Re: Windows Messenger Auto Sign in (Make It Stop!!!)

Hmm. I can't make wn messenger sign on automatacally for some reason. I have
to go to file/sign in t do it.
"AlanH220" <AlanH220@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ODelMw2kFHA.1048@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hmm... I have a similar but weirder problem that is getting very annoying.
>
> I use MSN messenger (7.0) for my IM service, but of course Windows
> Messenger (4.7) loads with Win XP behind the scenes when MSN Messenger
> starts.
>
> I can be away from my PC for the entire day, and MSN Mess is set to NOT
> log in automatically or to start automatically... nevertheless Win Mess
> seems to log in behind the scenes during idle periods as I'm finding chat
> boxes open when I return to the PC, sent by contacts who thought I was
> logged in.
>
> This was confirmed just now... I started up BOTH MSN Mess and Win Mess,
> logged into Win, logged out, and had both icons showing "not logged in". I
> went and had breakfast. When I came back to the PC, Win Mess had logged
> itself on.
>
> How do I stop this misbehavior? "Bad, bad software!!"
>
> Alan in Hoboken
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:O8dYsYXkFHA.3064@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Greetings,
>>
>> The only real way is to remove your saved Passport. 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'.
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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>>
>>
>> "Arcane" <Arcane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:36865F0A-E245-4614-A059-DD6EA795311C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> MSN Messenger has an auto sign in option, but Windows messenger does
>>> not...
>>> ~sighs~ Does anyone know a way I can stop Windows messenger from signing
>>> me
>>> in when someone tries to use it?
>>
>>
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