Re: turn Messenger off?

Greetings Philip,

Just open up Windows Messenger, click the Tools menu, then Options, then Preferences tab,
uncheck 'Run this program when Windows starts' and click OK.

As well, do you have Norton Antivirus 2003 installed? Norton added a new "instant messaging
scanning" feature to Norton Antivirus 2003, which can conflict with Messenger and cause this
behavior. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus icon in the
System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'), click Options,
then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com



"Philip Edwards" <groeswenphil@(Idont)btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> Just upgraded to XP. Now, Messenger loads every time, and I don't appear to
> be able to switch it off.
> Any advice?
>
>