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  1. #1


    Rage Skywolfe Guest

    strange welcome screen at sign in

    when I signed into messenger a few minutes ago I got a welcome to windows
    live messenger screen with something that said September 2008 and had a bunch
    of things in another language on the right side. this is the first time I
    have encountered something like this what is causing it and has anyone else
    been getting this?
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    Skywolfe



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  2. #2


    Jonathan Kay [MVP] Guest

    Re: strange welcome screen at sign in

    Greetings,

    I haven't noticed any date on the welcome screen, but I may have just missed it. It's normal
    to see these every so often (it's a "feature").

    There's been a new batch of them since the forced upgrade started with 8.1 users.

    --
    Jonathan Kay
    Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
    MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
    MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
    Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
    (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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    "Rage Skywolfe" <RageSkywolfe@newsgroup> wrote in message
    news4D39267-ACA8-42A3-8C35-3930D7BA1F2D@newsgroup

    > when I signed into messenger a few minutes ago I got a welcome to windows
    > live messenger screen with something that said September 2008 and had a bunch
    > of things in another language on the right side. this is the first time I
    > have encountered something like this what is causing it and has anyone else
    > been getting this?
    > --
    > Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy
    >
    > Skywolfe


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  3. #3


    Rage Skywolfe Guest

    Re: strange welcome screen at sign in

    yeah I get some of those screens every once in a while but the reason this
    stood out at me was the way it came up. like I said with the september 2008
    date but the writing on the side looked like it was maybe possibly russian.
    but that isn't the strangest thing. the strangest thing was the way
    everything was piled on top of each other.
    --
    Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy

    Skywolfe


    "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

    > Greetings,
    >
    > I haven't noticed any date on the welcome screen, but I may have just missed it. It's normal
    > to see these every so often (it's a "feature").
    >
    > There's been a new batch of them since the forced upgrade started with 8.1 users.
    >
    > --
    > Jonathan Kay
    > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
    > MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
    > MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
    > Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
    > (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
    > --
    >
    >
    > "Rage Skywolfe" <RageSkywolfe@newsgroup> wrote in message
    > news4D39267-ACA8-42A3-8C35-3930D7BA1F2D@newsgroup

    > > when I signed into messenger a few minutes ago I got a welcome to windows
    > > live messenger screen with something that said September 2008 and had a bunch
    > > of things in another language on the right side. this is the first time I
    > > have encountered something like this what is causing it and has anyone else
    > > been getting this?
    > > --
    > > Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy
    > >
    > > Skywolfe
    >
    >
    > .
    >

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  4. #4


    Rage Skywolfe Guest

    Re: strange welcome screen at sign in

    here is something else that is strange. when I checked the show windows live
    today checkbox. and hit apply, that checkbox was gone until I resigned in and
    was able to uncheck it again.
    --
    Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy

    Skywolfe


    "Rage Skywolfe" wrote:

    > yeah I get some of those screens every once in a while but the reason this
    > stood out at me was the way it came up. like I said with the september 2008
    > date but the writing on the side looked like it was maybe possibly russian.
    > but that isn't the strangest thing. the strangest thing was the way
    > everything was piled on top of each other.
    > --
    > Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy
    >
    > Skywolfe
    >
    >
    > "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
    >

    > > Greetings,
    > >
    > > I haven't noticed any date on the welcome screen, but I may have just missed it. It's normal
    > > to see these every so often (it's a "feature").
    > >
    > > There's been a new batch of them since the forced upgrade started with 8.1 users.
    > >
    > > --
    > > Jonathan Kay
    > > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
    > > MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
    > > MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
    > > Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
    > > (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
    > > --
    > >
    > >
    > > "Rage Skywolfe" <RageSkywolfe@newsgroup> wrote in message
    > > news4D39267-ACA8-42A3-8C35-3930D7BA1F2D@newsgroup

    > > > when I signed into messenger a few minutes ago I got a welcome to windows
    > > > live messenger screen with something that said September 2008 and had a bunch
    > > > of things in another language on the right side. this is the first time I
    > > > have encountered something like this what is causing it and has anyone else
    > > > been getting this?
    > > > --
    > > > Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy
    > > >
    > > > Skywolfe
    > >
    > >
    > > .
    > >

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  5. #5


    Jonathan Kay [MVP] Guest

    Re: strange welcome screen at sign in

    Hi,

    You have the oddest problems

    I have no idea why the option would disappear, never seen that before. As for your
    Russian-ish welcome screen, maybe someone at Microsoft's end had something misconfigured just
    as the time your client requested the screen to come up. Worthy of a screenshot if it
    happens again though.

