Donna77642
May 28th 03, 03:23 AM
Nan:
If you go into your email (Outlook Express or, I guess,
MS Outlook), you can go to the following to solve this
Instant Messenger problem:
1. TOOLS
2. OPTIONS
3. PREFERENCES
4. Uncheck the box that asks if you want the Windows
Messenging program to automatically start when you start
Windows. When I had that checked, I would get IM's
trying to sell me things (or worse, offers to see web cam
videos that were probably porn) even when I was not
online because, like you, my connection is always "on"
(DSL, cable, etc.).
Good luck.......unchecking that box should solve your
problem. It did mine.
Donna from Texas
>-----Original Message-----
>I get popups even when i am not online but mostly when
i
>am but in a game and not on a site. I am windows xp
home
>edition and use a dsl for connect.
>
>Most of them are from companies trying to sell me
>something to stop the "pop ups"
>
>They all say microsoft put something in their program
>that allows this to happen and want to sell me something
>to reconfigure it.
>
>I think Microsoft should send an upgrade that does
this
>or tell us how to reconfig ourselves.
>
>If anyone knows how, let me know Thanks
>.
>
If you go into your email (Outlook Express or, I guess,
MS Outlook), you can go to the following to solve this
Instant Messenger problem:
1. TOOLS
2. OPTIONS
3. PREFERENCES
4. Uncheck the box that asks if you want the Windows
Messenging program to automatically start when you start
Windows. When I had that checked, I would get IM's
trying to sell me things (or worse, offers to see web cam
videos that were probably porn) even when I was not
online because, like you, my connection is always "on"
(DSL, cable, etc.).
Good luck.......unchecking that box should solve your
problem. It did mine.
Donna from Texas
>-----Original Message-----
>I get popups even when i am not online but mostly when
i
>am but in a game and not on a site. I am windows xp
home
>edition and use a dsl for connect.
>
>Most of them are from companies trying to sell me
>something to stop the "pop ups"
>
>They all say microsoft put something in their program
>that allows this to happen and want to sell me something
>to reconfigure it.
>
>I think Microsoft should send an upgrade that does
this
>or tell us how to reconfig ourselves.
>
>If anyone knows how, let me know Thanks
>.
>