turn Messenger off?

[Philip Edwards]

Just upgraded to XP. Now, Messenger loads every time, and I don't appear to
be able to switch it off.
Any advice?

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Philip,

Just open up Windows Messenger, click the Tools menu, then Options, then Preferences tab,
uncheck 'Run this program when Windows starts' and click OK.

As well, 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



"Philip Edwards" > wrote in message
...
> Just upgraded to XP. Now, Messenger loads every time, and I don't appear to
> be able to switch it off.
> Any advice?
>
>

[Gary Tsang]

Open up the messenger window, and then go to Tools, and then Options.
Then click on the Preferences Tab, and uncheck the Run Windows Messenger
when Windows starts and then hit ok.

--
Gary Tsang


"Philip Edwards" > wrote in message
...
> Just upgraded to XP. Now, Messenger loads every time, and I don't appear
to
> be able to switch it off.
> Any advice?
>
>

[Ramesh]

Via the registry:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/981/

Set the PreventAutoRun to "1"

_______________________________________
Ramesh Srinivasan
eMail:
Aim: SRamesh2k
INDIA


"Philip Edwards" > wrote in message
...
Just upgraded to XP. Now, Messenger loads every time, and I don't appear to
be able to switch it off.
Any advice?