msn messenger privacy

[Sharon]

My son has just installed a new hard drive and I now have
windows xp installed. When I downloaded the msn
messenger, I now find that no matter how I set the
security levels, (in the options menu) all you need to do
to access my list of contacts is hit the msn icon in the
start menu. The only time it asks for a log in password
is when you then go to the hotmail email account, because
i have it set to high security. Does anyone know how I
can stop the contact list itself being opened. (it's a
shared pc)

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Sharon,

To stop this, click the Start Button, then click the Control Panel. Then, click User
Accounts in the Control Panel. Select your account name, and then on the left side of the
screen, under Related Tasks, click 'Manage my Network Passwords'. In the window that opens,
click the Passport.Net\* (Passport) entry and click 'Remove'.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Sharon" > wrote in message
...
> My son has just installed a new hard drive and I now have
> windows xp installed. When I downloaded the msn
> messenger, I now find that no matter how I set the
> security levels, (in the options menu) all you need to do
> to access my list of contacts is hit the msn icon in the
> start menu. The only time it asks for a log in password
> is when you then go to the hotmail email account, because
> i have it set to high security. Does anyone know how I
> can stop the contact list itself being opened. (it's a
> shared pc)

Thank you, I will try this.
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Sharon,
>
>To stop this, click the Start Button, then click the
Control Panel. Then, click User
>Accounts in the Control Panel. Select your account name,
and then on the left side of the
>screen, under Related Tasks, click 'Manage my Network
Passwords'. In the window that opens,
>click the Passport.Net\* (Passport) entry and
click 'Remove'.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>
>"Sharon" > wrote in
message
...
>> My son has just installed a new hard drive and I now
have
>> windows xp installed. When I downloaded the msn
>> messenger, I now find that no matter how I set the
>> security levels, (in the options menu) all you need to
do
>> to access my list of contacts is hit the msn icon in
the
>> start menu. The only time it asks for a log in password
>> is when you then go to the hotmail email account,
because
>> i have it set to high security. Does anyone know how I
>> can stop the contact list itself being opened. (it's a
>> shared pc)
>
>
>.
>

It works, I can't thank you enough xxx
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Sharon,
>
>To stop this, click the Start Button, then click the
Control Panel. Then, click User
>Accounts in the Control Panel. Select your account name,
and then on the left side of the
>screen, under Related Tasks, click 'Manage my Network
Passwords'. In the window that opens,
>click the Passport.Net\* (Passport) entry and
click 'Remove'.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>
>"Sharon" > wrote in
message
...
>> My son has just installed a new hard drive and I now
have
>> windows xp installed. When I downloaded the msn
>> messenger, I now find that no matter how I set the
>> security levels, (in the options menu) all you need to
do
>> to access my list of contacts is hit the msn icon in
the
>> start menu. The only time it asks for a log in password
>> is when you then go to the hotmail email account,
because
>> i have it set to high security. Does anyone know how I
>> can stop the contact list itself being opened. (it's a
>> shared pc)
>
>
>.
>

[fredduc]

To stop messenger keeping a list, you can also make a .reg file in
Notepad with this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa]
"disabledomaincreds"=dword:00000001


Save it as something.reg and doubleclick it... Disadvantage: everytime
you have to retype your emailaddress, but this is the most safe
solution. It works only for MSN Messenger.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

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

> wrote in message
...
> It works, I can't thank you enough xxx
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Sharon,
> >
> >To stop this, click the Start Button, then click the
> Control Panel. Then, click User
> >Accounts in the Control Panel. Select your account name,
> and then on the left side of the
> >screen, under Related Tasks, click 'Manage my Network
> Passwords'. In the window that opens,
> >click the Passport.Net\* (Passport) entry and
> click 'Remove'.
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >
> >"Sharon" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> My son has just installed a new hard drive and I now
> have
> >> windows xp installed. When I downloaded the msn
> >> messenger, I now find that no matter how I set the
> >> security levels, (in the options menu) all you need to
> do
> >> to access my list of contacts is hit the msn icon in
> the
> >> start menu. The only time it asks for a log in password
> >> is when you then go to the hotmail email account,
> because
> >> i have it set to high security. Does anyone know how I
> >> can stop the contact list itself being opened. (it's a
> >> shared pc)
> >
> >
> >.
> >