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Google Talk: Create Desktop Shortcuts for Contacting Each of Your Friends

Contributed by shamanstears on April 14, 2009 under Instant messaging

Instead of going into Google Talk, hunting for your Friend’s name, and selecting it to begin a chat session, you can create a desktop icon for each Friend that you frequently chat with. Clicking on the desired shortcut will open a chat window with the associated Friend. Saves you some time and let you get right to the chat.

Digsby: Prevent from Starting When Windows Starts

Contributed by shamanstears on March 20, 2008 under Instant messaging

Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that also acts as both an email notifier and social networking tool. Since all of this functionality takes up quite a bit of memory, you are wasting resources by leaving it running when you don’t need it. If you took the default settings during the setup, Digsby starts when Windows does. To stop this from happening and shorten your system’s boot up time, follow these steps:

Yahoo! Messenger: Prevent from Starting When Windows Starts

Contributed by shamanstears on July 23, 2007 under Instant messaging

By default, the Yahoo! Messenger starts when Windows does. If you don’t use Yahoo! Messenger regularly, you are wasting resources by having it run when you don’t need it. To stop Yahoo! Messenger from starting when Windows does:

Skype: Backup Your Contacts

Contributed by shamanstears on July 12, 2007 under Instant messaging

Since your Contacts play in important role in the functionality of Skype, it only makes since to back them up. That way, if disaster strikes, you simply restore the contacts and you’re off and going.

Google Talk: Prevent from Starting When Windows Starts

Contributed by shamanstears on July 10, 2007 under Instant messaging

By default, the Google Talk application starts when Windows does. If you don’t use Google Talk regularly, you are wasting resources by having it run when you don’t need it. To stop Google Talk from starting when Windows does:

MySpaceIM: Disable Message History to Stop Saving IM Sessions on your Computer

Contributed by shamanstears on June 21, 2007 under Instant messaging

By default, MySpaceIM saves all of your IM sessions in the Message History. If you never reference back to these chats, it is taking up unnecessary space on your computer. To disable Message History, follow these steps:

MySpaceIM: Limit Who Can See When You Are Online

Contributed by shamanstears on under Instant messaging

If you use MySpaceIM to chat with your friends and family, it is doubtful that you want everybody on MySpace to know that you’re online. To limit the people that can see when you’re online to only those on your Contact List, follow these steps:

MySpaceIM: Prevent from Starting When Windows Starts

Contributed by shamanstears on June 20, 2007 under Instant messaging

By default, the instant messenger from MySpace (MySpaceIM) starts when Windows does. If you don’t use MySpaceIM regularly, you are wasting resources by having it run when you don’t need it. To stop MySpaceIM from starting when Windows does: