Sep
05

2 computers, Windows Live Messenger problem - Mac only?

A few weeks ago I switched to Windows Live Messenger at work, but I’ve had to switch back to messenger 7.5. WLM doesn’t seem to log me out of my home session when I log in at work. Well, it does, and then sometimes it logs me back in at home.

There have many times when I’d send someone a message whilst at work, and get no reply, only to come home hours later and see their replies on my Messenger on my Mac.

Has anyone else had this happen?

I have no idea if it is a general Windows Live issue, or Windows Live not liking me having a messenger on my Mac, but after switching back to 7.5 the problem is gone, so it doesn’t seem that the issue is with the Mac - but it could be.

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2 Responses to “2 computers, Windows Live Messenger problem - Mac only?”

  1. Brian Says:
    September 6th, 2006 at 5:44 am

    I’ve had this problem too, and I think it’s an issue between Live Messenger and the non-Live version. I’m currently working exclusively on Windows machines, and I’ve found when I log into Messenger Live, it (usually?) doesn’t log me off on another machine running an older version of Messenger. My contacts only see one of me in their contact list, but if they send a message, it only goes to one of my Messengers.

  2. rick Says:
    September 6th, 2006 at 9:06 am

    Cheers Brian, at least I know I’m not the only person on the planet.

    I’ve mailed Microsoft, but I’ve not had an answer yet.

Thoughts on this?