Hotmaill accounts in pull-down login window.

[Mr.Claude]

Ok, after posting I read John Kay's comments to Doober
about turning off the Passport login from the Control
Panel.

HOWEVER, when I try to do that I get the following message:

'_oPassportMgr" is null or not an object.

I definately messed up my registry (serves me right), so
don't know if I am up a creek or not.

Thanks again,

Claude

>-----Original Message-----
>I tried using MSN Messenger on two of my hotmail
accounts.
>I didn't care for it, so I deleted it. Now whenever I log
>into any password enabled website, those hotmail accounts
>show up in the pulldown menu. Every TRACE of messenger is
>out of my hard drive and registry and I still cannot get
>rid of it.
>
>I am using XP Pro with 4 users, but it only happens in my
>account (Which is the admin).
>
>Any help would be a godsend, trying to talk to Dell is
>like banging one's head against a brick wall.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help,
>
>Claude
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Claude,

Very odd -- never seen this error before. Try this instead, click Start, then Run, then type
the following into the Open field:
control userpasswords2
and click OK.

Then click the Advanced Tab, click Manage Passwords, and you can remove them there (assuming
you don't get the error using this method).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Mr.Claude" > wrote in message
...
> Ok, after posting I read John Kay's comments to Doober
> about turning off the Passport login from the Control
> Panel.
>
> HOWEVER, when I try to do that I get the following message:
>
> '_oPassportMgr" is null or not an object.
>
> I definately messed up my registry (serves me right), so
> don't know if I am up a creek or not.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Claude
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I tried using MSN Messenger on two of my hotmail
> accounts.
> >I didn't care for it, so I deleted it. Now whenever I log
> >into any password enabled website, those hotmail accounts
> >show up in the pulldown menu. Every TRACE of messenger is
> >out of my hard drive and registry and I still cannot get
> >rid of it.
> >
> >I am using XP Pro with 4 users, but it only happens in my
> >account (Which is the admin).
> >
> >Any help would be a godsend, trying to talk to Dell is
> >like banging one's head against a brick wall.
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any help,
> >
> >Claude
> >.
> >

[Mr. Claude]

Jonathan,

Thank you for the timely reponse!

I followed your instructions and didn't get an error
message. However, that box in mangage passwords was blank;
no trace of the hotmail accounts.

Might there be another way?

Claude

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Claude,
>
>Very odd -- never seen this error before. Try this
instead, click Start, then Run, then type
>the following into the Open field:
>control userpasswords2
>and click OK.
>
>Then click the Advanced Tab, click Manage Passwords, and
you can remove them there (assuming
>you don't get the error using this method).
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Mr.Claude" > wrote in message
...
>> Ok, after posting I read John Kay's comments to Doober
>> about turning off the Passport login from the Control
>> Panel.
>>
>> HOWEVER, when I try to do that I get the following
message:
>>
>> '_oPassportMgr" is null or not an object.
>>
>> I definately messed up my registry (serves me right), so
>> don't know if I am up a creek or not.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>> Claude
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >I tried using MSN Messenger on two of my hotmail
>> accounts.
>> >I didn't care for it, so I deleted it. Now whenever I
log
>> >into any password enabled website, those hotmail
accounts
>> >show up in the pulldown menu. Every TRACE of messenger
is
>> >out of my hard drive and registry and I still cannot
get
>> >rid of it.
>> >
>> >I am using XP Pro with 4 users, but it only happens in
my
>> >account (Which is the admin).
>> >
>> >Any help would be a godsend, trying to talk to Dell is
>> >like banging one's head against a brick wall.
>> >
>> >Thanks in advance for any help,
>> >
>> >Claude
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Claude,

Yeah, I was afraid you might get that result. I'll need to do some more investigation on
this, and unfortunately it's a holiday weekend here, so I don't have access to my normal
resources to try and duplicate this.

For now, click Start, then Run, type:
sfc /scannow
and click OK.
This will do a scan for all the system files and replace any "bad" ones, hopefully it may
solve the problem. You may need to reboot after doing this.

