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If for some reasons, you want to uninstall W LM/ MSN Messenger from your computer and find it difficult to remove via Add/Remove program, the freeware utility MSNuisance will help you. This application is similar to WLMUninstall and lets you completely (registry entries, dlls, etc) remove MSN Messenger from your PC. This is a tiny portable application. No installation required. Download and run the program. You can download MSNuisance at the source.

Here is a very simple and useful program called iChecker to check your Yahoo! Messenger friend’s status. You can find whether he/she hide their presence by using Yahoo's stealth settings or not. iChecker is a portable tool, so no installation required. Just run and input a Yahoo! Messenger ID to find out whether he/she is online or offline. iChecker instantly informs you about their status. iChecker is a freeware and can be downloaded free from here .

Because of the popularity virus writers are using Instant Messengers (IM) to spread malicious programs. There are several things you can do to make sure your chatting experience remains safe and secure. Here is a tool called Instant Messenger Cleaner that allows you to clean and remove any Instant Messenger threats including worms and viruses from your MSN or Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger . Instant Messenger Cleaner is a portable tool and compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7. Just run the tool, from the main window choose either Quick Scan or Custom Scan to perform a scan. All the detected threats will be automatically deleted from your computer. The program has included some other utilities like Browser cleaner and Thumb cleaner that you can access via right clicking on the program’s tray icon. The program requires Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 to work properly. Download Instant Messenger Cleaner

Previously we covered an article about removing Windows Live Messenger or MSN Messenger completely from a PC. Here is another, simple way to remove Windows Live Messenger. Partially installed or uninstalled Windows Live Messenger may causes trouble to you. For example, when you want to reinstall, it might say that it is already installed, while actually it is not. Moreover, you can not remove it in the normal way, because WLM might not even appear in the list of Add/Remove program. So you need a special tool to remove corrupted or broken installation of Windows Live Messenger (WLM). Windows Live Messenger Uninstaller is such a tool. It removes broken WLM installation from your computer. It really uses only the windows installer (msiexec.exe) to do the job combined with the CLSID of the installation that uniquely identifies the WLM version. You can download Windows Live Messenger Uninstaller at source.

Previously I posted an article on removing advertisements from Yahoo messenger 10 , here is another freeware tool for blocking all advertisement banners from being displayed in Windows Live Messenger Live Advert Remover (formerly known as MSN Advert Removal) works with all versions of Live and MSN Messengers. You need to run it only once to "patch" your system. However, this program can’t remove Live Messenger default banner ads. It will remain intact, but it will never be replaced by any commercial advertisement. Also this program does not remove any advertisement provided with Messenger Plus! extension. Download Live Advert Remover .

The new Yahoo! Messenger 10 beta has already been available for downloading and that offers an enhanced - high-quality, full screen video and voice calling. However, Yahoo! Messenger displays ads in it and you don’t want to see that ads and want to remove them from your favorite IM client , here is freeware tool called Ad Banner remover Plus. This is a portable tool that lets you remove those annoying ads from your Yahoo! Messenger. Just run the program and select the items that you want to remove. It helps to remove ads from main window, chat window, change chat room banner ads and webcam window ad. Moreover, this tool also lets you login using multiple accounts simultaneously (multiple instances of Yahoo! Messenger). Similar topics: How to remove ads from Yahoomail,Gmail and Hotmail? Download the tool ( via )

WLMUninstall is a freeware tool for uninstalling Windows Live Messenger/ MSN Messenger completely from your computer. Although it is possible to uninstall via Add/Remove programs, some times you can’t completely remove it. If for some reasons, you want to uninstall W LM/ MSN Messenger from your computer and find it difficult to remove via Add/Remove program you can opt this tool. WLMUninstall is a portable application and no installation required. Download and run the program and click on ‘uninstall’ button, that’s all. [Via – Blogsdna ]

Error Codes are common issues with Windows Live Messenger (WLM). For example, when you are trying to sign in, you get a message ‘Service is temporarily unavailable’ with an error code 80070002. There are several such reported issues and can be happened by a wide range of reasons. Some issues can be fixing just by uninstalling and re-installing WLM. But most errors probably require a registry fix or other settings corrections. You can fix these problems manually. Just visit here or here to find a solution. However, here is a program designed to help resolve errors more common that can happen by using Windows Live Messenger just by clicking a button. The new version of MSN E-Fix (v. 2.0) supports a greater number of errors and improves compatibility with Windows Vista. The program does not require any installation. Just run the program, simply select the error you want to repair from the list on the left and click ‘Go’ button and let the program make the necessary corrections. More d...

Windows Live Messenger 2009 users may know that, when clicking the Mail button will open Hotmail or Live mail in the default browser only. If it is not Internet Explorer, it will not provide the automatic log-on into the mail account. There was no such issue in the previous versions of Live Messenger. It would automatically log you into Hotmail regardless of your default browser. Jonathankay has created a little tool called Hotmail in IE to solve this problem. This tool will allow you to continue to use your default browser in Windows, but use Internet Explorer for Messenger’s Hotmail features. How to use: Just download the executable and run it (no installation required). You will be get a window as shown below: Choose the Internet Explorer button and select ‘ Done ’ that’s all, no further changes should be needed. Supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7(Both 32-bit or 64-bit).

Because Instant Messenger has become so popular virus writers are using it to spread malicious programs. There are several simple things you can do to make sure your chatting experience remains safe and secure. One such solution is WLM Safe that adds security functions to your Windows Live Messenger. According to the publisher, it can detect and block infected virus and fishing URLs, blocks spam messages, and more. WLM Safe is a script for Messenger Plus! Live ( extension for Windows Live Messenger ), that is, in order to use WLM Safe both Windows Live Messenger and Messenger Plus! Live need to be installed on your PC. Download the script, open it, accept the warning and press Import and click on Install button to install it.( You must sign in to your Windows Live Messenger before importing the script ). You can configure WLM Safe and access different tools like ‘Clear Cache’, etc by clicking on the script button. WLM Safe is completely free and only 226Kb in size. You can down...

If you have installed the Windows Live Messenger 2009 downloaded from sites like Softpedia (off-line installer/stand-alone installer) and when you sign in to the messenger, probably you have got an error message ‘ We can’t sign you in to Windows Live Messenger ’ with an error code 80040154 (See screen shot). You can simply solve this issue by installing a small file (947Kb) from Microsoft. Just download Contacts-ship-neutral.cab from Microsoft and unzip it. Run the ‘ Contacts.msi ’ file and wait for finishing it. Now you can sign in to your Live Messenger without any problem. Probably this issue may be because the Windows Live Messenger standalone installer may not have included the Windows Live Communication platform.

Like email messages, Instant Messaging (IM) too suffers from the threat of malicious intruder. IM have become all-pervasive; at every location where a user access his/her IM account, faces the risk of being observed by a hacker. You can never know who’s got an eye on your private conversations. There are several things you can do to make sure your chatting experience remains safe and secure such as never, ever give out personal information in a chat room, etc. BitDefender Chat Encryption is a free program that keeps your instant messages safe from hijacking through a simple and automatic encryption process. It protects your confidential documents and your instant messaging conversations through Yahoo! Messenger (8.1 or newer) and Windows Live (MSN) Messenger (v8.5 or newer). To use BitDefender Chat Encryption, you just have to make sure the persons you are talking to install on their computer the same encryption tool or a BitDefender product, version 2009 or higher. Main features of B...