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Skype for Windows: Disallow Usage of Your Information for Third Party Ads

contributed by Rob Rogers on March 7, 2011 under Instant messaging, Internet, Windows

By default, Skype allows the usage of “non-personally identifiable information” about you when serving third party ads. If you are uncomfortable with this do to privacy concerns, you can change the default setting to disallow this.

Windows Live Messenger 2011: How to Prevent Ads from Displaying

contributed by Rob Rogers on October 22, 2010 under Instant messaging

If you are tired of seeing the ads that appear at the bottom of Live Messenger’s window, you can remove these ads from appearing without having to touch your registry or install any other software.

Windows Live Messenger 2011: How to Disable Notifications

contributed by Rob Rogers on October 6, 2010 under Instant messaging

Sometimes the notifications from Windows Live Messenger can becom overwhelming, especially if you use it for chatting with your Facebook friends. Each time a friend signs in, you will be notified. You can disable some or all notifications and stop the interuptions.

Trillian 5.0: Prevent from Starting When Windows Starts

contributed by Rob Rogers on August 15, 2010 under Instant messaging

Trillian is a multi-chat client that allows you to be logged into multiple networks at the same time. By default, Trillian starts when Windows does. To stop this from happening and to speed up your system’s boot up, follow these steps:

Windows Live Hotmail: How to Disable Messenger Integration

contributed by Rob Rogers on August 13, 2010 under Instant messaging

Microsoft has integrated Messenger into the latest version of Hotmail. If you don’t like being interupted by incoming chats while you’re trying to perform your email tasks, you can disable the integration.

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

contributed by Rob Rogers 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 Rob Rogers 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 Rob Rogers 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: