Editing User Settings

[Chris]

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Can anyone help me?

My friend logged onto my laptop to check their email. Since then, whenever
I turn on my laptop and get to the welcome screen I get a message saying that
I have an unread message under my user account name. When I clicked on the
writing that says you have an unread message I see that the email address it
points to is my mates email and not mine! The "link" that I would have
thought would take me to his email is also dead so I seem to have no way of
clearing this message.

How can I clean up my computer from carrying around my mates email hotmail
account profile? It is wierd as when I told him I get this message he
immediately cleared out his email and I found that the message still does not
dissapear! It looks like something has corrupted my user account and I am
destined to see this message evertime the welcolme screen is displayed!

Can anyone explain simply how I can delete the corruption?

Thanks
Chris

 

[Guest]

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How to Delete Cookie Files
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;278835

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Chris" wrote:

| Can anyone help me?
|
| My friend logged onto my laptop to check their email. Since then, whenever
| I turn on my laptop and get to the welcome screen I get a message saying that
| I have an unread message under my user account name. When I clicked on the
| writing that says you have an unread message I see that the email address it
| points to is my mates email and not mine! The "link" that I would have
| thought would take me to his email is also dead so I seem to have no way of
| clearing this message.
|
| How can I clean up my computer from carrying around my mates email hotmail
| account profile? It is wierd as when I told him I get this message he
| immediately cleared out his email and I found that the message still does not
| dissapear! It looks like something has corrupted my user account and I am
| destined to see this message evertime the welcolme screen is displayed!
|
| Can anyone explain simply how I can delete the corruption?
|
| Thanks
| Chris

 

[Guest]

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On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:53:03 -0800, Chris wrote:

> Can anyone help me?
>
> My friend logged onto my laptop to check their email. Since then, whenever
> I turn on my laptop and get to the welcome screen I get a message saying that
> I have an unread message under my user account name. When I clicked on the
> writing that says you have an unread message I see that the email address it
> points to is my mates email and not mine! The "link" that I would have
> thought would take me to his email is also dead so I seem to have no way of
> clearing this message.
>
> How can I clean up my computer from carrying around my mates email hotmail
> account profile? It is wierd as when I told him I get this message he
> immediately cleared out his email and I found that the message still does not
> dissapear! It looks like something has corrupted my user account and I am
> destined to see this message evertime the welcolme screen is displayed!
>
> Can anyone explain simply how I can delete the corruption?
>
> Thanks
> Chris

Control Panel> User Accounts: Select your user account. In the common tasks
pane, select Manage network passwords. Select the entry for your friend's
hotmail account and delete it.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User