January 8th 04, 12:12 AM
uninstall it and when you install it there is a option
whether to make it you default messenger
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a very annoying problem that I can not figure out
how to resolve. I
>am running WinXP home with multiple user accounts
enabled. The problem is
>AOL IM. It is installed because of the user accounts
uses it. I do not use
>it but it keeps forcing itself to be my default IM when
I start Outlook
>Express. I have tried to change this in Outlook Express,
Windows XP and in
>the messenger itself but it keeps coming back. I suspect
because the other
>user account is making it their default IM which is
somehow re-setting OE.
>Besides deleting this monster, how can I set it to not
be my Default IM no
>matter what the other users do (I wish I could delete
it, but that is not at
>option). This has been going for months now. I have even
emailed the AOL
>folks who blew the standard settings at me which do not
help. I think AOL
>has gone to far to force it's messenger on people's
desktop.
>
>
>.
>
whether to make it you default messenger
>-----Original Message-----
>I have a very annoying problem that I can not figure out
how to resolve. I
>am running WinXP home with multiple user accounts
enabled. The problem is
>AOL IM. It is installed because of the user accounts
uses it. I do not use
>it but it keeps forcing itself to be my default IM when
I start Outlook
>Express. I have tried to change this in Outlook Express,
Windows XP and in
>the messenger itself but it keeps coming back. I suspect
because the other
>user account is making it their default IM which is
somehow re-setting OE.
>Besides deleting this monster, how can I set it to not
be my Default IM no
>matter what the other users do (I wish I could delete
it, but that is not at
>option). This has been going for months now. I have even
emailed the AOL
>folks who blew the standard settings at me which do not
help. I think AOL
>has gone to far to force it's messenger on people's
desktop.
>
>
>.
>