User Accounts and unread email

[John]

Hi there Jwock,

go to Start > Run
type 'regedit' (without '')
go to the key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersio
n\UnreadMail

and delete the key with your old e-mail account name.

Good Luck !
John

>-----Original Message-----
>For a while now, on my User Accounts screen (the XP log
>in screen), it has been telling me I have an unread
email
>in a hotmail account. Not only do I not have any unread
>email, its an old account!
>
>I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling MSN messenger,
>MSN explorer and even creating a new .Net Passport and
>telling it in setup to link it to my User Account...
>nothing.
>
>Its bugging me a lot more than it should, but if anyone
>has any ideas, please let me know.
>.
>