Greetings John,
You can simply disable Windows Messenger by opening it up (click Start, then Run, type
"msmsgs" and click OK), click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this Program
when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on version) as
well as 'Allow this program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger to run in
the background' (depending on version).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
"John Luke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I was able to download and select AIM AOL Instant
> Messenger as my default messenger but Windows messenger
> continues to load in the startup of my 2ndary winxp
> account for another user and I want AIM AOL instant
> messenger to be the default messenger for chat. So how do
> I get messenger to stop implementing itself when this user
> logs onto windows xp please? I had to reformat my entire
> hard drive this week and so the settings from before were
> lost. The reason I want to use AOL IM instead of Windows
> Messenger is because the Windows Messenger seems to take
> up bandwidth. I can shut off AOL IM and it doesn't let
> any traffic through its proxy server which appears much
> more private.
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