Re: Stopping Win from saving .NET Passports

From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] (msnewsreplies_at_jonathankay.com)
Date: 06/29/04


Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:35:30 -0400

Greetings,

Yes you can. Simply download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/disablenetcreds.reg
You'll need to reboot to see the change.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
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".net passport question" <.net passport question@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:95008104-143B-4E10-9B91-2D18C4DD4EA4@microsoft.com...
> Hello...here's my question. I teach highschool and have on occasion signed in to msn
> messenger on a school computer. Is there anyway of stopping Windows XP from automatically
> storing your .NET passport username. What I find after using msn messenger is that my
> email address, as well as many others, appear as choices as email addresses when clicking
> Sign In. I know how to delete the info but am curious if there is a way to stop Windows
> from saving the info in the first place. As you can imagine I don't really want students
> knowing my personal email address.



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