Setting up Messenger to be more boot resistant

[Dermot]

1. Go to Messenger on top of your budy list and go to Preferences.

2. Go Alerts & Sounds and left click A Messenger contact buzzes me and
UNTICK the Shaking the message Window and TICK at the bottom Mute
Yahoo! Games sounds in Messenger By Default

3. go to Appearance and TICK the option Always use my fonts and
colours.
4. Go to Calling & Audio and UNTICK the option Play a ringtone when i
recieve a call

5. Go to Chat and TICK the option Ignore chat invitations

6. Go to Ignore List and TICK the option [b]Ignore anyone who is not on my
messenger list[/u]

7. Go to Messages and under "when i recieve messages from people not on
my messenger list" tick the option Show the messages in a single Window
and under "miscellaneous" UNTICK The options Enable IMVironments and
Enable Audibles.

8. Go to Webcam an TICK the option Always allow the following people to
view my webcam then it enables the ignore other view requests tick box
which should be now TICKED on. (note: Anybody u want to view your cam
in future click the edit button and add their id to the list and remove
it when they are finished or you are)

The 8 steps will greatly strengthen the boot resistence of your Yahoo!
Messenger.

it dont make you unbootable but sure helps a lot

Dermot

[bluecarnation200]

First of all. I don't have any trouble with my Yahoo Messenger. So. My reply is... I would sure hate to do any of that. It would make my messenger no fun at all.
I couldn't read if there was a question. The only thing I saw was how to do all of this.

[Nessa]

Originally Posted by bluecarnation200

First of all. I don't have any trouble with my Yahoo Messenger. So. My reply is... I would sure hate to do any of that. It would make my messenger no fun at all.
I couldn't read if there was a question. The only thing I saw was how to do all of this.

These are just suggestions to make your messenger less vulnerable to booting. You don't have to do it, only people who want to (I think these suggestions are very helpful in fact). Also there doesn't have to be a question... Giving suggestions to help people out are welcome, unlike your criticism which is just judging it for no reason when it can really help some people.

[Dermot]

I posted this due to getting a few "Private Messages" asking me how they could better secure their Messengers without Y! tunnel or any other anti boot application layer gateway.

I told them i would "Post" so not only they could benefit from my response.

If you have not benefited from it then so be it, does not not change the fact it can be beneficial for others who are having boot related issues as that is what this topic was started about, not "Messenger Problems".

These changes are mere options and as all settings go they are "optional".

Happy Chatting

[bluecarnation200]

I am sorry Dermot... Didn't mean it as a criticism. I apologize if it came off that way.
Blue

[williamlee]

Great Post Dermot Thanks for sharing.

[miGs]

Indeed a great post. Its unfortunate Yahoo! have not totally addressed booting related problems with Messenger, and suggestions posted are indeed very effective for Messenger to be boot resistant. I myself can attest to that since I have been using some of those "remedies" since then.