Re: Messenger 7 appears to be auto-dialing

Is this why the number of unread emails for your hotmail account show on the
XP logon screen for user logons? This did not exist prior to 7.0 Messenger,
and wondering if there is a way to get rid of this?


"Ion Control" <IonCOntrol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ul84f2tYFHA.2796@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Contrary to my past experience, Messenger 7 (build 7.0.0813) appears to be
> automaitcally dialing when it loads up or after I manually disconnect. In
> the past, it was passive and never established a connection of its own.
> now, it appears to insist on maintaining a constant connection. Disabling
> "Start with windows" and "automaitcally logon when connected" are not
> options to solve this (if I have to uncheck those, I move to AOL). This
> appears to be some kind of bug since I've never experienced this behavior
> before. Any ideas...?
>


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