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Old 06-20-2003, 12:00 PM
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ICQ Lite: Is it possible to remove ads?
Is it possible to remove ads in the latest build of ICQ Lite? I've tried deleting and modifing the banner XML files, but the program simply replaces them. Does anyone know what to do?
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Old 06-20-2003, 08:25 PM
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I don't think this is possible. I know of a site ( http://www.ICQPlus.org ) but that only will work on ICQ 9x and 2x/Pro. AOL plans to work on the next ICQ build that would work like the latest ICQ Lite.
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Old 06-20-2003, 09:07 PM
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I modified files and registry keys in an attempt to remove the ads. Interestingly, not only did the ads remain, but the registry keys were reset and the files I modified reverted to their original state. Quite strange...
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Old 06-22-2003, 04:53 PM
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Full anti-banner crack for ICQLite Alpha build #1211

description: removes all banners for that build including the google search thingy

download: http://www.allicq.com/index.php?op=getfile&id=35

enjoy...
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Hi everyone. I have solved the banner problem with icq lite by installing a personal firewall, zonealarm in this case and block ICQLite.exe from connecting to internet through port 80. That solved the banner problem and I have no problems connecting or talking to friends. I have a adsl modem but this might not work thourgh proxy.

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Old 07-11-2003, 04:08 PM
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To remove the Ad's in 1253 goto your LiteDataFiles directory. Delete the files Banners.xml clbanner.xml and psearch.xml.

Next put a folder for each you deleted. Yes put .xml just as if it was a file. This will prevent ICQ from auto updating the file.

This will replace the WinAmp ad with an ICQ lite logo, and remove banner ad's from you message.

If you would like to make the ICQ lite logo blank. Also delete climage.html and create the folder climage.html in that place. This leaves and ugly white box though so I prefer just leaving the logo :-)

Hope this helps someone out there.

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Old 07-15-2003, 05:14 PM
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Just wanted to say thank you very much to Jeremy for posting those instructions. It worked perfectly on my machine!

Now to get rid of the pop up when you load up ICQ....

Cheers,

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Nice one Jeremy, excellent!!

Just a quick note - you can change the climage.gif to be whatever takes your fancy. I changed mine to be my company logo

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Jeremy's post worked fine for me also, the only thing the new box where the logo is like 2x as big as last ver of icqlite (running icqlite 1253 now) and so is the defualt lcq logo, I tried to make my own logo smaller but icq just streatched it to fit the box, is there a way to change the size back to small logo like last ver?

Thanks
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Old 07-24-2003, 05:44 AM
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Thanks Jeremy. I was very sad to see such a big advertisment area. Also thanks joolz to inspire me about the use of that area. Now I change that box to a small slide show just like a photo gallery.

1. Replace the original climage.html by the following HTML:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT>
// how long an image is shown, any transition time for IE is added
var delay = 6000;
// IE transition duration, specify as floating point in seconds
var transDuration = 2.0;
var transType = 23; // random change as needed
var images = new Array();
preloadImages( // use your images here
'image1.gif',
'image2.jpg',
'image3.jpg'
);
/* or do a loop for indexed images
for (var i = 0; i < 7; i++)
preloadImages ('img' + (i + 1) + '.gif');
*/
var cnt = 0;
function preloadImages() {
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
images[images.length] = new Image();
images[images.length - 1].src = arguments[i];
}
}
var imgTag = '';
imgTag += '<IMG NAME="theImage" ';
imgTag += document.all ?
' STYLE="filter: revealTrans(duration='
+ transDuration + ',transition=' + transType + ');" ' :
'';
imgTag += ' SRC="' + images[0].src + '"';
imgTag += '>';
function nextImage () {
cnt = ++cnt % images.length;
var img = document.theImage;
if (img.filters && transType == 23) // get random type
img.filters.revealTrans.transition =
Math.floor(Math.random() * 23);
if (img.filters)
img.filters.revealTrans.apply();
img.src = images[cnt].src;
if (img.filters)
img.filters.revealTrans.play();
setTimeout('nextImage()',
delay + (img.filters ? Math.round(transDuration * 1000) : 0));
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY border="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" scroll="no" ONLOAD="setTimeout('nextImage()', delay)">
<TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0">
<TR>
<SCRIPT>
document.write(imgTag);
</SCRIPT>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>

2. save the file and change the attribute to "read-only", "hidden" and "Archieve". It is necessary otherwise the html file will be restored by the original one when you start ICQLite.

I tried jpg file also and it works. remember to cut all images to right side that is 120x90 pixels. Have fun!

Polly - Hong Kong
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