Also, which language version of Windows XP are you using (ex. English, Dutch, etc. ?) and is
it XP Home or XP Pro?
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Mr. Claude" > wrote in message
...
> Jonathan,
>
> Thank you for the timely reponse!
>
> I followed your instructions and didn't get an error
> message. However, that box in mangage passwords was blank;
> no trace of the hotmail accounts.
>
> Might there be another way?
>
> Claude
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Claude,
> >
> >Very odd -- never seen this error before. Try this
> instead, click Start, then Run, then type
> >the following into the Open field:
> >control userpasswords2
> >and click OK.
> >
> >Then click the Advanced Tab, click Manage Passwords, and
> you can remove them there (assuming
> >you don't get the error using this method).
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >"Mr.Claude" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Ok, after posting I read John Kay's comments to Doober
> >> about turning off the Passport login from the Control
> >> Panel.
> >>
> >> HOWEVER, when I try to do that I get the following
> message:
> >>
> >> '_oPassportMgr" is null or not an object.
> >>
> >> I definately messed up my registry (serves me right), so
> >> don't know if I am up a creek or not.
> >>
> >> Thanks again,
> >>
> >> Claude
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >I tried using MSN Messenger on two of my hotmail
> >> accounts.
> >> >I didn't care for it, so I deleted it. Now whenever I
> log
> >> >into any password enabled website, those hotmail
> accounts
> >> >show up in the pulldown menu. Every TRACE of messenger
> is
> >> >out of my hard drive and registry and I still cannot
> get
> >> >rid of it.
> >> >
> >> >I am using XP Pro with 4 users, but it only happens in
> my
> >> >account (Which is the admin).
> >> >
> >> >Any help would be a godsend, trying to talk to Dell is
> >> >like banging one's head against a brick wall.
> >> >
> >> >Thanks in advance for any help,
> >> >
> >> >Claude
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Mr. Claude]

Jonathan,

I am running XP Pro, english version.

Thanks so much for your assistance - enjoy your weekend!

Mr. C

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Claude,
>
>Yeah, I was afraid you might get that result. I'll need
to do some more investigation on
>this, and unfortunately it's a holiday weekend here, so I
don't have access to my normal
>resources to try and duplicate this.
>
>For now, click Start, then Run, type:
>sfc /scannow
>and click OK.
>This will do a scan for all the system files and replace
any "bad" ones, hopefully it may
>solve the problem. You may need to reboot after doing
this.
>
>Also, which language version of Windows XP are you using
(ex. English, Dutch, etc. ?) and is
>it XP Home or XP Pro?
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Mr. Claude" > wrote in message
...
>> Jonathan,
>>
>> Thank you for the timely reponse!
>>
>> I followed your instructions and didn't get an error
>> message. However, that box in mangage passwords was
blank;
>> no trace of the hotmail accounts.
>>
>> Might there be another way?
>>
>> Claude
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Greetings Claude,
>> >
>> >Very odd -- never seen this error before. Try this
>> instead, click Start, then Run, then type
>> >the following into the Open field:
>> >control userpasswords2
>> >and click OK.
>> >
>> >Then click the Advanced Tab, click Manage Passwords,
and
>> you can remove them there (assuming
>> >you don't get the error using this method).
>> >____________________________________________
>> >Jonathan Kay
>> >Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> >Associate Expert
>> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> >
>> >"Mr.Claude" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> Ok, after posting I read John Kay's comments to
Doober
>> >> about turning off the Passport login from the Control
>> >> Panel.
>> >>
>> >> HOWEVER, when I try to do that I get the following
>> message:
>> >>
>> >> '_oPassportMgr" is null or not an object.
>> >>
>> >> I definately messed up my registry (serves me
right), so
>> >> don't know if I am up a creek or not.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks again,
>> >>
>> >> Claude
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >I tried using MSN Messenger on two of my hotmail
>> >> accounts.
>> >> >I didn't care for it, so I deleted it. Now whenever
I
>> log
>> >> >into any password enabled website, those hotmail
>> accounts
>> >> >show up in the pulldown menu. Every TRACE of
messenger
>> is
>> >> >out of my hard drive and registry and I still cannot
>> get
>> >> >rid of it.
>> >> >
>> >> >I am using XP Pro with 4 users, but it only happens
in
>> my
>> >> >account (Which is the admin).
>> >> >
>> >> >Any help would be a godsend, trying to talk to Dell
is
>> >> >like banging one's head against a brick wall.
>> >> >
>> >> >Thanks in advance for any help,
>> >> >
>> >> >Claude
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>