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Imran Hussain

Jun 13 2008, 08:08

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Just saw this in my Windows Live Messenger contacts window. The box beneath the display picture one. It’s the first time I’ve seen this, and I have no idea why. I couldn’t find anything on it on the official Windows Live Messenger Blog and even Liveside . Seems like it’s a placeholder for some image though it shows none. Anybody got any info on this?

<link removed> no need to link to your blog to post a question here

shift.

Jun 13 2008, 10:21

I have those on one or two of my contacts too.

TakeNothingBack

Jun 13 2008, 11:55

Yeah, I have this too, so do many others, according to the people here.

Something else that's interesting too is this here.

redeemed

Jun 13 2008, 12:03

Same here. I have it under the display pics of some contacts. I was chatting to a friend, and he said that his friend also noticed it.

Strange.

Nashy

Jun 13 2008, 12:07

Couple of mine do too.

GBerner

Jun 13 2008, 12:13

Me & a friend of mine noticed about it the last night too.
As I can see in the link provided by TakeNothingBack, some people is getting the Microsoft Office logo in the place we have the white box.
Some migration to Office Live Communications Server?

simsie

Jun 13 2008, 12:17

I got the office logo, it was weird.

I have Office 2007 installed...

.KICK

Jun 13 2008, 12:22

Mine is empty and I have Office 2007

The2

Jun 13 2008, 12:28

Me has it too

Unimatrix Xero

Jun 13 2008, 13:11

i have it as well office 2007 installed for me

Imran Hussain

Jun 13 2008, 13:13

I have office 2007 installed too, but I'm not seeing the Office icon but the box in the first post in this thread. And I can't find any explanation for it.

Drew

Jun 13 2008, 13:16

I don't have it on my PC (maybe because im using a MP! Live Skin) but on my friends PC when I signed into my secondary account it was there

Dc'1

Jun 13 2008, 13:17

I was getting that as well... Then it disappeared and my friend got it.

pphheerroonn

Jun 13 2008, 13:40

This appeared on mine:

Its on all my contacts that are currently online....

RanCorX2

Jun 13 2008, 13:48

man your display pic is messed up

RDPaul

Jun 13 2008, 13:49

Quote - (pphheerroonn @ Jun 13 2008, 14:40)

This appeared on mine:

Its on all my contacts that are currently online....

Exactly the same here, not sure if it matters, but i've got both Office 2007 and WLM9 Beta, other than that, who knows?

Alex_is_Axel

Jun 13 2008, 15:32

i just did a windows update and it seemed to have removed the white box's on all my contacts online.. for the time being

simsie

Jun 13 2008, 16:09

Someone on Connect just said the white box is for WLM 8.5 downwards, while the office logo is WLM9.

Alex_is_Axel

Jun 13 2008, 16:18

Update: the white box has now eventually come back

Any info on why the white box is even there.. or even why the office logo is displayed?

Imran Hussain

Jun 13 2008, 17:14

The white box is ugly and so out of place

why are we seeing it at all ?!

shift.

Jun 13 2008, 17:20

I'm starting to see it on more and more contacts

Alvi -

Jun 13 2008, 17:21

Alien invasion on the course!!!

It happens to me too. I think maybe some new feature will be introduced

Jay R.

Jun 13 2008, 17:22

I wonder...

daniel_rh

Jun 13 2008, 17:23

I have the same empty box in all my contacts that has webcam available

Click to view attachment

Deletedforeverhaha

Jun 13 2008, 17:25

Same thing happening here...

simsie

Jun 13 2008, 17:26

It looks like the old display picture container from WLM8.1

Capric0rn

Jun 13 2008, 18:10

I've got this issue in WLM 8.1 as well since this afternoon. I thought it was my WLM so I restarted it but it didn't help.

skelly831

Jun 13 2008, 19:28

Same here, I'm on WLM 8.5 + a-patch. At first I thought there was something wrong with the patcher but that is not the case. The box doesn't appear on all contacts though. I'll decide if I want to get rid of it after we find out what it is lol

PureLegend

Jun 13 2008, 19:48

Apparently it's a server screwup. It's meant to denote people using Office Live.

redvamp128

Jun 13 2008, 20:30

Possibly be the new on line document collaboration . You know similar to Net Meeting White board. It is just a thought. Rumor only... but to think about having a friend/co worker edit a document with you at the same time on line.

shift.

Jun 15 2008, 21:10

Seems to be gone now.

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