Re: disable recalling user name when signing in

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings anon,

To get the behavior you want, download and run the following .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/disablenetcreds.reg
Then reboot to see the change.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"anon" > wrote in message
...
> Hi,
>
> I am not sure this is the right place my question.......anyway, I use windows messenger
> (latest version, I belive) on win xp professional. When I sign in, there are a few my
> account names (I have multiple accounts) and I can just click my user account and type in
> my password. So with this setting I do not need to type my user account again and again.
> However, I like to disable this feature so that I need to type my user account (password as
> well) each time I sign in and I do not want to store my account names in the computer (so
> my account name won't appear when I sign in). Could anyone tell me how to disable this
> (auto recalling feature)? In case, I need to modify registry, I am not an advanced user,
> so step by step instruction will be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
>
> anon

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Anon,

Sure, just use this one instead:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/enablenetcreds.reg
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"anon" > wrote in message
...
> Jonathan,
>
> Thank you Jonathan. I will try it soon. Could you pleae tell me how to restore the
> original feature (after downloading your file) in case I like to use the original feature
> in future?
>
> anon
> ----- Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote: -----
>
> Greetings anon,
>
> To get the behavior you want, download and run the following .reg file:
> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/disablenetcreds.reg
> Then reboot to see the change.
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
> "anon" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi,
> >> I am not sure this is the right place my question.......anyway, I use windows
> messenger
> > (latest version, I belive) on win xp professional. When I sign in, there are a few
> my
> > account names (I have multiple accounts) and I can just click my user account and
> type in
> > my password. So with this setting I do not need to type my user account again and
> again.
> > However, I like to disable this feature so that I need to type my user account
> (password as
> > well) each time I sign in and I do not want to store my account names in the computer
> (so
> > my account name won't appear when I sign in). Could anyone tell me how to disable
> this
> > (auto recalling feature)? In case, I need to modify registry, I am not an advanced
> user,
> > so step by step instruction will be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
> >> anon
>
>
>