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Yahoo Messenger 8.1 Won't Shut Up

I was having serious issues logging in to Yahoo Messenger, our IM network of choice for work. Everytime I logged in, it would log me right back out. Eventually it started saying my password was incorrect. Reset password, still no luck. Fine, I will upgrade and see if that fixes it, since when it crashes the little link on the windows crash dialog tells me Yahoo! recommends an upgrade.

What a terrible mistake! Sure, I can log in now, but the new version is so damned annoying. Everytime I chat with someone, a message saying the person I am talking to "is using an older version of Yahoo! Messenger and certain features may be unavailable." and includes a link to invite them to upgrade. Fine, whatever, a little viral push to get people to the latest version. But this message keeps reappearing after any pause in the conversation! So I, the person who actually has upgraded, am forced to see this message constantly. No way to turn it off! Well, there is no way I am going to invite someone else to have to suffer through this.

If that weren't enough, the main window has animated ads on it, too. Thank you for that! I guess it is finally time to try one of the non-yahoo clients, since this is now a constant annoyance.