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Messenger & UCD Computers

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  • 08-05-2007 12:14am
    #1
    aequinoctium
    Closed Accounts Posts: 667 ✭✭✭aequinoctium


    Right...firstly, i too am appauled by the high level of bebo usage in the campus computer labs (as i have been waiting in long queues many times) but messenger is different (whatever!) as it is advertised on some of the flatscreens eg outside library

    it is not possible to log onto web messenger anymore as the updated computers have these "pop-ups" that do not allow you to sign in

    are we expected (or even able) to download it onto the computers as one of our personal settings?


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    Stepherunie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,158 ✭✭✭Stepherunie


    No you can't download it.

    When the pop up thing pops up there's a beige line that appears at the top of the page, if you right click that you can allow pop ups from the page, refresh the page and log in and it works fine.


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    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    that's just a feature of IE7/Mozilla Firefox by the sound of it.


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    singingstranger
    Registered Users Posts: 2,270 ✭✭✭singingstranger


    Yeah. If you're using Firefox the pop-up bar will show up, you can click on it and tell it to allow pop-ups from that particular website. Alternatively you can use ebuddy.com which, if I remember correctly, works around pop-up blockers.


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    Kace Wide Whimper
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Kace Wide Whimper


    www.meebo.com

    sign into any of your messengers


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    besty
    Registered Users Posts: 4,010 ✭✭✭besty


    Deleted User wrote:
    www.meebo.com

    sign into any of your messengers
    Wow, that thing is very cool!


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    jimi_t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭jimi_t


    www.koolim.com is the same


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    #8
    aequinoctium
    Closed Accounts Posts: 667 ✭✭✭aequinoctium


    fantastic!


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    #9
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    both are also ways for fraudsters to get your IM password.


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    jimi_t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭jimi_t


    Red Alert wrote:
    both are also ways for fraudsters to get your IM password.

    How? Or is this just paranoia on your part?


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    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    no, but once you give a site your password to another one it's usually a dodgy sign. i don't like when sites offer to email everyone in your contact book either by asking you for your hotmail or gmail password - take it from me , it's always bad news.


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    cast_iron
    Registered Users Posts: 2,454 ✭✭✭cast_iron


    I agree with RedAlert.

    If you've no problems using the original sites, then why go to a 3rd party site that you know nothing about. I'm guessing these crowds will probably send all your contacts emails inviting them to sign up to some idiotic site - for a start.


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    Mushy
    Registered Users Posts: 21,386 ✭✭✭✭Mushy


    To the OP, when you go to log in the first time, just hold down the CTRL key, ahich allows the pop-up for that page. Means you dont have to click on the beige bar, and then click on "temporarily allow pop-ups"


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    #14
    dewey101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭dewey101


    http://webmessenger.msn.com/

    Check out the above service for just these situations - as advertsied on the UCD Library website:

    http://www.ucd.ie/library/services_&_facilities/chat/index.html

    Slan,

    DB


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