Vista - Settings...short memory?

Did any one know why the Windows Live Messenger settings are not the same on
different computers (e.g. home PC and work PC), settings like displayed
picture, background, winks and emoticons (installed on a computers can't be
found on the other one, like in Yahoo! Messenger), etc?

By the way, why displayed pictures on Yahoo! Messenger accounts are not
displayed at all in Windows Live Messenger (you just can't see them)?
Where are all the buttons from the message window, buttons like voice call,
etc?

Thank you very much
Laurian

Greetings Luarian,

The basic settings in Messenger are stored in the registry and the winks/emoticons/etc are
stored in your Windows user account. As such, they're not stored on the server and exist
only on your own PC. You can actually copy these over to other PCs if you'd like -- but you
have to do this on your own.

On the plus side, your current display picture is stored on the server and "roams" to other
computer's assuming they're using the latest versions of Messenger.

Functionality between Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger is limited to text only --
file transfer, display pictures, etc. aren't supported.

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MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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