windows msgr and msn msgr

[Bogdan]

hi... this has probably been answerede before somewhere
in this group but i cant find a solution.... when i log
on the internet windows msgr and msn msgr BOTH try and
sign in at the same time.... i have tried to disable /
uninstall windows msgr but this keeps on happening... In
my norton 2003 ive unchecked instant messaging, ive
removed windows component from add remove programs,
deleted the icons... what else can i try??? help help

 

[Wim]

hi... this has probably been answerede before somewhere
in this group but i cant find a solution.... when i log
on the internet windows msgr and msn msgr BOTH try and
sign in at the same time.... i have tried to disable /
uninstall windows msgr but this keeps on happening... In
my norton 2003 ive unchecked instant messaging, ive
removed windows component from add remove programs,
deleted the icons... what else can i try??? help help

See here:

If you prefer to remove Windows Messenger manually, click Start, Run and
enter the following command:
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Note: This will prevent a long delay when opening Outlook Express if you
have the Contacts pane enabled. To prevent this, click Start, Run and enter
REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express

Right click in the right pane and select New, Dword value. Give it the name
Hide Messenger Double click this new entry and set the value to 2.

This page last updated 08/19/2003 13:30
All material © Doug Knox

 

[Sandy]

I was given this advice:

"First of all, be sure you have upgraded Windows
Messenger v4.7 to the latest build (2009). You can get it
at Windows Update. You will need to do this in order for
some advanced features of MSN Messenger to work
correctly. Then launch Windows Messenger, click Tools-

Options->Preferences and uncheck "Run when Windows

Starts" and "Allow to run in the background". This will
keep it from starting and logging on automatically. You
can hack it off your computer. However, doing so will
also result in losing a lot of functionality in MSN
Messenger. Let me be more precise: not having the latest
build of Windows Messenger v4.7 means some functionality
of MSN Messenger v6.0 won't work *correctly*. Not having
it at all means some functionality of MSN Messenger won't
work *period*."

Hope that helps! Anyway, here's a useful link too, it
explains the difference between Widnows Messenger and MSN
Messenger! http://messenger.msn.com/Help/#LQ3

Good luck!

-Sandy.