messenger auto connects

From: JohnH (JohnH_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 10:31:02 -0800

Hi i wonder if someone can help me with a small buty very annoying problem

when i connect to or reconnect to the internet the messenger service starts
running and connects me although i dont have it set to start or to run in
background the service is disabled when it starts it doesnt appear in the
notifictions area so i cant even see whos online so prettty useless i
always use msn messenger7beta so this is annoying this one starting and
making msn take longer o sign in becauseit shows a notification that im being
signed out because i signed in on another computer

theres only one user account on this computer so i know its not from
another account

ive checked through other programs that may be using the messengr ie: msn
explorer oulook express all setting for messenger are disabled i recently
installed .net framework although never used it so maybe its that and i
have no idea how to change settings on that perhaps a service needs disabled

i know theres bound to be a key in the registry i can edit to stop
messenger starting

please advise

thanks
JohnH

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