Submit Hint Search The Forums LinksStatsPollsHeadlinesRSS
14,000 hints and counting!


Click here to return to the 'Change the idle timeout period in iChat' hint
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say.
Change the idle timeout period in iChat
Authored by: huzzam on Feb 26, '04 05:22:24PM

Does anyone else have this problem? When I wake my computer from sleep, ichat always changes my status to "available", even though my preferences say to leave my status as idle. Anyone have a solution?

thanks
peter



[ Reply to This | # ]
Change the idle timeout period in iChat
Authored by: PCheese on Feb 28, '04 05:09:22PM

Idle means you are not using your computer. You become idle after the idle timeout period, which is by default 10 minutes. If you wake your computer from sleep, move your mouse, or press a key, you're using your computer, so your idle status goes away. Use away if you want to tell people you are busy or not available. I guess you could set your idle timeout to something like 1 second so if you wake your computer from sleep and don't touch it, it'll go right into idle mode, but I don't think that's a good idea.

Actually ignore everything I wrote above, because I think when your computer goes to sleep, iChat disconnects completely. When you wake your computer, it reconnects with your status set to available. So when your computer is asleep, you're no longer online on AIM (iChat).



[ Reply to This | # ]
Change the idle timeout period in iChat
Authored by: zpjet on Sep 28, '04 02:29:08PM

yeah, you've obviously misplaced "idle" and "away". you have to log off of aim before you put your computer to sleep. or, as an emergency, pull your plug before waking it up.



[ Reply to This | # ]
Change the idle timeout period in iChat
Authored by: este1225 on Apr 26, '09 05:02:23PM

click ichat -> preferences -> general -> when i return to my computer, if i set status to away -> either click ask what to do or keep my status as away.

hope this helps! enjoy!



[ Reply to This | # ]