HOW TO...Remove Last Name from Windows Live Messenger 2011 Beta Username

[Baleur]

I love how it says "don't worry, you get to choose who sees it" Even though there is NO such setting on the entire windows live website... Nowhere can you choose who sees your last name, lol.

[MrMonkeyman2424]

can you remove your whole name so ur username shows?

[captainpiccard]

god dammit, why show all the failed attempts before you go to the solution??????

[calzagheisthebest]

people still use msn, lol

[bassamedic]

good idea, thank you :)

[RockStarAlex360]

I did this and it got rid my last name on the website but not in the messenger.

[natlungfy]

wow your desktop is really nic!

[Siipiniekka]

rofl, I tried the suggested character and MSN went "There's a temporary problem with the service. Please try again. If you continue to get this message, try again later." Not working anymore?

[Nikki0417]

@Siipiniekka I got the same message. I tried again like 10 minutes later and it worked. I guess that's just MSN being stupid.

[TheOkeah]

please can someone help me... on my messenger list i see my friends first and last name only.. i want to see their edited names... PLEASE REPLY SOMEONE (i have same messenger like on this video)

[MrHorse16]

it now says ":There's a temporary problem with the service. Please try again. If you continue to get this message, try again later. " any fixes?

[dragonflow912]

@MrHorse16 i just found this video and i hated having to have a last name so i tried it and i got the same problem as you so i went back to character map and i have it on the same settings as him but scrolled down to almost the bottom and found a bunch of blank squares and i used the one called " En Quad " and it worked for me.

[MrHorse16]

@dragonflow912 thanks! :)

[tDeathwingr]

@dragonflow912 Even that doesn't work for me. Anything else character?

[dragonflow912]

@tDeathwingr not sure try all the other blank ones i never tried any of the other ones

[tDeathwingr]

@dragonflow912 Already found one, but thanks.

[vCircles]

@tDeathwingr Which one did you use? I am having some trouble with this as well! :[

[mattd28]

Excellent, cheers!

[TheSuperElia]

when i click of edit your name it wont open :(

[Reachwun]

Thanks for the tip. The latest update for MSN completely sucked the fun out of it. No more handwriting, everything looks ugly, and we can't even have nicknames. Why the fuck do Microsoft care what our MSN screen names are? Jeebus.

[Vailwolf]

It gives me an error, not the same one but another one.

[theblacksorrow]

thanx man

btw i searched for "override" :)

[kelseyrox78]

It gave me an error saying there's a temporary problem with the service for both the narrow and override options. Any other way?

[NarbTV]

@kelseyrox78

same happened to me -.-

[prachtHODEN]

the 'narrow' character gave me the temporarily not available error... the both 'override' characters did the job for me. thanks!

fucking windows shit

[janek87]

1. Start - Run (or windows+R) - Enter charmap

(or open from Start - All Programs - Accessories - System Tools)

2. Search for left right mark and copy

3. Paste into last name and save.

GG

[iEpicFale]

@janek87 it makes a weird line, sorry for responding a 7 month old comment btw

[endson90]

fucking msn , why they have to do this shit

[dankulovski]

tha ALT+0+1+6+0 part doesn't work for me...:/

[superdarkboy12335]

how? it doesnt work in mine. can u please help me!!

[SPLCHRLCRNG]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

[SilverStateMan]

Fix your fucking accent, btw. Lol.

[SilverStateMan]

Didn't work. It worked once, but all the while the site said that services are temporarily unavailable, sooo I changed it back. It changed it to empty, then back again, and when I tried this again it wouldn't accept it at all.

[Mrjonny5t]

in my character map it says "no character available"?

[PhatTrance]

Get nervous lol funny :D

[Fraenir]

thank you!

[PLSquall2]

really helpful

[namesjeremyy]

THANKYOUU

[Inquisitor121]

Thx for this... you saved me from fist punching the wall 100000 times cuz of this retarded program.... rock on.

[Jeorge535]

Worked. Thanks man! :)

[Kampelapaa]

Thanks! 2007 versio is good!

[tuckisgod]

iron maiden ! :D

[XxTeamdotnlxX]

Yeah, this works, but when you want to add a new friend, it will ask you to type in your last name :(

[Janttux]

THANK YOU!

[Dofalol]

Puno puno hvala na ovome, svaka čast na videu.

Upravo sam updateao to smeće i živcirao se jedno pol sata. -.-'

Još jednom, zahvaljujem se.

[ruky1024]

@Dofalol drago mi je da sam pomogao.. :))

[AsskickerCesar]

it didn't work..

[TheAby471]

thx i had no idea how to do it on the new messenger i will subscribe

[ruky1024]

@TheAby471 thanks for the support...;))

[1TalentedG]

@ruky1024 When i click "edit name" nothing ain't coming up what should i do? Help please!

