Got XP Pro on the new computer. Didn't realize it came with Windows Messenger, so one of the first things I did was download MSN Messenger 6, which I use to work from home. I hadn't been on it for ten minutes after installation (I set up auto-login on MSN Mess, btw, and it worked) when I saw that Win Messenger was on XP. Here's exactly what I did:

1) Uninstalled MSN Messenger 6 through add/remove programs (took off "hide" in sysoc.inf to do it)
2) Downloaded/installed Windows Messenger 5

Now each time I log into this user account, instead of seeing 'Sign in as user' in my normal Messeger box, a dialog box titled '.Net Messenger Service' starts up and prompts me to 'Please sign in with your .NET Passport'. After I signed in the first time and checked 'Auto Sign In', then set up Messenger to start up at login and run in background, I completely exited out of Messenger to test. It didn't auto sign in, just popped up that '.Net Messenger Service' sign in dialog.

It's stayed that way now. How do I get auto sign in for Windows Messenger back? It's not a huge problem, but it's still bothersome--if only Softie would allow me to completely uninstall and reinstall these programs, I wouldn't have run into this in the first place.

go to tools then options and uncheck always ask me for
password whenchecking hotmail or other net password web
sites.
Had the same problem started a couple of days ago and
when I saw your post thought there must be something I
missed and after making the change above it stopped
asking me for my password over and over.
>-----Original Message-----
>Got XP Pro on the new computer. Didn't realize it came
with Windows Messenger, so one of the first things I did
was download MSN Messenger 6, which I use to work from
home. I hadn't been on it for ten minutes after
installation (I set up auto-login on MSN Mess, btw, and
it worked) when I saw that Win Messenger was on XP.
Here's exactly what I did:
>
>1) Uninstalled MSN Messenger 6 through add/remove
programs (took off "hide" in sysoc.inf to do it)
>2) Downloaded/installed Windows Messenger 5
>
>Now each time I log into this user account, instead of
seeing 'Sign in as user' in my normal Messeger box, a
dialog box titled '.Net Messenger Service' starts up and
prompts me to 'Please sign in with your .NET Passport'.
After I signed in the first time and checked 'Auto Sign
In', then set up Messenger to start up at login and run
in background, I completely exited out of Messenger to
test. It didn't auto sign in, just popped up that '.Net
Messenger Service' sign in dialog.
>
>It's stayed that way now. How do I get auto sign in for
Windows Messenger back? It's not a huge problem, but
it's still bothersome--if only Softie would allow me to
completely uninstall and reinstall these programs, I
wouldn't have run into this in the first place.
>.
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