no password needed

[JWal]

When we right-click on either WindowsMessenger or MSN
Messenger, we can sign in as one particular person- no
password needed. Is this the default account person?
How did this person get assigned as the default? How do
I change it? I don't want anybody to be able to sign in
without a password. I just got Windows XP, so I'm not
very familiar with it.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings JWal,

The "default" Passport user was defined by any user who clicked the 'Sign me in
automatically' checkbox in the .NET Passport sign in dialog. You can remove this by clicking
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'.

Then if you desire, you can stop people from saving a Passport in the future by downloading
and running this .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/disablenetcreds.reg
You'll need to 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


"JWal" > wrote in message
...
> When we right-click on either WindowsMessenger or MSN
> Messenger, we can sign in as one particular person- no
> password needed. Is this the default account person?
> How did this person get assigned as the default? How do
> I change it? I don't want anybody to be able to sign in
> without a password. I just got Windows XP, so I'm not
> very familiar with it.

[JWal]

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings JWal,
>
>The "default" Passport user was defined by any user who
clicked the 'Sign me in
>automatically' checkbox in the .NET Passport sign in
dialog. You can remove this by clicking
>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'.
>
>Then if you desire, you can stop people from saving a
Passport in the future by downloading
>and running this .reg file:
>http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/disablenetcred
s.reg
>You'll need to 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
>
>
>"JWal" > wrote in
message
...
>> When we right-click on either WindowsMessenger or MSN
>> Messenger, we can sign in as one particular person- no
>> password needed. Is this the default account person?
>> How did this person get assigned as the default? How
do
>> I change it? I don't want anybody to be able to sign
in
>> without a password. I just got Windows XP, so I'm not
>> very familiar with it.
>
>
>.
>Thanks a million! This worked like a charm. Nobody else
was able to tell me how to do this.

[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


"JWal" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings JWal,
> >
> >The "default" Passport user was defined by any user who
> clicked the 'Sign me in
> >automatically' checkbox in the .NET Passport sign in
> dialog. You can remove this by clicking
> >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'.
> >
> >Then if you desire, you can stop people from saving a
> Passport in the future by downloading
> >and running this .reg file:
> >http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/disablenetcred
> s.reg
> >You'll need to 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
> >
> >
> >"JWal" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> When we right-click on either WindowsMessenger or MSN
> >> Messenger, we can sign in as one particular person- no
> >> password needed. Is this the default account person?
> >> How did this person get assigned as the default? How
> do
> >> I change it? I don't want anybody to be able to sign
> in
> >> without a password. I just got Windows XP, so I'm not
> >> very familiar with it.
> >
> >
> >.
> >Thanks a million! This worked like a charm. Nobody else
> was able to tell me how to do this.