Hi Don,

Glad to be of assistance =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
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Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Don Lindbergh" wrote in message
...
Thanks to both you and Jonathan. Since his was the easier path to try
first, I did and it solved the problem.

--Don

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"Kelly" wrote in message
...
Hi Don,

Check your settings he Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express. Delete the DWORD
value called 'Hide Messenger'.

And compare the data value between the two for these two keys:


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199A B-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C
541}\InProcServer32


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199A B-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C
541}\LocalServer32

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP-Shell/User [AE-Windows® XP]
Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"Don Lindbergh" wrote in message
...
One of my machines with Windows XP, Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106
(xpsp1.020828-1920) and Windows Messenger Version 4.7 (4.7.0105) is
missing
the tools,options,general, 'Automatically log on to Windows Messenger'.
How
can I restore this option to Outlook Express?

The user account in question is a computer administrator on both
machines.
I tried loggin in as user Administrator on the problem machine and the
behavior is the same. I haven't yet seen any Outlook Express or
Messenger
configuration differences between the machines, but obviously something
is
different. The list of files and versions between the two machines in
Outlook Express,help,About Microsoft Outlook Express appear to be
identical.
The entries between the two machines in
HKEY LOCAL MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express also seem to be
the
same.

I've read lots of FAQs and helpful hints for handling various
Messenger/Outlook Express issues, but haven't yet seen anything
specifically
addressing my problem.

thanks for any help,

--Don

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