Configuring Privacy Manager Chat for Windows Live Messenger
1. In Privacy Manager Chat, click the Settings button.
– or –
In the Security Manager left pane, expand Privacy Manager and click Settings, and then click the
Chat tab.
– or –
In Privacy Manager History Viewer, click the Settings button.
2. To specify the amount of time Privacy Manager Chat waits before locking your session, select a
number from the Lock session after _ minutes of inactivity box.
3. To specify a history folder for your chat sessions, click Browse to search for a folder, and then
click OK.
4. To automatically encrypt and save your sessions when you close them, select the Automatically
save secure chat history check box.
5. Click OK.
Chatting in the Privacy Manager Chat window
After starting Privacy Manager Chat, a Privacy Manager Chat window opens in Windows Live
Messenger. Using Privacy Manager Chat is similar to using basic Windows Live Messenger, except that
the following additional features are available in the Privacy Manager Chat window:
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Save–Click this button to save your chat session to the folder specified in your configuration
settings. You can also configure Privacy Manager Chat to automatically save each session when
it is closed.
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Hide all and Show all–Click the appropriate button to expand or collapse the messages shown in
the Secure Communications window. You can also hide or show individual messages by clicking
the message header.
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Are you there?–Click this button to request authentication from your contact.
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Lock–Click this button to close the Privacy Manager Chat window and return to the Chat Entry
window. To display the Secure Communications window again, click Resume the session, and
then authenticate using your chosen security logon method.
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Send–Click this button to send an encrypted message to your contact.
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Send signed–Select this check box to electronically sign and encrypt your messages. Then, if the
message is tampered with, it will be marked as invalid when the recipient receives it. You must
authenticate each time you send a signed message.
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Send hidden–Select this check box to encrypt and send a message showing only the message
heading. Your contact must authenticate to read the content of the message.
Viewing chat history
The Privacy Manager Chat History Viewer displays encrypted Privacy Manager Chat session files.
Sessions may be saved by clicking Save in the Privacy Manager Chat window, or by configuring
automatic saving on the Chat tab in Privacy Manager. In the viewer, each session shows the (encrypted)
Contact Screen Name, and the date and time the session began and ended. By default, sessions are
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