RE: Status changes by itself

Hi,
When you lock or Sleep the computer,MSN will show"Busy".
If you want to show offline,please don't sleep or lock your computer!
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Hope it can help you


"Mark" wrote:

> i set status to appear offline
>
> program changes status to online by itself
>
> i am not at my machine (it is actually locked)
>
> why does it do this and can you stop it!
>
>
>
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