Patrick bashed at the keyboard and said :
Whenever I start Internet Explorer I get the message:
MSN Messenger
"You have signed into Messenger on another computer.
Clik here to sign in again"
This computer is new to me running a Gateway desktop and XP Home. Any
ideas how to prevent this message from appearing everytime I start
access to Internet Explorer.
Thanks in advance,
Patrick
From a previous post:
The behavior that you're describing occurs when Windows Messenger, the
built-in Messenger
client in Windows XP is automatically starting in the background and signing
you in -- since
you can't be signed into the same Passport in more than one computer or
application, you see
the "you have signed into another computer" message and people will see you
online.
To stop this, you'll need to disable Windows Messenger. To do so, open 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).
Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton
Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with Messenger
and cause it to
also keep starting. 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.
After you've done all this, reboot, then press Ctrl-Alt-Del (or right-click
in an empty area
of the taskbar and choose "Task Manager"), then click the Processes tab, and
look for
msmsgs.exe (which is Windows Messenger). It it's still listed, Windows
Messenger is still
starting and you'll need to post back here.
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