preventing messenger from starting in user (general) xp ac..

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Hello. I used program defaults and access settings to prevent messenger from
starting up when the administrator account is used. However, this would not
work in the 'limited user' account in XP (SP2). The icon in the system tray
is 'x'd out so it is not signed in but I would like to prevent it from
starting at startup.

Could you please help me. thank you.

 

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Hi,

If you're just referring to Windows Messenger, you can simply run the following .reg file in
the User account to stop Windows Messenger from starting:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/disablewindowsmessenger_user.reg
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"Sam the Man" <Sam the Man@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2CCE3A80-8680-4494-A221-C921EFEBAF47@microsoft.com...
> Hello. I used program defaults and access settings to prevent messenger from
> starting up when the administrator account is used. However, this would not
> work in the 'limited user' account in XP (SP2). The icon in the system tray
> is 'x'd out so it is not signed in but I would like to prevent it from
> starting at startup.
>
> Could you please help me. thank you.