Re: How do I TOTALLY turn IM off?

Hello peter, ive used a registry key to disable windows messenger, as since
with msn messenger it can be uninstalled. Below is a little reg file i used
to prevent it from running, simple system policy.
*** BEGIN REG FILE BELOW ***
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client]
"PreventRun"=dword:00000001
*** END REG FILE HERE ***

hope that helps
"Peter Oliphant" <poliphant@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uzc9iRvQGHA.4536@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have MS IM. I'd like to be able to turn it off and on MANUALLY. It seems
to always come on when I re-boot, and unless it's my imagination, it seems
to be turning itself on at other times too.

I've tried various settings. For example, I think there is an option for
'start on boot-up' which I'm sure I've turned off, but it seems to start
on boot-up no matter what I do (that is, this setting seems to revert back
on re-boot, which kind of defeats its own purpose if true).

I NEVER use it anymore, so I wouldn't mind deleting it. But I think this
is impossible (short of re-installing Windows and/or formatting the
drive), since it seems to be permanently embedded in the operating system
once installed. But If there is just a way to MANUALLY control if it's on
always (meaning, for example, I don't want it to start at ANY TIME unless
*I* start it myself, and this includes boot-up) that would be good enough.
Also, I need to be able to use a browser when it's not up.

For me, IM is too 'intrusive'. First, for the reasons mentioned above
(seems to turn itself on, can't be deleted), and because it tells everyone
whose list I'm on whether or not I'm at my computer (yes, I know of the
look off-line mode, but when I re-boot it, once again, puts me back
on-line as default, which is what I don't want, since it tells everone I
just re-booted my computer (ala "Peter has just signed in")).

Thanx for help! : )

[==P==]



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