxes any more.
>> > I used to get those alerts, and I might have changed something since
>> > then, but I don't know
>> > what other settings might be involved. Any ideas?
>> >
>> > Eq.
>> >
>> >
>>

Hi Roy,

That's also normal and this will affect some full-screen games too. There's no setting for
that I'm afraid as its 'by design'.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
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"Roy Barr" <> wrote in message news:#...
> I've been looking for this topic... no, I am not set to busy and I don't have the box
> checked to have IM set to busy when idle. I am using Vista. The alerts work just fine
> while I am "online" (actively working on computer) but if my screen saver (slide show) is
> active I don't get any alerts when messages arrive.
>
>
>>> Greetings Paul,
>>>
>>> Are you set to 'Busy' when you're trying these? When you're within the busy status, all
>>> alerts are suppressed from displaying, regardless of your settings.
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Kay
>>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>>> > I'm using Live Messenger 8.1.0178 on Windows XP with Service Pack 2.
>>> >
>>> > Although I have ticked the two boxes "Display alerts when contacts come online" and
>>> > "Display alerts when a message is received", I never get the slide-up alert boxes any
>>> > more.
>>> > I used to get those alerts, and I might have changed something since then, but I don't
>>> > know
>>> > what other settings might be involved. Any ideas?
>>> >
>>> > Eq.
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>