werid white box

hi there,

I've just formatted my hard drive with a clean install of Vista x64
Ultimate SP1, but under my contacts display picture i seem to be getting
a small white box. It doesn't appear on every contact on my list, but on
most of them. Here is a screenshot:-

[image: http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9...769965bi3.jpg]


I have no idea what it is and this is the first time i've ever seen it.
I'm using the latest version of windows live messenger (8.5.1302.1018).

Anyone have any idea what it is or how to get rid of it?.

Any help is much appreciated, thanks.


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Thimble_Guy

Greetings,

Normally what's shown here is an icon to indicate if the user has a webcam, if they're on
Yahoo IM or if they're using Office Communicator/federated access to Messenger.

However, this user isn't and most people are seeing this in their client today due to some
server screwup at Microsoft.

I assume it will be fixed soon. It can just be ignored for now.

--
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
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"Thimble_Guy" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> hi there,
>
> I've just formatted my hard drive with a clean install of Vista x64
> Ultimate SP1, but under my contacts display picture i seem to be getting
> a small white box. It doesn't appear on every contact on my list, but on
> most of them. Here is a screenshot:-
>
> [image: http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9...769965bi3.jpg]
>
>
> I have no idea what it is and this is the first time i've ever seen it.
> I'm using the latest version of windows live messenger (8.5.1302.1018).
>
> Anyone have any idea what it is or how to get rid of it?.
>
> Any help is much appreciated, thanks.
>
>
> --
> Thimble_Guy

This glitch is very annoying and i hope the messenger team fixes this as soon
as possible

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Normally what's shown here is an icon to indicate if the user has a webcam, if they're on
> Yahoo IM or if they're using Office Communicator/federated access to Messenger.
>
> However, this user isn't and most people are seeing this in their client today due to some
> server screwup at Microsoft.
>
> I assume it will be fixed soon. It can just be ignored for now.
>
> --
> 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
> --
>
>
> "Thimble_Guy" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> > hi there,
> >
> > I've just formatted my hard drive with a clean install of Vista x64
> > Ultimate SP1, but under my contacts display picture i seem to be getting
> > a small white box. It doesn't appear on every contact on my list, but on
> > most of them. Here is a screenshot:-
> >
> > [image: http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/9...769965bi3.jpg]
> >
> >
> > I have no idea what it is and this is the first time i've ever seen it.
> > I'm using the latest version of windows live messenger (8.5.1302.1018).
> >
> > Anyone have any idea what it is or how to get rid of it?.
> >
> > Any help is much appreciated, thanks.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thimble_Guy
>
>

hi Jonathan

Thanks for the reply.

Ah right, i heard it was down to the server. That's all i wanted t
know, i just thought there was something was wrong with my messenger.

It is very annoying, but at least it's not doing any harm, bu
hopefully they will fix it soon

Thanks

--
Thimble_Guy

Just to add a bit of useless info to this, the Webcam icon just gets bumped
more to the right, but still works normally (or at least it appears to...I
haven't actually cammed with anybody today).


Rob

Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Normally what's shown here is an icon to indicate if the user has a webcam, if they're on
> Yahoo IM or if they're using Office Communicator/federated access to Messenger.
>
> However, this user isn't and most people are seeing this in their client today due to some
> server screwup at Microsoft.
>
> I assume it will be fixed soon. It can just be ignored for now.
>

Hi again..

I was reading the mess.be msn messenger forum and a user replie
saying....

> 'FutureMillennium' (http://forum.mess.be/index.php?showuser=35940
>
> CONFIRMED
> It's a *new feature*, if you install Live Messenger 9.0beta it wil
> look like an Office icon
> 'http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff108/F...m/white_box.png
> (http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/f.../white_box.png
> (It shows as a white box in older versions
>
> The icon doesn't do anything as of now, it acts exactly the same as th
> white box, but it's smaller and prettier
> *NOT A VIRUS*At least we know what it is now

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Thimble_Guy