annoying message

[Cypher]

I have Windows Messenger and MSN messenger on my computer
and Windows-XP Home. I and my friends that I talk online
to use MSN Messenger and I don't even use the Windows
Messenger. Whenever I connect online an annoying message
appears on my screen telling me that I am already signed
into another messenger service and I have to close out
this window everytime I connect. Now if I become
disconnected and have to redial up this really gets to be
quite annoying. Can anyone tell me how to get this to
quit doing this please?
I've looked into my "Start up menu" and looked into
the "Options" under "Tools" on the Windows Messenger
board too, and see nothing that is relivant to this
problem. HELP!
Cypher

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Cypher,

Firstly, open up Windows Messenger, click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run
this program when Windows starts'.

Next, do you have do you have Norton Antivirus 2003 installed? Norton added a new "instant
messaging scanning" feature to Norton Antivirus 2003, which can conflict with Messenger and
display this behavior. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton
Antivirus icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton
Antivirus'), click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and
click OK.

As well, if you're an Outlook Express user, you may want to run this .reg file to stop
Windows Messenger from loading with Outlook Express:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/stopmessenger_oe.reg
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Cypher" > wrote in message
...
> I have Windows Messenger and MSN messenger on my computer
> and Windows-XP Home. I and my friends that I talk online
> to use MSN Messenger and I don't even use the Windows
> Messenger. Whenever I connect online an annoying message
> appears on my screen telling me that I am already signed
> into another messenger service and I have to close out
> this window everytime I connect. Now if I become
> disconnected and have to redial up this really gets to be
> quite annoying. Can anyone tell me how to get this to
> quit doing this please?
> I've looked into my "Start up menu" and looked into
> the "Options" under "Tools" on the Windows Messenger
> board too, and see nothing that is relivant to this
> problem. HELP!
> Cypher