Windows Messenger won't go away...

From: dualspandaus (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/29/04

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    Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 00:51:48 -0700

    That makes two of us with the same problem. Mine's been
    like that since the last two critical updates. I shut it
    off in Task Manager and it comes back in about 1-2
    minutes. If I launch Neverwinter Nights and it reloads,
    my 'puter locks up. Tried resetting the priority of
    msmsgs.exe and it didn't help. No known ad/spyware or
    viruses onboard at this time.
    >-----Original Message-----
    >My windows messenger doesn't seem to go away. I have MSN
    >Messenger but it seems that windows messenger is always
    >running in the background yet i haven't even run the
    >program yet. Allow program to run in background and run
    >program at start up are unchecked, but i can still see
    the
    >program in windows task manager. This is causing trouble
    >because people in my contact list can still msg me
    through
    >windows messenger, yet i haven't even signed into it
    yet,
    >and i mainly use msn messenger. So if anyone could help
    me
    >solve this problem, i will thank you greatly!
    >.
    >

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