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For those of us that utilize Trillian, it seems the little ploy I spoke about from Yahoo! in blocking their messenger users that aren't updated has bitten us also.  When you try to log into Trillian you get a lovely warning that your password is invalid.  Now if you go into their client (newer versions) or the web interface, you can log in fine.  Trillian has issued a statement and temporary solution on their website here.  I warn you it isn't pretty.  Basically don't use us for Yahoo! until we get it fixed.

We are looking into an issue that may cause a crash or Invalid Password when trying to autoconnect to Yahoo. For now, you can turn off Autoconnect by going into the preferences for your Yahoo connections.

If you cannot get into Trillian to shut off Yahoo autoconnect, you can edit your Yahoo.ini file. Here is how:

Click Start -> Run, then type:

notepad c:\program files\ trillian\users\default\yahoo.ini (take the space out of the \ trillian\ part)

If the file does not load, open Windows Explorer and find your Documents and Settings directory, then your name, then the Trillian directory. There should be a Yahoo.ini file in there.

Change the line that says auto connect=1 so that it reads auto connect=0. If you are using more than one Yahoo connection, change the line for each connection.

Now save the file and reload Trillian. We are working on a fix for this problem.


Now for all you AOL IM users that actually use the AOL IM client and not the above or Sametime or some other variation.  Here is a bit of a time waster coming out in version 5.5 of the product.  Online gaming!!  Now don't get your undergarments in an uproar over how your employees will now waste even more time.  Most of the games will cost and only have a few freebies that are sponsored like 7up is doing to promote their new product  dnL

AIM Games will debut in AIM version 5.5, which is currently in public beta. Some of the titles will be available for free to users, as they're being sponsored by advertisers -- Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc., for instance, is offering two games to promote its dnL drink.

Other games, however, will require users to pay before downloading. For time being, AOL offers two free invites per Buddy and a handful of trial plays, which helps to promote the service.