msn messenger 4.7 ?

[rv56]

I have MSN Messenger 5.0 and do prefer to use it rather
than 4.7.But for some reason it (4.7)keeps trying to
connect. It's becoming very irritating,keeps setting off
alerts on firewall,hour glass on pointer curser keeps
flashing. Have set 4.7 to not connect at startup,donot
run in background and still it keeps trying.When I go to
add/remove,all that is showing is 5.0. However it is(4.7)
in start/all programs list,as well as 5.0. Can someone
give me a suggestion on how to deal or fix this. Thank
you in advance.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

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 cause 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.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"rv56" > wrote in message
...
> I have MSN Messenger 5.0 and do prefer to use it rather
> than 4.7.But for some reason it (4.7)keeps trying to
> connect. It's becoming very irritating,keeps setting off
> alerts on firewall,hour glass on pointer curser keeps
> flashing. Have set 4.7 to not connect at startup,donot
> run in background and still it keeps trying.When I go to
> add/remove,all that is showing is 5.0. However it is(4.7)
> in start/all programs list,as well as 5.0. Can someone
> give me a suggestion on how to deal or fix this. Thank
> you in advance.

[rv56]

Thank you for your reply...I did as you suggested and
will try this out. Yes I do have 2003 Norton Antivirus.
Now that messenger is turned off in Norton,my next
question is will it still scan my e-mails as I use I MSN
Messenger to chat on contact list and receive and send e-
mails. Thank you again for your prompt reply.
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings,
>
>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 cause 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.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>
>"rv56" > wrote in message
...
>> I have MSN Messenger 5.0 and do prefer to use it rather
>> than 4.7.But for some reason it (4.7)keeps trying to
>> connect. It's becoming very irritating,keeps setting
off
>> alerts on firewall,hour glass on pointer curser keeps
>> flashing. Have set 4.7 to not connect at startup,donot
>> run in background and still it keeps trying.When I go
to
>> add/remove,all that is showing is 5.0. However it is
(4.7)
>> in start/all programs list,as well as 5.0. Can someone
>> give me a suggestion on how to deal or fix this. Thank
>> you in advance.
>
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Yes it will still scan, this feature just turns off the automatic scanning of files when you
receive them via Messenger (presumably you'll most likely run the file anyway, and Norton
will scan it then, so you really don't loose anything).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"rv56" > wrote in message
...
> Thank you for your reply...I did as you suggested and
> will try this out. Yes I do have 2003 Norton Antivirus.
> Now that messenger is turned off in Norton,my next
> question is will it still scan my e-mails as I use I MSN
> Messenger to chat on contact list and receive and send e-
> mails. Thank you again for your prompt reply.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings,
> >
> >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 cause 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.
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >
> >"rv56" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I have MSN Messenger 5.0 and do prefer to use it rather
> >> than 4.7.But for some reason it (4.7)keeps trying to
> >> connect. It's becoming very irritating,keeps setting
> off
> >> alerts on firewall,hour glass on pointer curser keeps
> >> flashing. Have set 4.7 to not connect at startup,donot
> >> run in background and still it keeps trying.When I go
> to
> >> add/remove,all that is showing is 5.0. However it is
> (4.7)
> >> in start/all programs list,as well as 5.0. Can someone
> >> give me a suggestion on how to deal or fix this. Thank
> >> you in advance.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[rv56]

Thank you very much for your time and help. Been on most
of the day and the annouyance is gone and everything
works fine. 4.7 can relax now...and so can I!! All to you-
Thank You...
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>Yes it will still scan, this feature just turns off the
automatic scanning of files when you
>receive them via Messenger (presumably you'll most
likely run the file anyway, and Norton
>will scan it then, so you really don't loose anything).
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"rv56" > wrote in message
...
>> Thank you for your reply...I did as you suggested and
>> will try this out. Yes I do have 2003 Norton Antivirus.
>> Now that messenger is turned off in Norton,my next
>> question is will it still scan my e-mails as I use I
MSN
>> Messenger to chat on contact list and receive and send
e-
>> mails. Thank you again for your prompt reply.
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Greetings,
>> >
>> >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 cause 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.
>> >____________________________________________
>> >Jonathan Kay
>> >Windows MVP, Messenger
>> >Associate Expert
>> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> >
>> >
>> >"rv56" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> I have MSN Messenger 5.0 and do prefer to use it
rather
>> >> than 4.7.But for some reason it (4.7)keeps trying to
>> >> connect. It's becoming very irritating,keeps setting
>> off
>> >> alerts on firewall,hour glass on pointer curser
keeps
>> >> flashing. Have set 4.7 to not connect at
startup,donot
>> >> run in background and still it keeps trying.When I
go
>> to
>> >> add/remove,all that is showing is 5.0. However it is
>> (4.7)
>> >> in start/all programs list,as well as 5.0. Can
someone
>> >> give me a suggestion on how to deal or fix this.
Thank
>> >> you in advance.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