[Anime4everOyokrae]

Biggest reason that 2011 sucks is the name -.- I installed my 2009 back cuz there i can make nice name

[Biocentrism]

You can type 'Override' instead of 'Narrow' and use those 2 characters. They allow you to add new contacts without showing your name. Thumbs up if you wanna halp peoples.

[EXPExplorer94]

@Biocentrism Thanks that worked beautifully.

So for those who get the message "Temporary Problem", try "Override", i chose the left-to-right override, dragged to the name and last name and it loaded.

Thanks Again!!!

[xxXJuStNeEdLoVeXxx]

@Biocentrism omg thank you so much. <3

[Atee1991]

man, this vid helped me, it's great, but i still have a lil problem. i wanna see my partners name like before... do u understand what i mean? most of them are using earlier version of messenger, so they just change their name easy, and fill it with colors and other things... that's what I need, not their first and last name. cheers.

[Rostinak86]

I meant that my windows arent english >.<

[Rostinak86]

Hello Ruky, thanks for this but I have a little problem, when I search for narrow it finds nothing at all, maybe its because my windows are in english. What do u think?

[devil90079806]

مسنجر مثل ويهك

[zwiemenoe]

hey man my msn list is all weird I dont get it :s my names are from left to right, yours are like the 2010 version :/, help me!

[ruky1024]

@zwiemenoe try pressing that button beside "Add friend" button...

[zwiemenoe]

@ruky1024 No that doesnt work... its the today news and stuff... :s

[CPSEmiliSkoolCaptain]

THANK-YOU! :D

[mixa1996]

i cant find character map, coz i have dutch windows 7, but i dont speak dutch XD, can anyone help me? im russian

[ruky1024]

@mixa1996 Try typing "charmap.exe" (without quotes)...

[mixa1996]

@ruky1024 thank you very much

[FantasyLoveDreamer]

thanks for the video!! it worked :)

[shotta4lifeishere]

does this work with Windows Vista?, cause i cant get it to work

[blasterskv]

"can i play with madness" from iron maiden \m/

rock on dude

[jordivdm]

There's a temporary problem with the service. Please try again. If you continue to get this message, try again later. FUCK THE NEW MSN, IM SWITCHING TO GOOGLE TALK!

[Ruzzie159]

I hate windows live 2011 now! It's relly stinks!! That you can't change your name on the progrem.. I like relly hate windows live now.. why can't they just have as it was before?! All games and shit are getting updates and updates like some games.. why are they updating them why not have it as it should?!!!!!!!!!! WINDOWS LIVE 2011 SUCKS !! WINDOWS LIVE 2011 SUCKS !! WINDOWS LIVE 2011 SUCKS !! WINDOWS LIVE 2011 SUCKS !!

[PedroMF89]

don't work at mine :\

[TiaVampire]

that 2011 version really sucks ass...

[brageyboy]

Thank you dude! You are my god today lol

[nirtime]

Tnx alot :), idk why they got rid of nicknames of this new stupid msn, it has some gud features but nicknames should be an option to turn on or off

[Deluu11]

THIS SHIT IS RETARDED !



[yewmin]

thx for the help...!

[iPandaFTW]

it;s nott working !! D: i can't change my name D: can someone help me ?? the bottom is block to me T^T

[PopitCaaa]

FUCK MSN 2011

JESUS, I CANT FIND THE OLDER VERSION!!!

[EmmaMichaela]

Uhm... Am I a bit late? Messenger 2011? But we are still in 2010?

[VIPBaller]

FUCK MSN 2011

[kvmthebest]

Nice vid, it works!

But if you want to add a contact, it says you must enter your last name, and the alt narrow space doesnt work there????

[ruky1024]

@kvmthebest Doesn't happen to me...I can add contacts normal... :/

[Selderij]

Thanks for the tutorial. I like how you speak. :D

[stoikr]

it's easy and it works, thanks!

Kinda stupid that we have to have a workaround just to give us a one word nickname =/

[tunis5000]

thanks for this!

[xAnTHO1000]

Thank you soo much ! And Btw, Msn 2011 suck !

[FREEZE432]

Dosent work for mee ://////

[Senyako]

Thank you very much. Me and my friends had to switch to the new version 'cause the old one started sabotaging itself, presumably to force us to switch. Even more problems after the switch, the damn thing only shows one's emotes to oneself. WHAT'S THE POINT THEN?

[tomboy368]

it doesn't work -____-'

I just hate Messenger 2011...

[megatechhack]

man THANK YOU SOOO MUCH !!!

[codglitchesandkillz]

SHIT

[orangex80]

Your a genius. ;D

Nice work. Thanks so much.

[hijoeturre]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeee

I laughed when I saw that, haha. Thanks for the tip.