    --
    Jonathan Kay
    Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
    MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
    MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
    Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
    (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
    --


    "Rage Skywolfe" <RageSkywolfe@newsgroup> wrote in message
    news:8F6BCF8F-C8BE-43CD-95D2-D1D5275EB990@newsgroup

    > here is something else that is strange. when I checked the show windows live
    > today checkbox. and hit apply, that checkbox was gone until I resigned in and
    > was able to uncheck it again.
    > --
    > Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy
    >
    > Skywolfe
    >
    >
    > "Rage Skywolfe" wrote:
    >

    >> yeah I get some of those screens every once in a while but the reason this
    >> stood out at me was the way it came up. like I said with the september 2008
    >> date but the writing on the side looked like it was maybe possibly russian.
    >> but that isn't the strangest thing. the strangest thing was the way
    >> everything was piled on top of each other.
    >> --
    >> Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy
    >>
    >> Skywolfe
    >>
    >>
    >> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
    >>

    >> > Greetings,
    >> >
    >> > I haven't noticed any date on the welcome screen, but I may have just missed it. It's
    >> > normal
    >> > to see these every so often (it's a "feature").
    >> >
    >> > There's been a new batch of them since the forced upgrade started with 8.1 users.
    >> >
    >> > --
    >> > Jonathan Kay
    >> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
    >> > MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
    >> > MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
    >> > Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
    >> > (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
    >> > --
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > "Rage Skywolfe" <RageSkywolfe@newsgroup> wrote in message
    >> > news4D39267-ACA8-42A3-8C35-3930D7BA1F2D@newsgroup
    >> > > when I signed into messenger a few minutes ago I got a welcome to windows
    >> > > live messenger screen with something that said September 2008 and had a bunch
    >> > > of things in another language on the right side. this is the first time I
    >> > > have encountered something like this what is causing it and has anyone else
    >> > > been getting this?
    >> > > --
    >> > > Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy
    >> > >
    >> > > Skywolfe
    >> >
    >> >
    >> > .
    >> >

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  6. #6


    Rage Skywolfe Guest

    Re: strange welcome screen at sign in

    lol yeah I know I usualy do have the strangest problems. the way it came up
    is what raised an alarm flag to me but the system is clean of viruses so who
    knows...if it had been the typical screens that come up like a profile or
    photo sharing thing it wouldn't have been alarming...
    --
    Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy

    Skywolfe


    "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

    > Hi,
    >
    > You have the oddest problems
    >
    > I have no idea why the option would disappear, never seen that before. As for your
    > Russian-ish welcome screen, maybe someone at Microsoft's end had something misconfigured just
    > as the time your client requested the screen to come up. Worthy of a screenshot if it
    > happens again though.
    >
    > --
    > Jonathan Kay
    > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
    > MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
    > MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
    > Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
    > (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
    > --
    >
    >
    > "Rage Skywolfe" <RageSkywolfe@newsgroup> wrote in message
    > news:8F6BCF8F-C8BE-43CD-95D2-D1D5275EB990@newsgroup

    > > here is something else that is strange. when I checked the show windows live
    > > today checkbox. and hit apply, that checkbox was gone until I resigned in and
    > > was able to uncheck it again.
    > > --
    > > Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy
    > >
    > > Skywolfe
    > >
    > >
    > > "Rage Skywolfe" wrote:
    > >

    > >> yeah I get some of those screens every once in a while but the reason this
    > >> stood out at me was the way it came up. like I said with the september 2008
    > >> date but the writing on the side looked like it was maybe possibly russian.
    > >> but that isn't the strangest thing. the strangest thing was the way
    > >> everything was piled on top of each other.
    > >> --
    > >> Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy
    > >>
    > >> Skywolfe
    > >>
    > >>
    > >> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
    > >>
    > >> > Greetings,
    > >> >
    > >> > I haven't noticed any date on the welcome screen, but I may have just missed it. It's
    > >> > normal
    > >> > to see these every so often (it's a "feature").
    > >> >
    > >> > There's been a new batch of them since the forced upgrade started with 8.1 users.
    > >> >
    > >> > --
    > >> > Jonathan Kay
    > >> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
    > >> > MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
    > >> > MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
    > >> > Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
    > >> > (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
    > >> > --
    > >> >
    > >> >
    > >> > "Rage Skywolfe" <RageSkywolfe@newsgroup> wrote in message
    > >> > news4D39267-ACA8-42A3-8C35-3930D7BA1F2D@newsgroup
    > >> > > when I signed into messenger a few minutes ago I got a welcome to windows
    > >> > > live messenger screen with something that said September 2008 and had a bunch
    > >> > > of things in another language on the right side. this is the first time I
    > >> > > have encountered something like this what is causing it and has anyone else
    > >> > > been getting this?
    > >> > > --
    > >> > > Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy
    > >> > >
    > >> > > Skywolfe
    > >> >
    > >> >
    > >> > .
    > >> >
    >
    > .
    >

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