MSN Spaces Commonly Asked Questions:

Q. Why can’t I add Photos to my Space ?

A. Are you using Internet Explorer (v. 6.0 or higher)?  If so, it should work.  At this time, the Photo slideshow part for MSN Spaces is does not work with other browsers such as Firefox, Netscape or Safari or Internet Explorer 5.X

Q. How do I change the name (alias) for my Space ?

A. You can not change the alias of your Space without first deleting your existing Space.  Once you delete your existing Space, you can sign up for a new one with your Passport. 

Q. Can I have multiple Passports associated with one Space?

A. Currently, only one Passport can be associated with a Space.

Q. How do I delete my Space?

A. Sign in to your Space, click on Settings and select the Space Settings tab. At the bottom of the page, click on the “Delete my space” option and confirm.  Reminder that once you chose to delete it, you can’t get the information back.  If you think you might want to return to MSN Spaces in the future, you could set your Space to private so only you can view it.  Then, if you decide in the future that you want to start using Spaces again, you can change the setting to Public or Messenger only.

Q. How do I change the color or background of my Space?

A. Changing the color or background of your Space is easy.  Simply sign into your Space, click on Customize and select the Themes tab. Then select the theme from a list of more than 85 that interests you. Be sure to click on the Save button in the top right of the page to apply your new theme. You can also use the Tweak UI Power Toy that is discussed on this site.

Q. How can I let other people add entries to my blog ?

A. Currently, MSN Spaces does not support the concept of a group blog and this has been logged as a future feature request.

Q. Can I store (audio or video) files on my Space ?

A. MSN Spaces allows you to store Photo files only at this time.

Q. My space is showing up in the wrong language, how do I correct this?

A. You can reset the language of your MSN Spaces page by navigating to the following pages:

Simplified Chinese:    http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=zh-cn

Traditional Chinese:    http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=zh-tw

Danish:                          http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=da-dk

Dutch:                            http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=nl-nl

English:                         http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=en-us

Finnish:                         http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=fi-fi

French:                          http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=fr-fr

German:                        http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=de-de

Italian :                           http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=it-it

Japanese :                    http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=ja-jp

Korean:                          http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=ko-kr

Norwegian:                   http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=nb-no

Portuguese:                  http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=pt-br

Spanish:                        http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=es-us

Swedish:                       http://spaces.msn.com?mkt=sv-se

Q. Why can’t I view Photos in full size on a Space

A. Check your cache setting in your browser- it may be full. To clear the cache, please follow these steps:

  1. Open Internet Explorer.

  2. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.

  3. On the General tab, click “Delete files under Temporary Internet Files.”

  4. Select “Delete all offline content”, and then click OK.

  5. Click Settings.

  6. Under “Check for newer versions of stored pages” , select the “Every visit to the page” option, click OK, and then click OK again.

The Media Player Power Toy is designed to allow you to play audio and video files within your Space. While editing your Space specify the URL of a Media file located on the web in the Media Power Toy and hit Save. This will allow the people viewing your Space to watch or listen to the media file you have linked. You can customize the experience even more by altering the player settings (like auto start, times to play, and player mode) while editing your Space.

This feature is to be used for authorized content only. Please respect the creative efforts and intellectual property of others, and do not link to unauthorized materials.  Linking to unauthorized material is a violation of the Spaces Code of Conduct and Terms of Use.

Follow these steps to add this Power Toy to your Space:

1. Log into Passport and Edit your Space.
2. In the Address bar of your web browser add the text “ &powertoy=musicvideo ” to the end of the displayed URL.
3. Click the Go button next to your web browser address bar.
4. Once the page has finished reloading, click on the Customize tab in your Space.
5. In the Modules drop down menu in the Customize tab there should be a listing for PowerToy: Windows Media Player. Click the word Add next to it and then click the Save button.

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For e.g.

http://spaces.msn.com/members/learn-msn-spaces/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c02_owner=1&_c=&powertoy=musicvideo

Click on the pictures below to see how it will look like :

A guide to the Labels on the media player :

• Position in sec. - Begin from a specefic second. Eg. Put in 30 and it will begin at the  30 seconds mark of the first song.
• Times to play  - The number of times to play your song.
• Rate to play  - The speed of your song. 1 - normal  | 1.5 - fast | 2 - double the speed.
• Auto start - Do you want your media player to start Automatically ? Tick the box then.
• Display Mode - Select invisible if you want your media player to be hidden to your viewers. Select none if you want it in a normal mode. Select mini if you want it small and with minimum funtions. Select Full if you want it big and with all functions.
• Right Click Menus - Disable this [recommended] . If ticked, Then people will get options to the media player and Also your URL is visible to all, when they right click your player.
• URL - URL or the www. address of a media file.

Note:-

Many people have problems getting URL's. 

Click here to learn , How to ..

Common mistakes :

• Long URLs..
• Didnt click the save Button
• Faulty Hosting service
• Input mistake
• Just put in a file stored on your computer and not on the internet.
• Didnt read this tutorial carefully.

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For. E.g.

1. In the transparency Box, If you put in 100. You space will be fully visible , If you put in 50. It will be translucent. If you put in 0 , It will be invisible. I suggest you don't put 0.
2. The you can change the colours in many places. But you cant just put in words. You need to put the colour Codes. Click here to get Colour Codes.

If you remove the module, The effect will go away.

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See which of the following methods suits you best for Creating Your Own Guest-book.

Please read the Permalink Tutorial in the Getting Started tutorial list as it will help you in the Guestbook Creation Below.

Method 1 : [ Premalink method]

Download Permalink Guestbook Guide

Method 2 : [ CNS Method//Pictorial ]

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Once your guestbook is created, add more blog entries so that it disaapears after some time. There is no way to get rid of it,

You can Edit your previous blog entries that are hidden , delte its content and make it into a guestbook. Or else reduce the number of blog entries on the front page to 3 or less. Click here to learn how...

A tutorial by d3vmax | Hack MSN Spaces | learn-msn-spaces

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