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More info?)
You can also unistall it by going into add/remove programs and then clicking
on add/remove windows components. At the bottom of that window unclick the
box for windows messenger.
"Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
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> Open Messenger, go to Tools, select Options, go to the Preferences tab,
> remove the check from "Run Windows Messenger when Windows Starts," click
> apply and ok.
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> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
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> "John Smith" <jsmith@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:41BF86E8.32AD3D80@aol.com...
>> What do I need to do to stop 'Windows Messenger' from starting every
>> time I turn the computer on?
>>
>> TIA, John
>>
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