Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about installing, configuring and working with Psi+ under various operating systems.

Answer 1: Step by step Psi/Psi+ setup guide with screenshots here/resource unavailable/.

Answer 2: The installer archive contains all the necessary files for Psi+, but the zip archive – *ONLY* contains the psi-plus.exe file.

Answer 3: To display clients icons in the roster, do the following:

• Update Psi+ to the current version
• Download fingerprint.jisp and copy it to the Psi+/iconsets/clients directory
• Enable the specified option in the roster settings and choose the roster iconset in appearance settings

Answer 4: To get Psi+ working in portable mode, you have several options:

1. Copy a folder PsiData from C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME% to C:\Program Files\Psi+ and start Psi+ via the script psi-plus-portable.bat .
2. Convert psi-plus.exe to psi-plus-portable.exe using the script make-psi-plus-portable.bat directly in the working Psi+ folder and then run psi-plus-portable.exe.

Answer 5: Yes, using Qt 4.5.0 after you exit the application process remains “hanging”. It's recommended that to upgrade your Qt version to 4.5.1 or above.

Answer 6: Instructions for building Psi+ under MS Windows (32 bit) are here.

Answer 7: The latest version of the Russian localization for Psi/Psi+ is here.

Answer 8: Animated smileys can be used in a test version of Psi+ WebKit. In other Psi+ versions, as well as in the Psi official version, animation support is not implemented.

Answer 9.1: Instructions for configuring publications listen tracks from foobar2000 in Psi+ are here .

Answer 9.2: Instructions for Rhythmbox (by KukuRuzo).

Answer 9.3: Instructions for AIMP2 (by KukuRuzo).

Answer 9.4: Instructions for Songbird (by KukuRuzo).

Answer 10: For example:

• Download the Screenshot Plugin from here
• Extract screenshotplugin.dll to the Psi+ folder (for example, C:/Program Files/Psi+/Plugins)
• Run the Psi+ → Open the application Options → Choose a Plugin Name: Screenshot Plugin → Set the checkmark in the box Load this plugin → Restart the Psi+
• Enjoy ;)

Answer 11: To activate the spell checker you should:

• Download and install Psi+ version with Aspell support
• Download aspell-15.dll and the Russian-English Dictionary from here , unzip the archive into the Psi+ directory
• Checkmark [v] Check spelling in Misc. tab of application Options

Answer 12: Create a text file mucskipautojoin.txt in the directory that contains PsiData for the current Psi+ profile and write the JIDs in it of the conferences which should be skipped for autojoining by Psi+.

Answer 13: The Psi+ can work with captcha. To do this you must disable the following option:

Answer 14: To do this you need to update the Qt library. Make it possible to add /etc/apt/sources.list the following lines:

deb http://www.debian-desktop.org/pub/linux/debian/kde43/ lenny-backports main contrib non-free
deb-src http://www.debian-desktop.org/pub/linux/debian/kde43/ lenny-backports main contrib non-free

Then save the file and execute the following commands:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -t lenny-backports install libqt4-core

To prevent the automatic update from these repositories you need to add to /etc/apt/preferences the following lines:

Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 600

Answer: We are recommended to use the Extended Options Plugin and at Conference tab you must to enable the similar option (See the screenshot below):

Answer: Usually sufficient default account settings. If you have previously configured your account with specified host (For example, host:talk.google.com), you must delete the HOST entry and reconnect to the Google server.

This way:

Or this way:

Answer: Use the /S switch for silent install and /D=dir for select installation directory. These options are case sensitive. Psi+ uses the NSIS installer from Nullsoft.