'HOW-TO' Open Multiple Instances of ICQ on Same Computer

[Vin DSL]

I don't know if anybody else is interested in opening 2 or more ICQ windows on the same computer, but I found a need to do so recently. I know you can do this with Trillian, but that requires you to share the same user list. Here's a simple way to open several seperate instances of ICQ with seperate user lists:

http://www.lenon.com/article12.html

I used the 'registry' method and it works great!!!!

[empty]

I have a better way to deal with it..use Trillian..lol

[Vin DSL]

Originally posted by empty
I have a better way to deal with it..use Trillian..lol

Trillian is not a "better way" IMHO, just a different way. With Trillian, all instances of ICQ have to share the same contact list. Do you think that's "better"? The REGEDIT tweak allows you to keep the contact lists seperate...

[empty]

My contact lists are totally seperate on Trillian . Plugins are wonderful..lol

[Vin DSL]

Out of curiosity, how much memory does that proggie use? ICQ uses around 5MB per instance...

[Vin DSL]

Ahem... hey, empty, I was just looking up the memory usage over on the Trillian site, and I ran across this pic...



Can you explain how Trillian allows YOU to keep seperate contact lists? I don't get it. Looks like 1 contact list to me, and that's what I've been told by friends that use Trillian. I heard it's a real pain. If you have a lot of contacts, you could end up with 100's of ppl in the contact list, no?

[Vin DSL]

Hrm... I went through all six pages of plug-ins and didn't see anything about seperate contact lists. Interesting stuff though --- some of it...

[mattsiegman]

Create another profile i'd guess.

I really don't know (that might just be a Trillian Pro feature)

[Vin DSL]

Yeah, okay, well...

I've used ICQ from practically day-one. My number is 1095241, if that tells you anything. I tried to get ppl interested in using ICQ for years, before it finally took off in the minds'-eye of the world.

There was a LOT of resistance to ICQ, amongst my friends. They claimed IRC was the ONLY way to go. Many of them still feel the same way. In the meantime, everyone and his brother has tried to come up with a better ICQ, even though it already existed in IRC all along. IMHO, ICQ is still the way to go...

I've been tempted many times to install Trillian on my PC's, but since I only care to use ICQ, what's the point? You loose most of the features built into ICQ. Trillian is a 'chat' proggie, pure and simple, and I don't like to chat. Chat irritates me. Why would I want more 'chat'? And, if I wanted to chat, ICQ is more than capable of providing that. Hell, there's like 40 million users now. I could even chat with 8 million trillion users (that's a pun, son)...

The only thing that ever bugged me about ICQ (except the ads, which are easy to remove with a simple hack) is the fact that you could only open one instance at a time, hence the only reason for Trillian in the first place. Now, I've run across a simple hack for that. That renders Trillian obsolete in my mind, not better.

So, take it for what it's worth. If you're a chatterbox, Trillian is the way to go. There is no doubt about it. If you just want to be about to run multiple instances of ICQ at the same time, keeping seperate contact lists, and retaining all the great features built into ICQ, the hack is the way to go.

[Vin DSL]

You know, while I'm 'pushing' ICQ, did you ICQ users realize that there is a web-based interface for ICQ, allowing you to use ICQ from ANY internet connected workstation? The concept is the same as web-based eMail, e.g. you can run your ICQ on any machine connected to the internet, like at work or at the library, et cetera, without having to install ICQ.

Here's the link:

http://go.icq.com/

Type in your ICQ# and password, and boom!

For Trillian users: you can add AOL & AIM users to ICQ using this method, making Trillian even more obsolete

To IRC users: eat crow...

[empty]

The contact list plugin is in private beta. You need to own Trillian Pro and be active on the Trillian forums to get access to it.

I used to be a die hard ICQ fan UNTILL AOL bought them out and started to ruin the program. It simply became bloat and wasn't worth the time..

I do have a HUGE contact list, around 500 people over the 4 major IM clients. This is because of my work at YaBB (http://www.yabbforum.com) I have 5 ICQ addies that span the last 6 years, 4 AIM accounts, 2 Yahoo accounts (though one I never use) and a single MSN account. I use some for private communications between friends and loved ones, one set for business and the rest for the different projects I work on.

I never really found it a pain to sort through them because of how I had my accounts set up. I would know who was contacting what address (via a skin tweak) that would show my SN in the message window. With pro I did the same thing until two months ago I was sent the beta plugin to split up the contact lists into "folders" based on the account. So far, so good..

[Vin DSL]

Okay, empty, my man. At least you got balls. Whatever makes you happy, bro. I thought you were just some dumbsh!t trying to take on the master. LoL!

That chat crap just gets in my way. I have no control over it, and I guess that's why it pisses me off so much. However, the turds I'm forced to co-moderate with, on some sites, think it's necessary to have some form of instant communication, for instances where someone offends them.

What a crock! If you're a homo and someone says something against homos, of course 'they' are going to be offended. Who gives a flying f---?

Hahahahaha... it's a beautiful life, ain't it?

Latez, dude...