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Old January 10th 04, 07:22 PM
Jonathan Kay [MVP]
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Default Messenger signs in using wrong passport, why?

Greetings Bo,

Actually, Passport is integrated into Windows XP (and your profile). As such, if you save
your Passport on the MSDN site, anything that uses Passport in Windows XP will try to sign
into that account (like Messenger is). As such, to remove the saved Passport, click the
Start Button, then click the Control Panel. Then, click 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'.

This will remove the saved Passport, and now Messenger will not sign in automatically (of
course you will have to sign in manually to MSDN).
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com



"Bo Berglund" wrote in message
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I have two .NET passports, one was created for MSDN usage and is
connected to my work and the other was created recently for myself as
a private person. I want to use the second one for Messenger, since
the email is the correct home address etc.

But whenever my computer starts up Messenger always connects using the
MSDN passport and I have a hard time first signing out and then trying
to get it online with the private passport.

Can anyone tell me how to set the "default" passport if there is such
a thing?
Messenger tells me its version in the help/about box as:
Version 4.7(4.7.2009)
I use Windows XP-Pro and I have the most recent fixes installed.
I have never used Messenger before so there is no real sense in it
logging in with my MSDN passport...

Any clues?



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