Tabbed Yahoo Messenger

As you may have seen in the preview of Yahoo! Messenger for Windows Vista, tabbed IM windows are coming soon. This feature lets you group multiple conversations into one IM window and use tabs to navigate among them.

As it turns out, there are several hidden features that are built into Yahoo! Messenger, which can be turned on with changes to the Windows registry settings. One of our Messenger engineers, Hung Nguyen, developed some code that when installed, adds tabs to Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 (on Windows XP).

To try it out, first close all the IM windows you have open. Then click the “Turn ON tabs in Yahoo! Messenger” link below. When the download window appears, click the “Run” button and follow the on-screen instructions to install it. The next time you’re in two or more IM conversations at the same time, you’ll see the tabs in action. To close a tab, just right click on it.

Turn ON tabs in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1

Turn OFF tabs in Yahoo! Messenger 8.1

Blocking Ads in Yahoo Messenger

Are you using yahoo messenger for Im and chatting with buddies and like me if you are boored with the ads from yahoo, that gets displayed amidst, then here’s a registry edit for windows users which’ll block the ads on yahoo messenger.

Create a new text file in notepad and copy following to it.

CODE:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\YUrl]

“Chat Adurl”=”"
“Conf Adurl”=”"
“Messenger Ad”=”"
“Webcam Viewer Ad”=”"
“Webcam Viewer Ad Big”=”"
“Webcam Viewer Ad Medium”=”"
“Webcam Upload Ad”=”"
“Change Room Banner”=”"
“Personals Alert Ad URL”=”"
“News Alert Ad URL”=”"
“Mail Alert Ad URL”=”"
“Stock Alert Ad URL”=”"
“Auction Alert Ad URL”=”"
“IMVironment Ad URL”=”"
“Calendar Alert Ad URL”=”"
“Chat Transition Ad”=”"
“Chat Transition Ad”=”"
“N2Phone Adurl”=”"
“Login Mobile Ad”=”"

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Save the above file as "yahoo.reg" (u can give any name but .reg extension is compulsory)

Double click the .reg file "yahoo.reg" that you created now. Then click ok(yes) if asked for confirmation that’ll be added to registry.

Restart yahoo messenger.It’s done now.Enjoy.

Make Yahoo Messenger Look like Google Talk

I love Google Talk because it’s simple and clean, but unfortunately that’s not the same with Yahoo Messenger. Bright colors and unwanted features make Yahoo Messenger look ugly! Thankfully, someone has created Google Talk skin for Yahoo Messenger.
Installing the skin:

* Download the skin from here
* Extract the contents of the zip and move it to C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Shared\Graphics (default installation folder, change it only if you have installed Yahoo Messenger somewhere else)

Activating the skin:

* Run Yahoo Messenger
* Go to Messenger > Change skin…
* Choose Google Talk from the drop down menu and click OK

Multiple login in yahoo without using Multimessenger

You can login with multiple ID's on the same yahoo messenger.

Follow these steps : ==>>

* Go to Start ==> Run ==>> Type regedit and hit enter

* Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER ==>> Software ==>> Yahoo ==>> pager ==>>Test

* On the right pane ==>> right-click and choose new Dword value .

* Rename it as Plural.

* Double click and assign a decimal value of 1.

* Now close registry and restart yahoo messenger.

* For signing in with new id open messenger again