Options lockdown

In WLM, is it possilbe somehow to lock down the options, so they can only be
changed by administrators?

Greetings,

There are no GPOs for Messenger and locking down the registry will prevent sign-ins.

As such, not really.

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"fullcontact68" <fullcontact68@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Where are the options stored, i.e. keep message history flags etc. I could
write a small app to monitor these, and change back to my defaults.


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNMessenger and most in the \PerPassportSettings\MSGRID

Where MSGRID is an ID based on the Live ID signed in. You can generate the ID using this
page:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/msngrid.aspx

Although if you're writing an app, probably be just as easy to enumerate through them all
regardless of ID.

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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"fullcontact68" <fullcontact68@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Jonathan,

That should be fine.

Regards
Edward.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Just been looking into this key(MessageLoggingEnabled), and noticed its a
reg_binary field.
Is this data special, or is there something generic which I can use?

Can I copy this keys data from a different profile (ie a master profile) and
use that value, or is it specific for each users account?


"fullcontact68" wrote:

Hi,

This value is actually encrypted -- you can't force it on. By design I'm afraid.

And no, you can't just copy it, it's specific to the machine.

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
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"fullcontact68" <fullcontact68@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Okay, thanks. I'll have to leave it for the time being.

Could parential controls be looked at for a future release?

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Hi,

There are already parental controls using Family Safety Live:
https://fss.live.com/Default.aspx

But you can't "force" logs on like you're trying to do -- you will however get a record of
who's talking to whom and/or restrict a Live ID to only talking to specific people.

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
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