MSN Chat tips and tricks
|
Disclaimer: Although
I assert that using these characters is safe, however. I take no
responsibility and will not be held liable for any emotional or/and material
damages... WHAT-SO-EVER. If you agree with my terms, feel free
to use these characters; otherwise, don't use
them....
|
|
| How to make emotions in a chat nick name...
here's how to do it:
The boxes are Unicode characters you can copy &
paste into your sign in and you will be able to make emotions in your nick on
MSN Chat. This is possible because these Unicode characters have the same
appearance as brackets, colon and etc., but in Windows 98 and other software,
these characters are allowed in a sign-in where normally -- brackets, colons,
and like -- are not allowed. The copy and paste doesn't work in
Netscape. The easy way is to do it on MS Word 97 and MS Works, but it didn't
work for me in 2000 version. How to do
it in Word 97 or/and MS Works:
Change your font to
symbols, type your nick that you want and copy & paste it to your
sign-in.... and you have got your nick with the emotions. However, if you don't
have Word 97 or Works, then you use the Unicode characters below... Enjoy :) |
|
Characters are in the following order... ( ) : * @ %
|
Copy these directly
to your sign-in  |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| The
boxes represent these characters |
( |
) |
: |
* |
@ |
% |
Space |
[ |
] |
\ |
/ |
' |
{ |
} |
. |
| (Copy
and Paste the boxes, from the first row, to your sign-in. The copy &
paste doesn't work in Netscape and I'm not sure about Internet explorer
below 5... If it's not working for you, email it to me
and I'll put it here. Don't forget to mention your browser, it's version
and the operating system that you were using. And if you have any
solution to these problems PLEASE do email them. Thank You!) |
MSN Chat control's short-cut commands:
/AWAY : Sets the user on away status.
If the users is already on away status, then remove the away status.
/ACTION : Send a message that reads as
an action in the conversation pane. Same as the button with exclamation point
(!) , /ME, and CTRL + A.
/CLEAR : Clears the conversation pane.
/INVITE : Invites a log on user to the
room you used it in.
/ME : Same as /ACTION.
/PASS : Opens the host or and owner
keyword dialog box. The owner key is located in the registry of the person who
created the room. Regedit utility can be used to obtain it; just use this path
(\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MSNChat\4.0\UserData1). UserData1 holds
the Ownerkey, you can use it give the golden hammer to anyone for your room.
(Note: Sometimes, when you re-join your room UserData1 changes. Therefore, it's
a safe practice to note it down if you want to keep your room open for a long
time.)
/PART : Makes you leave the room. (i.e.
Chat server rooms the user from the list of active members for the room that it
was used in.)
/QUIT : Closes the connection with the
chat server.
/VERSION : Gives the version of your
MSN Chat control (client).
Some Useful Tips:
If your having trouble connecting to chat
rooms then you can try this. Delete all your cookies, delete them from recycle
bin too, then restart. I hope you will get connected this time.
(by Snackie)
If this doesn't help, delete the chat
control from Downloaded Program Files, run disk clean up utility, and
restart.
Dealing with disruptive behavior:
If someone is disrupting your room you can simply put him/her on ignore, others,
in the room, may do as well. You can also do a force ejection kicking the person
out or even banning him/her. Sometimes disruptors are unbannable, and flood
the room with multiple joins.
You can turn off the arrival and departure
in chat controls options, that will take care of the flooding problem.
You can put the disruptor on ignore. Some people say that they can come back
with a different nick and then they are not on ignore anymore. Think about this,
it is much more difficult for the disruptor to go back and change his/her nick
name than you simply just reaching to his/her nick, right click, and put him/her
on ignore. Sooner or later the disruptor will tire him/her self out.
If it is still bothering you you can go to
MSN HelpDesk and ask there what you can do. In the mean time, you can try take
care of the situation yourself. Just don't get frustrated and deal with the
situation creatively. Usually these disruptors are looking for some attention,
talk to them nicely maybe they will join the conversation in a normal way. If
this doesn't help simply ignore their behavior, sooner or later, they will get
bored and leave your chat room.
For more information check the help and
stop abuse links in a chat room.
Here are some useful links:
Help
MSN
HelpDesk (Note: It's an MSN Chat room for
helping it's users.)
Back to main page
Enjoy :)