MSN Background

[DanMc07]

Hey there, I just did a search and couldnt find anything on here so thought I would post away.
The question is, would one of you kind people tell me how to change the msn background of Windows Live Messenger?
Not the chat window, but the actual messenger window. I know you was able to do it in the older version with registry twaks and what not, but not sure how to do it now..
Help would be apprichiated

 

[david334]

Ahh sorry mis read

David334

 

[DanMc07]

Hey, found out how to do it.. For anyone else who wants to know follow these steps:


1) Find the image of your choice.

2) Go for pictures with white backgrounds or cut objects out of their backgrounds, because dark colors will conflict with the MSN Display Names on your contact list. Also avoid very large images (resize to around 200 pixels width and/or height if possible). Finally, when possible, make it a bit transparent (eg. 40% opacity in Photoshop).

3) Save the image it as lvback.gif with 256 colors, in your MSN Messenger program directory (usually Crogram FilesMSN Messenger).

4) Sign out and in again (or switch tabs and then back to your contact list) and you'll see your fresh MSN Messenger background!