Chat Box Not Opening, Incoming Messages Not Popping Up, Computer Poessessed
I'm having a little problem as the title describes. One night I went to sleep and I woke up and I was unable to chat. I double click on any avaiable name and no chat box opens up. I go to file and new chat or new chat with person, still no box. Also incoming chat messages do not show up as well. Is my computer poessessed or is it just me? Thanks for the help.
Hi,
I can thinks of several scenarios when this might happen.
When Text and Video chatting I am often moving different windows around the screen.
If this includes my web browser I move the TExt chat on top of the Buddy List.
If I demonstrate the Multichat features then the Buddy list gets pulled to the front to get the Apple test accounts visible.
This tends to hide the Text chat.
I then get what you get in that I hear the sound but see no window as the iChat apple IS the front APP just the windows are out of Order.
This add-on http://www.ksuther.com/chax/ has the ability to set any window to float in front of the others.
Install it and restart iChat
Start a Text Chat (Even if you don't send anything)
Go to iChat Window.
Use the Always On Top option.
You can do the same to the Buddy List or a Video chat (If you do it to all you get the same problem as I described, again)
I join a Saturday Night chat and I often let this slip if I am testing and I have seen 20 on my iChat icon before now.
Even more so if I have several people texting for a test.
Hope this point you in the right direction.
10:55 PM Monday; April 30, 2007
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