Greetings Laurie,
It sounds like you installed MSN Messenger, whereas there's already a built-in Messenger
client in Windows XP called Windows Messenger. Although both are designed to run in Windows
XP, sometimes Windows Messenger can be activated. 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 some of 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.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
Laurie said:
Somehow I seem to have 2 messengers on my computer. One doesn't even show in my taskbar.
I've left my computer and come back and there will be messages from people thinking that I'm
ignoring them...This happens when I've started my computer up, and if I don't log into msn
messenger right away. Can anyone help me?
