Re: Disabling auto-connect Win Msngr

Excellent!! Thank you, Mr Kay, that worked a treat.
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Carpe Delerium -- seize the madness while there is still some fun to be had


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Assuming you don't mind, the easiest way to deal with this is just to remove your saved
> Passport password. Although you'll need to manually login to Messenger, it won't
> automatically connect (as it can't without your credentials).
>
> To do so, click the Start Button, then click the Control Panel. Then, click User Accounts in
> the Control Panel. Select the Windows account name in question, and then on the left side of
> the screen, under Related Tasks, click 'Manage my Network Passwords'. In the window that
> opens, click the Passport.Net\* (Passport) entry and click 'Remove'.
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>
> "Carpe Delerium" <CarpeDelerium@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:CF402D45-015C-4090-A384-B18A03284CE4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > How do I stop MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger from automatically logging
> > on when I dial up? this is driving me NUTS, as I don't necessarily want my
> > contacts to see my name popping up whenever I go online. Some of us have WORK
> > to do when we are online...
> > I've tried msconfig, and unchecking Msngr, but that doesn't seem to want to
> > take... everytime I restart the computer, there it is again. I don't want to
> > completely uninstall Messenger, as I DO use it when I want to chat to
> > someone; I just want some control over the damned thing.
> > --
> > Carpe Delerium -- seize the madness while there is still some fun to be had
>
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