Greetings Shawn,

This is actually a registry entry. To fix this, you can simply edit the entry. To do so,
click Start, then click Run and enter "regedit.exe" and click OK. Then navigate (it's like
Windows Explorer) to My
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Wind ows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail\yourmsnname@h
otmail.com

Where is the passport. Double-click the MessageCount and enter 0 as
the value (this will set back to none). Then click OK, close the registry editor, and log
out.

If you want to disable this feature all together (no registry changes required), download the
TweakUI powertoy:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p.../powertoys.asp (see on the right).

After you have TweakUI installed, click Start, All Programs, Powertoys for Windows XP, and
choose TweakUI for Windows XP. In the TweakUI window, on the left, click the '+' next to
Logon, and choose Unread Mail. Uncheck 'Show unread mail on Welcome screen' and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com



"Shawn" wrote in message
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At the user log on start up screen, under my log on name,
it states that I have 44 unread messages at my hotmail
account. I have deleted them. Also, a friend loged on to
his hot mail account using my computer, and now it
combines his unread messages with mine at the user log on
screen. I have unistalled IM, but it still won't go
away.