Son's Net Passport associated with user account

[Terri]

Hi,

This may seem kind of trivial, but it is annoying
nonetheless.

When my son signed up for his passport he inadvertently
associated it with our one and only user account. When
signing in with a Net passport for the first time...on
the screen where you type your e-mail address and
password...there is a check box that you need to UNcheck.
It asks if you want to associate your passport with the
user account.

Anyway, I'm removed him from the stored names and
passwords ("Manage my network passwords"), which didn't
solve the problem. Here's the issue: anytime I start
messenger it automatically signs him in and his friends
usually start sending messages before I can sign him out
and sign myself in. I know I could fix it by associating
MY passport with the account, but then it would
inconvenience him. Ideally I would like to just remove
his association so that we both have to manually sign in.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Appreciatively,
Terri

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Terri,

To remove this, click the Start Button, then click the Control Panel. Then, click User
Accounts in the Control Panel. Select the Windows XP account name you're currently logged
under, and then on the left side of the screen, under Related Tasks, click 'Manage my Network
Passwords'. In the window that opens, click the Passport.Net\* (Passport) entry and click
'Remove'.
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Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
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[Terri]

Thank you so much Jonathan! I have a computer tech friend
and he had no idea how to fix it. You've definitely saved
me a headache!

Appreciatively,
Terri

-----Original Message-----
Greetings Terri,

To remove this, click the Start Button, then click the

Control Panel. Then, click User

Accounts in the Control Panel. Select the Windows XP

account name you're currently logged

under, and then on the left side of the screen, under

Related Tasks, click 'Manage my Network

Passwords'. In the window that opens, click the

Passport.Net\* (Passport) entry and click

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Terri,

You're very welcome =)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.