Auto Logon of Messenger

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Outlook Express automatically logs me into Windows Messenger. Sometimes it is
not immediate but sooner or later the icon on the notification bar will
indicate
I am logged in.

I do not have "Run Windows Messenger when Windows Starts" checked. How can I
keep it from logging in until I ask it to?

--
Mickey

 

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Greetings Mickey,

To stop this behavior, close Outlook Express, then download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/stopmessenger_oe.reg
____________________________________________
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.

"Mickey" <Mickey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:37175EAA-C0EF-4D2B-9F72-76FE1A6AD9A8@microsoft.com...
> Outlook Express automatically logs me into Windows Messenger. Sometimes it is
> not immediate but sooner or later the icon on the notification bar will
> indicate
> I am logged in.
>
> I do not have "Run Windows Messenger when Windows Starts" checked. How can I
> keep it from logging in until I ask it to?
>
> --
> Mickey

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?)

Thank you for your help. I'm sure you know what you are doing but I don't
like to run code that someone has given me without understanding it. Can you
tell me what the problem is and what the file does? Is there another solution
without touching the registry? Would it be better to just leave it alone? Is
there any overhead by being loggged on even though I have no "buddy list"?

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings Mickey,
>
> To stop this behavior, close Outlook Express, then download and run the following .reg file:
> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/stopmessenger_oe.reg
> ____________________________________________
> 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.
>
> "Mickey" <Mickey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:37175EAA-C0EF-4D2B-9F72-76FE1A6AD9A8@microsoft.com...
> > Outlook Express automatically logs me into Windows Messenger. Sometimes it is
> > not immediate but sooner or later the icon on the notification bar will
> > indicate
> > I am logged in.
> >
> > I do not have "Run Windows Messenger when Windows Starts" checked. How can I
> > keep it from logging in until I ask it to?
> >
> > --
> > Mickey
>
>
>