disable recalling user name when signing in

[Guest]

Hi

I am not sure this is the right place my question.......anyway, I use windows messenger (latest version, I belive) on win xp professional. When I sign in, there are a few my account names (I have multiple accounts) and I can just click my user account and type in my password. So with this setting I do not need to type my user account again and again. However, I like to disable this feature so that I need to type my user account (password as well) each time I sign in and I do not want to store my account names in the computer (so my account name won't appear when I sign in). Could anyone tell me how to disable this (auto recalling feature)? In case, I need to modify registry, I am not an advanced user, so step by step instruction will be appreciated. Thank you in advance

anon

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings anon,

To get the behavior you want, download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/disablenetcreds.reg
Then reboot to see the change.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Guest]

Jonathan

Thank you Jonathan. I will try it soon. Could you pleae tell me how to restore the original feature (after downloading your file) in case I like to use the original feature in future

ano
----- Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote: ----

Greetings anon

To get the behavior you want, download and run the following .reg file
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/disablenetcreds.re
Then reboot to see the change
___________________________________________
Jonathan Ka
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenge
Associate Exper
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.co

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Anon,

Sure, just use this one instead:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/enablenetcreds.reg
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com