unwilling login

[Guest]

My PC keeps logging me in to windows messenger. I want to choose whether to
login or not. It logs me in without notifying me and leaves me ligged in
without displaying anything on my taskbar. How do I get rid of it completely?

 

[Guest]

Click the tools menu, select options then click general, you will find some
tick boxes that enable you to control the way Messenger logs in and connects,
etc.

Hope that helps ?

Andy W

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Tevia,

Lots of things can start Windows Messenger automatically. There are options in Messenger to
stop this from appearing, you can change these options by clicking Start, then Run, typing
"msmsgs" and clicking OK. Then, click the Tools menu, then Options, then Preferences tab,
uncheck "Run this program when Windows starts" and "Allow this program to run in the
background" and click OK. Then right-click the Windows Messenger icon in the notification
area (by the clock) and choose Exit.

Now, due to the nature of anything calling Windows Messenger can start it automatically, if
you're still having the problem, you may want to simply remove your saved credentials so that
it can't sign you in automatically. To do so, click the Start Button, then click the Control
Panel. Then, click User Accounts in the Control Panel. Select the Windows account name in
question, 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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