Re: .NET Messenger Service

From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] (msnewsreplies_at_jonathankay.com)
Date: 05/29/04


Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 15:40:45 -0400

Greetings Alison,

You'll just need to disable Messenger. To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click
Start, then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK), click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and
uncheck 'Run this Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts'
(depending on version) as well as 'Allow this program to run in the background' or 'Allow
Windows Messenger to run in the background' (depending on version). This won't remove Windows
Messenger, so features like Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will
continue to work, but it will let it stay out of your way.

Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with Messenger and cause it to
also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Alison" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:187CFDFA-CE05-43BF-98AE-9645EFBE2972@microsoft.com...
> HELP!!!! I use MSN Messenger, but it would seem that Windows Messenger is constantly
> running in the background. Despite having removed the components from Windows setup and
> disabling Messenger - it's still there. When I sign in to MSN Messenger, I get the message
> "You have been signed out of the .NET Messenger Service because you are signed on at
> another location". How do I stop this? Sometimes, I just want to go on-line without any
> of my contacts knowing, but because of this, there is no hiding!!! Oh, yes, and I have
> never actually run or installed Windows Messenger - it was just there.
>
> Any advice gratefully appreciated.
>
> Alison
>



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