Re: Hotmail/Passport account files

Yep, but they'll just be readded when that account logs into Messenger again.

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"Kevin" <Kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks, that worked. It is possible just to delete the accounts from regedit
in the manner that you described since there are numerous listed that I don't
care to have on there?

Thanks again,
Kevin




"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Greetings,

This is actually a feature. To remove this, click Start, then click Run and enter
"regedit.exe" and click OK. Then navigate (it's like Windows Explorer) to My
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail\yourmsnname@xxxxxxxxxxx

Where yourmsnname@xxxxxxxxxxx is the passport. Double-click the MessageCount and enter 0
as
the value (this will set back to none). Then click OK, close the registry editor, and log
out
to see the change.

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Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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"Kevin" <Kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm running Windows XP and have four accounts that one can log into. I have a
friend who will log on under one of the accounts and check his Hotmail
account. After he is done and I go to the logon screen, it will say "xx
unread messages" and if I click on this link it will show his email addrsss
that he used. How do I get rid of this without him coming back and logging
back on and reading all of his messages? I thought I found the solution one
time where I deleted his Passport account in a setting, but I can't seem to
find where I did that now. And again I reminded my wife not to let people use
my computer when i'm not around:)

Thanks





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