4.7 versus 5/6

[simonastro]

I seem to have both vying for ascendency on my pc. One
will sign itself on and cut the other off. How do I
disable windows messenger without killing it?
cheers

[Joel Estes]

Tools/Options/General you will find what you need there.

Joel

"simonastro" > wrote in message
...
> I seem to have both vying for ascendency on my pc. One
> will sign itself on and cut the other off. How do I
> disable windows messenger without killing it?
> cheers
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

You can just disable Windows Messenger 4.7, by opening it up, click Tools, Options,
Preferences tab and unchecking 'Run this program when Windows starts'. This won't stop it
from being loaded by some other application though. As well, you can disable it further by
going to Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components on the
left, uncheck Windows Messenger in the components list and click Next >. Note: this is only
available if you've installed Windows XP Service Pack 1 -- if you haven't, visit
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. This won't remove Windows Messenger, but it will let it
stay out of your way, and allow MSN Messenger to work properly.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"simonastro" > wrote in message
...
> I seem to have both vying for ascendency on my pc. One
> will sign itself on and cut the other off. How do I
> disable windows messenger without killing it?
> cheers
>
>