RE: Can't automatically sign in to Windows Messenger

Reading the additional responses and having spoken to more of my contacts, I
see this as a real problem regardless of MSWM level (4.7 to 5.1) and MSIE (v
6.0 to 7.0). The indications are that MSWM starts at boot up but does NOT
logon automatically despite the fact that auto-logon is checked on the
preferences page. I am hopeful that someone at MS reads these posts and
confirms which security update needs to be removed if in fact it was caused
by one. I am not in the mood nor do I have the time to peal off one update at
a time to determine the KB of cause. Can someone please help with this
issue???

"JB" wrote:

> I've been having trouble with Windows Messenger (v4.7) as of late. When I
> log in to my user account on my PC, Windows Messenger used to automatically
> sign in. It doesn't do that any more. Instead I have to manually sign in.
> When I click "Sign In" in Messenger get an error saying that my account
> doesn't exist. I click Retry and I see my e-mail address, but no password.
> I enter the password and click "remember password" and I get signed in. Now,
> each time when I sign in to my user account on my PC the same thing happens
> all over again. It just can't seem to remember my password.
>
> I wonder if this has anything to do with the IE7 update. Seems the problems
> started after I made the update.