Lainaus:

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Remove ads in Windows Live Messenger

This a short and quick how-to on removing those bothersome ads at the bottom of Live Messenger main window. Lets get started..

1. Go here: http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/
2. Download Resource Hacker ver. 3.4.0 (Zip File 541kb).
3. After unzipping the contents open ResHacker.exe.
4. Open in Resource Hacker (File -> Open...) msgsres.dll located in (in most cases): C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger OR C:\Program Files\Windows Live\Messenger (U should make backup from original file for example renaming it to msgres.dll.bak)
5. Click on View -> Find Text... on the menu bar.
6. On the "Find what:" field put in:
7. <Constrainer layoutpos=top ID=Atom(SSConstrainer) Layout=FillLayout()
8. Change layoutpos value from top to none.
9. The line should now look like:
10. <Constrainer layoutpos=none ID=Atom(SSConstrainer) Layout=FillLayout()
11. Click on Compile Script.
12. Click Save (File -> Save)
13. Open Messenger. Enjoy your now ad-less version of Live Messenger!

There is few more lines that u can edit too:

This is how to get rid of LiveSearch bar:
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7. Find: element[id=atom(idSearchContainer)]
8. This line is followed by { layoutpos:bottom; }
Change layoutpos value to none.
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And here is another

This is how to get rid of the text ad in the messaging window
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7. Find: textadbanner id=atom(adbanner)
8. Edit it to textadbanner id=atom(adbanner1)
9. Find second: textadbanner id=atom(adbanner)
10. Edit it too to textadbanner id=atom(adbanner1)
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Lainaus:

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1. Launch IE7 (If you have IE6 then its high time you get IE7)
2. Click Tools, select ?Internet Options?
3. Select the ?Security? tab
4. Select the ?Restricted Sites? icon (the red one to the extreme right).
5. Click on the ?Sites? button.
6. Type in ?http://rad.msn.com? (without the quotations) in the text field.
7. Click ?Add?. Click ?Close?. Click ?OK?.
8. Exit Internet Explorer.
9. Go to \Windows\System32\Drivers\etc
10. Open up ?hosts.ics? with Notepad (Note: This file might be assigned to open with Microsoft Outlook Express or whatever else; if so then right click on hosts.ics > click properties > Near where it says ?Opens with:? there?s a button to the right which shows a button called ?Change?? > click on that > select Notepad from the list, click OK > click OK again > now just double click the hosts.ics file to open it
11. Add this line to the end of the text:
127.0.0.1 rad.msn.com
Click File > Save
Click File > Exit
12. A couple of quick things: I noticed that the display picture on WLM is reset to the default that?s provided (the rubber duck or whatever) after you do follow those steps I just mentioned.

If you want to keep your display picture as it is when you log back in to WLM, do the following:
Launch WLM. Sign in to WLM. From the menu click on ?Tools?, click on Options? (if you don?t see the menu, press the ?Alt? key on the WLM main window)
Select ?General? (should be there to the left, just under ?Personal?). Make sure that the box beside ?Use the same display picture and personal message wherever I sign in.? IS SELECTED/CHECKED IN. Click OK.
And then set your display picture to whatever you like and you should be good.

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