Status is ALWAYS Busy. Why?

Doesn't matter how many times I change it to Available, the next time I sign in it will say I'm
Busy. Anybody else having this problem? After a hundred times or so it gets a little tedious.

Greetings Rick,

Where are you changing this status? Messenger has a default sign-in status you can set, and
that is unaffected by simply setting your status once you're signed in.

To change your sign-in status, right-click Messenger's icon in the notification area (by the
clock) and choose Sign Out (assuming of course, you're signed in). Then double-click the
icon to bring up the main Messenger window.

Click the menu next to "Sign in as:" and choose the status you prefer. Then choose Sign in
to save that setting and sign in. You should now sign in as that status from now on.

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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
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"Rick Z" <oooo.ooo.com> wrote in message news:...
> Doesn't matter how many times I change it to Available, the next time I sign in it will say
> I'm Busy. Anybody else having this problem? After a hundred times or so it gets a little
> tedious.

I've been getting this for a few weeks too.

My status on the Sign On screen is "Available" but as soon as I sign in, my
status is changed to Busy. Is there a regkey that stores this setting?

I've got a couple of Live IDs and it does this will all of them under XP but
I think it's working ok under Vista and 7 (will need to double check).

WLM Version 2009 Build 14.0.8064.206


TIA
Simon

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Rick,
>
> Where are you changing this status? Messenger has a default sign-in status you can set, and
> that is unaffected by simply setting your status once you're signed in.
>
> To change your sign-in status, right-click Messenger's icon in the notification area (by the
> clock) and choose Sign Out (assuming of course, you're signed in). Then double-click the
> icon to bring up the main Messenger window.
>
> Click the menu next to "Sign in as:" and choose the status you prefer. Then choose Sign in
> to save that setting and sign in. You should now sign in as that status from now on.
>
> --
> 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
> --
>
> "Rick Z" <oooo.ooo.com> wrote in message news:...
> > Doesn't matter how many times I change it to Available, the next time I sign in it will say
> > I'm Busy. Anybody else having this problem? After a hundred times or so it gets a little
> > tedious.
>
>
>