Re: MCE 2005 and MSN Messenger

Thanks Chris. I just rechecked all boxes in Windows Messenger and unchecked
all of them in MSN Messenger so Windows Messenger starts with XP. Seems to
be working OK. I left the MSN Toolbar. That shouldn't hurt anything,
right? The only thing I noticed is that I know that there are critical
updates that MS just put out and I have autoupdate turned on. So Far today,
my system does not seem to be picking these up? Does it check the website
at certain times of the day or did loading MSN Messenger do something to
change how autoupdate works? I did select the new service that combines
Office and Windows updates when XP Prompted me so I hope I didn't do
anything wrong there.

I just wanted to make sure everything was up to date and working properly
before I loaded my scanner and webcam & joystick.
"Chris H." <winxpnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Not Doug, Lori, but a Hotmail address and your Passport account will work
> with either MSN or Windows Messenger. You could do as you described if
> you use Messenger through Media Center Edition. There is no need to
> create additional accounts.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
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>
> "Lori" <lorikuiper92@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eiGmabbnFHA.3020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Thanks for the reply! I guess I should have checked before I loaded it.
>> I do have a web cam that uses it though. Is it going to cause problems
>> for me having MSN Messenger installed--should I restore the system? Or
>> would it work just to set Windows Messenger to load at startup and
>> uncheck everything in MSN Messenger and just start MSN when I want to use
>> it? I did use the same hotmail address that I used on my old PC where I
>> had MSN Messenger installed and had alert services setup. I was still
>> getting alerts when I was signed into Windows Messenger even though I
>> know it does not support alerts. I would just setup a new hotmail
>> address, but I have a paid subscription so I can access hotmail in
>> Outlook.
>>
>> What would be the best thing to do? I don't want to have any trouble in
>> the future.
>> "Doug Knox MS-MVP" <dknox@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OeJpXQanFHA.3900@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> No, it doesn't support MSN Messenger. Its designed to work with Windows
>> Messenger.
>>
>> --
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>> Display\Security
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>> "Lori" <lorikuiper92@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OTUTj4ZnFHA.3300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I updated to MSN Messenger 7 so I could load & use my webcam. When I got
>>> back to the desktop, I had a message saying that I was being signed out
>>> of
>>> the Net Messenger service because I was signed in at another location.
>>> I
>>> unchecked all boxes on Windows Messenger and that message disappeared.
>>>
>>> When I start Media Center it still is prompting me to log into Windows
>>> Messenger. Also, I have automatic updates turned on and the PC is no
>>> longer
>>> downloading critical updates.
>>>
>>> It seems that Media Center does not support MSN Messenger? I also have
>>> Norton Internet Security installed so I am not sure if that is the
>>> problem
>>> or if Media Center just does not support MSN Messenger.
>>>
>>> Please Help!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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