A USB phone is now connected to messenger

[gbp007]

I keep getting this annoying message popping up on the right bottom corner everytime i start yahoo messenger which says - A usb phone is now connected to messenger..I dont even have a usb phone connected and i wanted to know ghow could i stop this message from popping up everytime ??

[gbp007]

Anybody ??

[Dermot]

Do you have a usb mirophone?

[dreux_dominick]

I'm having the same problem. Reciently I re-installed my Logitech WebCam. Soon there after the annoying pop-up started...

But, uh, yeah. How do we make it go away?

[GulfcoastMadman]

Wish I knew. I can't even have a voice chat with my friends.

[dreux_dominick]

Maybee it's your processor. I know I've been having problems video confrencing because my processor is too slow.

[Dermot]

Perhaps turning messenger off as your default p2p voIP software may stop it

preferences >> calling and audio >> untick use yahoo messenger as my default program for internet calls.

press apply then ok after change.

let me know if that stopped it.

[dreux_dominick]

Nope... Oddly enough the box wasn't checked. I checked it and applied in the hopes of somehow resetting it. Once applied however, I couldn't un-check it.

OK, so I shut it off and back on just to see what happened... Still have the message and, get this, the check box in settings was unchecked again!

Hmmm....

[Dermot]

It must be something to do with the filetype for pc2pc calls been set to yahoo.

if you have another program capable of pc2pc calls try and set it for default.

[SomeNewLod]

I had the same pop-up message advising that a USB phone was connected to Messenger, when that certainly was not the case. I was able to supress this message by going to the Messenger menu, selecting Preferences, and clicking Calling & Devices. At the bottom of the Calling & Devices screen is a checkbox titled "Allow USB devices to access Messenger." When I unchecked this checkbox and restarted Messenger, the pop-up message did not appear.

I am using Yahoo Messenger version 9.0.0.2162 on Windows Vista Ultimate, Service Pack 1.

I hope this helps you.