Re: Windows Messenger4.7/MSN7.5

Hi Danilo,

Glad to be of assistance :)
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"Danilo" <ludancas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Hello
>>> I've recently installed MSN 7.5 (while Windows Messenger 4.7 was installed)!
>>> Now MSN starts up when I start Windows, that's ok! My question is if I need to uninstall
>>> Windows Messenger? Because it still apears in my start-up programs! If I should
>>> uninstall, please what is the correct way to do that?
>>> A thank you in advance!
>>> Danilo
>
>> Greetings Danilo,
>> You can remove Windows Messenger, but if you do, Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and
>> Application Sharing will no longer function.
>> Instead, you can simply disable Windows Messenger. To do so, open it up (click Start,
>> then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK), click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck
>> 'Run this Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts'
>> (depending on version) as well as 'Allow this program to run in the background' or 'Allow
>> Windows Messenger to run in the background' (depending on version).
>> Jonathan Kay
>
> Ok! Thank you very much!
> I will go for the second option!
> Actually when I went to the options of windows messenger, the 2 options were checked but
> strange enough after installing MSN7.5, my Windows Messenger4.7 didn't start up anymore!
> Msn did!
> Again thank you!
> Danilo
>
>


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