Yahoo! Messenger questions & answers

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Question by Guest
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October 13, 2023

Yahoo! could will shut down its Messenger entirely on July 17, 2018 and is no longer provides the future updates available when i do like (feat. the similar things are about the Hitachi will also shutting down its TV business in 2012)

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Answer by Ashish Bajaj

No, this is not a spam message. Yahoo! Messenger for Windows is indeed discontinuing as of July 17, 2018, and will no longer provide future updates.

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Question by Guest
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July 4, 2023

Jerry Yang was not restricted to producing Yahoo! services such as Yahoo! Movies, Yahoo! Music, Yahoo! Games, and Yahoo! Entertainment, and they also sporadically produced theatrical motion pictures, most of which were originally distribution deal with Walt Disney Studios.


In 2000, Jerry Yang had stated that would produce a film production unit known as Yahoo! Pictures. The theatrical film library of Yahoo! Pictures was officially folded into Walt Disney Animation Studios, though a few films remained with their original distributors.

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Answer by Saumya Sharma

The given text provides information about Jerry Yang and Yahoo! Pictures, stating that Jerry Yang sporadically produced theatrical motion pictures, some of which had a distribution deal with Walt Disney Studios. In 2000, Jerry Yang announced the establishment of Yahoo!'s film production unit known as Yahoo! Pictures. The theatrical film library of Yahoo! Pictures was later folded into Walt Disney Animation Studios. However, a few films remained with their original distributors.

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Question by Guest
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March 31, 2023

The sound "vm_greeting.wav" is a file that contains a sound; a ding sound, and the voice-over says "The first time you have reached is not available. Please read the message after a beep." appears, and last, the beep sound after saying a voice over, similar to the beep sound effect like an office fax machines.

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Answer by Pooja Bajaj

The "vm_greeting.wav" sound file is a file used in Yahoo Messenger for Windows that contains a pre-recorded voicemail greeting message.

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Question by ahsan 2
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August 23, 2013

Someone hacked my account and changed my security questions as well as alternate email address. Can I recover my Yahoo Messenger and Mail account?

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Answer by Pete Clapp

In this case, account recovery is possible only if you have set up a recovery phone number to send the password reset code to your phone. If you did not attached any number, then the account is lost for good because there is no way you can prove that the stolen account is yours since the person who stole it has all the required info for verification.

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Answer by Sean Hill

There is no way you can delete a sent message. On the local computer you can clear chat history by going to Messenger > Preferences > Conversation History and check Do not keep a history of my conversations.

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Answer by Pete Clapp

That was possible in the past but Yahoo secured all the sending and receiving protocols and nowadays it's impossible to tell where the message is coming from regarding IP address, operating system used, etc.

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Answer by Sean Hill

This is a problem with some conflicting DLLs. You can enable the text using the instructions posted at the related question.

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Question by Guest
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September 6, 2012

After I downloaded Yahoo Messenger, it wasn't installed on my computer and every time at the last stage it failed to install. What should I do?

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Answer by Andrew Constandache

Besides its main installation package, the setup also contains Microsoft Visual Runtime 2005/2008 (it differs according to the version of Yahoo Messenger you try to install). Before you install the application, make sure these components are removed from your computer. Also Adobe Flash is a component from which the chat software takes advantage of. For best results, manually remove these components and then try and install again the main package. Also, if you use Windows Vista, 7 or 8 when you try to install the package, make sure you right click the file and select "Run As Administrator". In most of the cases this is the problem encountered by many users.

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Answer by Julia Bocchetta

Try closing your e-mail while logging into the application because you can't be online in two different locations regarding Yahoo services. This situation happens when you are already logged in on another device.

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Answer by Julia Bocchetta

Yahoo has shutdown the only possible way of integrating Yahoo Messenger into websites through Pingbox. I believe there is no solution available at the moment to implement the Messenger into websites.

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