Btw, I also fucking hate this new version. If it wasn't cause MSN is being retarded on the old version (it won't allow you to click on URLs), I would've removed this one and installed the older one, but fuck. I fucking hate this version, I HATE IT!!!!!!!

[LimmyNorrisRealGs]

the character map dose not work when i type in narrow it says no character

[NGCasualty]

oh, thank you so much

[TheGangstaLife4Life]

thank u ur a life saver, i hated seeing my last name... & i regret upgrading to 2011 sooooo much i hope they change this crap

[wazpoppin9]

thanks!!!!

[lemur112]

thx man, very nice tutorial.

[CwarrioL]

is korean word allowed .. ? coz i still cnt seem to change it ..

[ruky1024]

@wahid011099 English is not my mother tongue so I apologize...

[ruky1024]

@wahid011099 Well, it should be...

[lmcorr1]

English obviously isn't his first language, show a little respect.

Thank you, I found this tip extremely helpful.

[MCDavisFTW]

@wahid011099 dumb ass? shut the fuck up you racist fuck! What the fuck! He forced himself into speaking your fucking language that's how you react? Asshole!

[PoketamaVideos]

Thanks man, was really annoying. It even showed on my mail, or if I wasn't using 2011 at all.

[Jarzka1990]

Thanks!

[JimJimJimNL]

iron maddien

[shoent]

thanks a lot for this video, I can't believe how difficult they made it just to change your name, well, that's not true, you can change your name on the windows live website, but it's still a step to many, and even then you can't choose a nickname or "don't worry, you get to choose who sees it."

really? I don't see an option to let everyone only see my first name

again, thanks a lot, it worked!

[supasye]

hi. is that a gadget on your desktop? how do you organise your iconds like that?

thanks.

[ruky1024]

@supasye For organising I use Stardock Fences.

[iauFTW]

Thank you. I can't believe how extremely shitty this new "update" is.

[iloveutube28]

thank you! thts usefu l:D

[drinbokshicool]

lol use msn plus to change your nickname then your first and last name will not appear !! THUMBS UP

[supersmart86]

upgraded msn only to have so much trouble changing MY OWN FREAKIN NAME.

[RKhatkar34]

Thanks. Works. Start the video from 1:49 to see how to actually change it.

[ZonixZ59706090]

Seriosly, WHY IN THE FUCKING HELL DID THEY RELEASE MSN 2011?

It's fucking retarded, when they make the best messenger EVER, 2010, they got to make something worse. Seriously its probably just because they didnt do anything in a while so they wanted to release it and fuck everything up. FUCK YOU FUCKING IDIOTS! I HATE MSN 2011! THUMBS UP IF YOU DO ASWELL. I KNOW IM RAGING BECAUSE I CANT FIND THE OLD VERSION :@

[Tapewormz]

@ZonixZ59706090 Because they added new features to live such as the entire Office suite online for free. I don't like the first/lastname either. Hopefully they'll add a feature that lets you have a nickname.

[OwNaGeOfDaLiAm]

Are you using KDE in Windows?

[ruky1024]

@OwNaGeOfDaLiAm Nope, you mean new KDE 4.6 or?

[OwNaGeOfDaLiAm]

@ruky1024 It's just that your desktop looks like Kubuntu 10.10 (KDE version of Ubuntu) 

[ruky1024]

@OwNaGeOfDaLiAm Ouu, I thought you meant on very KDE 4.6.

[ajhoving]

thank u so much!

[cunerds]

how u unistall messenger 2011!!!!

[ruky1024]

@cunerds Check out my other videos.

[GetHyper1993]

I hate Messenger 2011. It sucks ass.

[RedshamxAkio]

thx dude :D

[xiiDizzy]

Thank you so much for this vid

[xToXiiCzv]

awsome choice of music in the background and would love to knwo were u got the start orb

[ruky1024]

@xToXiiCzv Uhm...I got it from deviantART I guess...keyword is "glossy" under Windows 7 Start Orbs...Thanks! =)

[Ulrich229]

thanks, i wish u cud block ppl in this new version instead of appearing offline

[euklidis1984]

@Ulrich229 that;s the problem... you appear offline to them by blocking them, so there is no offline messages now...

[Ulrich229]

@euklidis1984 what i mean is, i appear offline to them, and they are still so naive they send me messages anyway, and i can see it,.

[95PcMaster]

Hey man your 7 it's very cool can you tell me how you design your windows like yours? with programs categories and that colours???? please reply me fast

[kelvincyh]

hey i tried this, it works for me but my friend using 2011 still see my full name, and windows live keeps on asking me to confirm my name :/

[ruky1024]

@kelvincyh Well, I'm not sure about this...it doesn't happen to me... :/

[LittleRookie5]

What about color? How can i get color in my nickname?

[ruky1024]

@LittleRookie5 I think that's not possible yet...It probably even won't... :/