Windows Messenger

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From: Lynda (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/08/04


Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 12:30:11 -0700

Hello,

You should be able to stop that from starting up
automatically by clicking on "tools" and then "options"
in Windows Messenger and then checking or unchecking
boxes on the "preferences" tab. We have ours set not to
run in background and not to start when windows starts.

Hope this helps,

Lynda
>-----Original Message-----
>I use Windows messenger to communicate with my sister
online. However, I
>would like to turn it off and on from time to time for
security reasons. I
>tried unchecking "msmsgs" in my startup file (via
msconfig), but it still
>comes online as soon as I establish an internet
connection. Can this be
>disabled at will? Charles Ranheim
>
>
>.
>



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