MSN Messenger 7.5 Woes :(

LouLou

Thanks sjh.

I've got Sygate Firewall Pro 5.5 on here. I connect with BT Broadband 2mb. I assume that's what you mean, seeing as I'm not particularly techie minded. :rolleyes:

Browntoa

MSE Martin had loads of problems with MSN 7.5

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=118275&highlight=messenger

there is a link in there for the older version 7 whuch cured all his problems

LouLou

Thanks, Browntoa.

I've installed 7.0777 so I'll see how I get on with that.

There's still no audio on Messenger. A pal suggested I should look at Tools>Options>Alerts And Sounds>Sounds.

Bit strange. When I scroll down Program Events to MSN Messenger it says "No Sounds" for all Messenger options. (The Sound Scheme is "Windows Default").

I've no idea how that's happened. Is there any way I can fix it? I can't hear any Messenger soundclips on the list.

Hope that makes sense.

PS - On the Alerts And Sounds window, "Display Alerts when contacts come online/when a message is received" are ticked.

tigermatt

LouLou wrote:

I've installed 7.0777 so I'll see how I get on with that.

There's still no audio on Messenger. A pal suggested I should look at Tools>Options>Alerts And Sounds>Sounds.

Bit strange. When I scroll down Program Events to MSN Messenger it says "No Sounds" for all Messenger options. (The Sound Scheme is "Windows Default").

I've no idea how that's happened. Is there any way I can fix it? I can't hear any Messenger soundclips on the list.

Hope that makes sense.

PS - On the Alerts And Sounds window, "Display Alerts when contacts come online/when a message is received" are ticked.

That's where your problem is coming from - Windows hasn't been told it has to play a sound on a specific MSN Messenger event. (Or it has been told and somehow the sounds have been disabled)

To get them playing again, simply go into the Sounds box and enter the following paths next to the appropriate alert.

• Contact Online: C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\online.wav
• New Alert: C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\newalert.wav
• New Mail: C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\newemail.wav
• New Message: C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\type.wav
• New Mobile Message: C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\ring.wav
• Nudge: C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\nudge.wav
• Voice Call: C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\phone.wav
• Voice Clip Finished: C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\vimdone.wav

Once you enter all of them and click Apply then OK, you should start to receive sounds again when you get a new message, new email, nudge etc. If you don't want to hear a sound for a particular alert, just leave it set to (None) and no sound will be played for that alert. I recommend entering them all though.

LouLou

You've cracked it! Eureka! This has been doing my head in for months.

Thank you very, very much

tigermatt

LouLou wrote:

You've cracked it! Eureka! This has been doing my head in for months.

Thank you very, very much

I'm gald to hear it's now sorted. This is how I fixed my sound problem when my sounds disappeared - I have no idea why they disappear, but this is how to get them back.