You're very welcome =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"rv56" > wrote in message
...
> Thank you very much for your time and help. Been on most
> of the day and the annouyance is gone and everything
> works fine. 4.7 can relax now...and so can I!! All to you-
> Thank You...
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >Yes it will still scan, this feature just turns off the
> automatic scanning of files when you
> >receive them via Messenger (presumably you'll most
> likely run the file anyway, and Norton
> >will scan it then, so you really don't loose anything).
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >"rv56" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Thank you for your reply...I did as you suggested and
> >> will try this out. Yes I do have 2003 Norton Antivirus.
> >> Now that messenger is turned off in Norton,my next
> >> question is will it still scan my e-mails as I use I
> MSN
> >> Messenger to chat on contact list and receive and send
> e-
> >> mails. Thank you again for your prompt reply.
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >Greetings,
> >> >
> >> >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 cause 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.
> >> >____________________________________________
> >> >Jonathan Kay
> >> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> >> >Associate Expert
> >> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >"rv56" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> >> I have MSN Messenger 5.0 and do prefer to use it
> rather
> >> >> than 4.7.But for some reason it (4.7)keeps trying to
> >> >> connect. It's becoming very irritating,keeps setting
> >> off
> >> >> alerts on firewall,hour glass on pointer curser
> keeps
> >> >> flashing. Have set 4.7 to not connect at
> startup,donot
> >> >> run in background and still it keeps trying.When I
> go
> >> to
> >> >> add/remove,all that is showing is 5.0. However it is
> >> (4.7)
> >> >> in start/all programs list,as well as 5.0. Can
> someone
> >> >> give me a suggestion on how to deal or fix this.
> Thank
> >> >> you in advance.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[yeeyoh]

Hey, worked for me too. Thanks very much....
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> You're very welcome =).
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Windows MVP, Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>
> "rv56" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Thank you very much for your time and help. Been on most
> > of the day and the annouyance is gone and everything
> > works fine. 4.7 can relax now...and so can I!! All to you-
> > Thank You...
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >Yes it will still scan, this feature just turns off the
> > automatic scanning of files when you
> > >receive them via Messenger (presumably you'll most
> > likely run the file anyway, and Norton
> > >will scan it then, so you really don't loose anything).
> > >____________________________________________
> > >Jonathan Kay
> > >Windows MVP, Messenger
> > >Associate Expert
> > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > >
> > >"rv56" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > >> Thank you for your reply...I did as you suggested and
> > >> will try this out. Yes I do have 2003 Norton Antivirus.
> > >> Now that messenger is turned off in Norton,my next
> > >> question is will it still scan my e-mails as I use I
> > MSN
> > >> Messenger to chat on contact list and receive and send
> > e-
> > >> mails. Thank you again for your prompt reply.
> > >> >-----Original Message-----
> > >> >Greetings,
> > >> >
> > >> >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 cause 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.
> > >> >____________________________________________
> > >> >Jonathan Kay
> > >> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> > >> >Associate Expert
> > >> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > >> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >"rv56" > wrote in message
> > >> ...
> > >> >> I have MSN Messenger 5.0 and do prefer to use it
> > rather
> > >> >> than 4.7.But for some reason it (4.7)keeps trying to
> > >> >> connect. It's becoming very irritating,keeps setting
> > >> off
> > >> >> alerts on firewall,hour glass on pointer curser
> > keeps
> > >> >> flashing. Have set 4.7 to not connect at
> > startup,donot
> > >> >> run in background and still it keeps trying.When I
> > go
> > >> to
> > >> >> add/remove,all that is showing is 5.0. However it is
> > >> (4.7)
> > >> >> in start/all programs list,as well as 5.0. Can
> > someone
> > >> >> give me a suggestion on how to deal or fix this.
> > Thank
> > >> >> you in advance.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >.
> > >> >
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Glad to hear it =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"yeeyoh" > wrote in message
e.rogers.com...
> Hey, worked for me too. Thanks very much....
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi,
> >
> > You're very welcome =).
> > ____________________________________________
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Windows MVP, Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >
> > "rv56" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Thank you very much for your time and help. Been on most
> > > of the day and the annouyance is gone and everything
> > > works fine. 4.7 can relax now...and so can I!! All to you-
> > > Thank You...
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >Hi,
> > > >
> > > >Yes it will still scan, this feature just turns off the
> > > automatic scanning of files when you
> > > >receive them via Messenger (presumably you'll most
> > > likely run the file anyway, and Norton
> > > >will scan it then, so you really don't loose anything).
> > > >____________________________________________
> > > >Jonathan Kay
> > > >Windows MVP, Messenger
> > > >Associate Expert
> > > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > > >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > > >
> > > >"rv56" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > >> Thank you for your reply...I did as you suggested and
> > > >> will try this out. Yes I do have 2003 Norton Antivirus.
> > > >> Now that messenger is turned off in Norton,my next
> > > >> question is will it still scan my e-mails as I use I
> > > MSN
> > > >> Messenger to chat on contact list and receive and send
> > > e-
> > > >> mails. Thank you again for your prompt reply.
> > > >> >-----Original Message-----
> > > >> >Greetings,
> > > >> >
> > > >> >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 cause 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.
> > > >> >____________________________________________
> > > >> >Jonathan Kay
> > > >> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> > > >> >Associate Expert
> > > >> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > > >> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >"rv56" > wrote in message
> > > >> ...
> > > >> >> I have MSN Messenger 5.0 and do prefer to use it
> > > rather
> > > >> >> than 4.7.But for some reason it (4.7)keeps trying to
> > > >> >> connect. It's becoming very irritating,keeps setting
> > > >> off
> > > >> >> alerts on firewall,hour glass on pointer curser
> > > keeps
> > > >> >> flashing. Have set 4.7 to not connect at
> > > startup,donot
> > > >> >> run in background and still it keeps trying.When I
> > > go
> > > >> to
> > > >> >> add/remove,all that is showing is 5.0. However it is
> > > >> (4.7)
> > > >> >> in start/all programs list,as well as 5.0. Can
> > > someone
> > > >> >> give me a suggestion on how to deal or fix this.
> > > Thank
> > > >> >> you in advance.
> > > >> >
> > > >> >
> > > >> >.
> > > >> >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >.
> > > >
> >
> >
>
>