Sunday, November 17, 2013

Have “Appear Offline” Option in Office Communicator 2007 Status Menu

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That “Appear Offline” menu option is _not_ there by default installation of Office Communicator 2007 _but_ you can have it by going through these steps:

1. Click Windows’ Start menu and type regedit in the run command box.

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2. In the Registry Editor window, go to Computer > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Policies > Microsoft > Communicator

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3. Right click in the right panel and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.

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4. Key in “EnableAppearOffline” under name and press Enter key.

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5. Double click the EnableAppearOffline row entry and update it’s value to 1.

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6. Exit Office Communicator 2007 and launch it again to see the Appear Offline menu option among the available Status options.