Re: Can't stop automatic login even with boxes unchecked!

olboatman wrote:
This is a new PC with XP media center and I have an MSN acct using the server based mail service. I have tried unchecking the automatic login options from the tools menus in both msn messenger, and in Outlook express which isn't even set up as a mail client since I primarily use the msn mail server for mail. I used to just hit the cancel log in button option by right clicking the messenger toolbar icon as soon as it started flashing on my old 1k AMD machine but this new Intel P4-D 3K is so bloody quick I can't do that. There are times when I would rather not telegraph that I'm on the internet to some of my contacts but can't seem to get messenger to not log in when I go on the internet regardless of checking or unchecking the boxes.
Thanks in advance.
olboatman

Since you are asking in the WINDOWS messenger group instead of the MSN messenger group can we reply as if you are objecting to WINDOWS messenger starting when you connect?

Are you running an antivirus product with Windows Messenger scanning features? Some of those features will start Windows Messenger or inhibit shutting Windows Messenger down.

You also don't say if you are browseing the web with Internet Explorer, MSN Explorer or some other browser. MSN Explorer might be designed to, err, direct you to other MSN services to enhance the associated advertiseing revenue streams. Web based access to MSN Internet Access email accounts works properly with the other browsers, although saving email message content on your hard drive may require "save page" functions or cut and paste to a word processor document. Until my recent switch to a cable TV company's broadband servive I used MSN dialup for years on this Windows XP computer without loading ANY of MSN's software. I didn't use the last several versions of MSN software (since they came up with MSN Explorer) on my Windows 98 system either.
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