Re: messenger shows me online

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Thanks Jonathan.
That's what happened. Someone sent me a message and messenger wasn't in my
systray. It blew me away. It was Outlook Express that was loading me
automatically, even though it was instructed not to, as I had the option to
log off, which blew me away. I can't believe it doesn't show up as running
when this happens. I believe I've fixed it. Alternatively, which I might
do is set it up to show me as being offline when I login. I'm not crazy
about doing this, but I don't want to be mistaken as being online when I'm
busy with other stuff.

Thanks for your response. It's always appreciated.

By the way Jonothan, do you know a way to turn messenger off when it "won't"
go off. It's been a persistant problem ... was there before and now again
after the format. When nothing else is running, there are times when it
still won't close. How stubborn can it be! I installed a registry fix for
this some time ago, but even it wouldn't allow me to close it. I still have
to use Windows Task Manager to end it, which is annoying to say the least.
I was hoping MS would have remedied this by now. I'd appreciate your
thoughts on this, if you or someone else has a remedy for it. Thanks.
Diana

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23UYcVxclFHA.3568@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Greetings Diana,
>
> What exactly are you ending in the task manager? Windows Messenger
> (msmsgs.exe) can and will load into the background if it's called upon and
> with the exception of the msmsgs.exe process running, you'll never know
> it's doing this until someone actually sends you a message.
>
> If you want a quick fix, you can simply remove your saved Passport so it
> can't automatically sign you in. 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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> "DianaH" <nuttin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ew%23MJfXlFHA.2484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Messenger is showing me online when messenger isn't even running. How's
>> that. It doesn't load when windows starts, it doesn't load when outlook
>> starts and it doesn't load when Outlook express starts.
>>
>> How does that happen.
>>
>> Earlier this evening, it wouldn't shut down (as it usually won't shut
>> down), so I ended the task in task manager. Low and behold, I see that
>> one of my friends has signed on, but there's no sign of messenger
>> running. what the heck is going on!
>>
>> Thanks for any thoughts/suggestions.
>> Diana
>>
>
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