Uninstalling/Disabling Windows Messenger

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To disable "Windows Messenger":

Open "Windows Messenger" and from the Toolbar select
Tools > Options > Preferences and uncheck:

"Run this program when Windows starts" and
"Allow this program to run in the background", then
click OK.

Next, open Outlook Express and from the Toolbar select
Tools > Options and under the General tab uncheck
"Automatically log on to Windows Messenger" and click
APPLY.

Alternative:

Prevent Windows Messenger from automatically running
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts [...] utorun.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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"Alex" wrote:

| Everytime I log onto my name, MSN and Windows Messengers battle to see who
| can sign into my name and stay on. Windows is not in my system tray, yet it
| still automatically logs into my name. What do I do?