Re: Messenger icon

Greetings,

This means your status is set to "Busy". To get it back to green, right-click the icon,
choose choose Status and then Available.

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"t-4-2" <> wrote in message news:uH#...
> My Messenger icon in the Notification area has turned orange-red in stead of
> green.
> See screenshot.
> Any reason why ? Thank you.
>
> t-4-2
>

In addition to what Jonathan said:

Click on Tools / Options / Personal. The "Status" section
provides two options, which may affect your Messenger status:

a. Show me as "Away" when I'm inactive for xx minutes and
b. Show me as "Busy" and block my alerts when I am running
a full-screen program or presentation settings are turned
on.

You may need to configure these options to conform to your
personal requirements



"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in
message news:...
> Greetings,
>
> This means your status is set to "Busy". To get it back to
> green, right-click the icon, choose choose Status and then
> Available.
>
> --
> 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
> --
>
>
> "t-4-2" <> wrote in message
> news:uH#...
>> My Messenger icon in the Notification area has turned
>> orange-red in stead of
>> green.
>> See screenshot.
>> Any reason why ? Thank you.
>>
>> t-4-2
>>
>

Thank you both.
Tt's sorted now. I knew about the " right click and Status " options. Before
it said Available and yet still in orange/red colour. I did not bother to
change it to Busy and then back Available, which somehow did the trick.
t-4-2


"Bob Lucas" <> wrote in message
news:uRsl#...
> In addition to what Jonathan said:
>
> Click on Tools / Options / Personal. The "Status" section
> provides two options, which may affect your Messenger status:
>
> a. Show me as "Away" when I'm inactive for xx minutes and
> b. Show me as "Busy" and block my alerts when I am running
> a full-screen program or presentation settings are turned
> on.
>
> You may need to configure these options to conform to your
> personal requirements
>
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in
> message news:...
>> Greetings,
>>
>> This means your status is set to "Busy". To get it back to
>> green, right-click the icon, choose choose Status and then
>> Available.
>>
>> --
>> 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
>> --
>>
>>
>> "t-4-2" <> wrote in message
>> news:uH#...
>>> My Messenger icon in the Notification area has turned
>>> orange-red in stead of
>>> green.
>>> See screenshot.
>>> Any reason why ? Thank you.
>>>
>>> t-4-2
>>>
>>