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| 168281 | 2003-08-18 01:25:00 | Yo Peoples... I have just got MSN Messenger v6... It's great.... looks a whole lot better than older versions... One small problem is I can't turn off the advert on the bottom of the interface.... I could do it on older versions... It's really annoying.... HELP..... Thanks in Advance..... Regards |
AZREAL (1795) | ||
| 168282 | 2003-08-18 01:50:00 | >I could do it on older > versions... I do not think so & I do not think you can turn off the advert at the bottom of v6 or v5.0 :( You just have to live with it, I am using 5.0 & I am use to the advert :) Sorry I could not be much help |
stu140103 (137) | ||
| 168283 | 2003-08-18 04:58:00 | I've never used MSN so I can't be certain, but I'd be willing to bet you could configure either or both your firewall and/or Hosts file to block them. My firewall used to block all ads from Eudora | Greg S (201) | ||
| 168284 | 2003-08-18 05:32:00 | > I've never used MSN so I can't be certain, but I'd be > willing to bet you could configure either or both > your firewall and/or Hosts file to block them. My > firewall used to block all ads from Eudora I agree - I use Windows Messenger 5, and I've never seen ads :) which I put down to either the HOST file or my firewall... or perhaps just because WM5 is beta and they haven't stuck the ads in yet :D Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 168285 | 2003-08-18 07:15:00 | >My firewall used to block all ads from Eudora I am trying out the sponsored version of Eudora at the moment, and my firewall doesn't block the ads. Some of them are pretty garish, so I thought I would be sneaky and hide the large ad off the side of the screen, ... but unfortunately Big Brother was watching (sal.neoburn.net) :D |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 168286 | 2003-08-18 08:49:00 | Did you have trouble uncovering the advert again Jen? I did that once by accident (truly!) and had a hell of a job getting the advert back where it belonged. :D | Fire-and-Ice (3910) | ||
| 168287 | 2003-08-18 09:17:00 | It wasn't hard to uncover the ad from where I had "parked" it (off-screen, behind systray), just had to auto-hide the taskbar so that I could access it. Gave me a good laugh though when I saw that message, but I duly docked the advert back where it belonged. :D |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 168288 | 2003-08-18 10:07:00 | Jen - tell us what firewall u use and we should be able to tell u the workaround | Greg S (201) | ||
| 168289 | 2003-08-19 07:16:00 | > Did you have trouble uncovering the advert again It wasn't hard to uncover the ad from where I had "parked" it (off-screen, behind systray), just had to auto-hide the taskbar so that I could access it. Gave me a good laugh though when I saw that message, but I duly docked the advert back where it belonged. :D > tell us what firewall u use and we should be able to tell u the workaround Hmm... I am using Norton Personal Firewall 2003. And, before I get flammed about trying to disable ads in a sponsered version software instead of paying for the ad-free version, I am still only trialing this email client whilst on my quest for a suitable one, and you have piqued my interest enough to want to know how (theoretically) :). |
Jen C (20) | ||
| 168290 | 2003-08-20 04:08:00 | > Hmm... I am using Norton Personal Firewall 2003. First off delete the AdCache folder - usually in C:\ProgramFiles\Eudora\data\EudPriv\Ads Then turn on the firewall's interactive/learning mode - now connect to the Internet and open Eudora - you should get an alert that Eudora is tring to connect to the adserver - simply create a rule to always block it, turn the firewall back into your usual mode, and you're done |
Greg S (201) | ||
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