How to log into Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk with multiple ids on the same computer

Posted on August 17, 2007 at 8:51 am

Have you ever needed or wanted to log into Yahoo Messenger or Google Talk under multiple accounts on the same computer for some odd reason? Maybe you would like to be able to login yourself along with your wife and your kids all on one computer at the same time!?! Hell, I didn’t think this could be useful, but there have been many times when both my wife and I have found ourselves wanting to use Yahoo on the one computer that we have to share!

Anyway, there’s a great hack that I found on Gaufire that involves hacking the registry to accomplish this. It’s nothing major, but you should still backup your registry just in case!

To open multiple Google Talk windows and login with different accounts, follow these steps:

1. Right-click on the Desktop and select New and then Shortcut.

newshortcut

2. For the location of the item, type in the following:

“c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex

3. Click Next till you are done and name the shortcut whatever you like.

Now open Google Talk and login. Open Google Talk and another window will appear! You can login again with a different user name! Cool!

To open multiple Yahoo Messenger windows, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Start button, choose Run and type in regedit. Click OK.

regedit

2. Next, you want to expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER key, then expand Software, then Yahoo, then Pager, and then Test.

3. On the right pane, right-click in the white area and choose New and then DWORD Value.

4. Go ahead and name it Plural. Double-click on it and change the Base to Decimal.

5. Type in a value of 1 in the text box. Close the registry.

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And you’re done! Go ahead and open Yahoo Messenger and login! To login again, just open Yahoo Messenger again and you’ll get a second window! Cool, right!?

yahoomessenger1

Have fun with your multiple messengers! I can see how this can be used in some devious ways (talking to a friend and IM them from another name just to mess around)! Enjoy!

Source: Gaufire

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3 Responses to “How to log into Yahoo Messenger and Google Talk with multiple ids on the same computer”

  1. Dave said on : November 10th, 2007 at 3:53 pm

    Anyone know how to do this hack on a Mac?

    Thanks,
    Dave


  2. Brandon said on : July 27th, 2008 at 5:20 am

    will this same process work for MSN messenger?


  3. Andy Turner said on : March 22nd, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    Thanks dude ! That’s awesome, I can now monitor two gmail accounts without logging in via the website :)


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