Signing on and off between windows messenger and msn

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

mila-xo wrote:
> hi i've been having these troubles on my new computer
>
> it keeps signing me in and out between msn messneger and wondows messenger!
> can any one plz plz help an inoccent girl who doesnt kno that much bout
> computers thanks!

Are you trying to keep Windows Messenger from starting? It's supposed to
be kept from automaticly starting by unchecking options in the
messenger's settings (look in the application's menus) AND a setting in
the "Tools/Options..." dialog in Outlook Express.

I had trouble with Outlook Express ignoreing my clearing the checkbox to
start Messenger with Outlook Express. I ended up renaming the msmsgs.exe
file, creating a text file, renaming the text file as msmsgs.exe (yes, I
was warned about changing the extension) and setting the new file as
read only. Outlook Express hasn't launched Windows Messenger since.

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

Greetings,

As long as you don't mind losing Remote Assistance, Whiteboard or Application Sharing, you
can simply uninstall Windows Messenger and solve this madness by clicking the Start button,
then click Run and type in (copy-paste if you like):
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK.
Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed instructions and screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
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Associate Expert
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"mila-xo" <mila-xo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> hi i've been having these troubles on my new computer
>
> it keeps signing me in and out between msn messneger and wondows messenger!
> can any one plz plz help an inoccent girl who doesnt kno that much bout
> computers thanks!