Microsoft Windows Vista On Demand

Changing My Status

When you sign in with Windows Live Messenger, the program notifies contacts currently online from your Contacts list that you are available to chat. While you’re signed in, you might need to leave your computer for a meeting or lunch. Instead of signing out, you can change your online status to let your contacts know that you’ll be right back, or that you’re not available at the moment for other reasons.

Change My Status

Select Tools, and then click a status type:

• Online

• Busy

• Be right back

• Away

• In a call

• Out to lunch

• Appear offline

• Sign out

Change Status Preferences

Select Tools, and then click Options.

In the left pane, click ...