Messenger NOT logging in by itself

I will try that. I'm working on my desktop computer today. By occasional
testing of re-logging into WinXP, I've actually seen Messenger log in twice
on its own....out of about 10 times. So it may be a intermittent problem
somewhere, though mostly chronic. ;^)


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Hi Chris,

Have you tried a reinstall of Windows Messenger? To do so, close down
Messenger (right click
the messenger icon in the notification area/system tray and click close).
Then click the
start button, then click Run and type in (copy-paste if you like):
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
Then click OK.
Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed instructions and
screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7

Reboot, click "Yes" to remove your preferences, then reinstall from
http://messenger.msn.com/download/download.asp?client=0
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Chris Waters" wrote in message
...
I finally had a chance to remove all the Passport data. I logged back in
to
WinXP, but Messenger didn't automatically log in. I tried logging in to
WinXP six times; Messenger didn't automatically log in.

I disabled Messenger protection in NAV2003 and logged back in to WinXP
again; Messenger still didn't automatically log in. I went one step
farther
and disabled NAV2003 Auto-Protect and logged back in to WinXP again;
Messenger still didn't automatically log in. I'm seeing the same problem
on
my WinXP laptop.

Just to be clear: I can manually log in to Messenger in all of these
scenarios. Any other ideas?


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Chris,

Have you tried removing all the Passport data and then starting again?
To
do so, first close
Messenger (right-click its icon, and choose Exit). Then click the
Start
Button, then click
the Control Panel. Then, click User Accounts in the Control Panel.
Select
the currently
logged in account, and then on the left side of the screen, under
Related
Tasks, click
'Manage my Network Passwords'. Remove everything that has is denoted
by
(Passport) --
including Passport.Net\*, by using the 'Remove' button.

Finally, restart Messenger and see if it then automatically logs in.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Chris Waters" wrote in message
...
MSN Messenger 5.0.0543 is no longer automatically logging on when
users
log
on to WinXP on our PCs. "Run Messenger when Windows Starts" and
"Allow
automatic sign in when connected to the Internet" is selected. No
errors
are
displayed. Users can thereafter click on the Sign In to .NET button
to
login, without difficulty. Any ideas? Why isn't it logging on when
users
log
on to WinXP?

Chris
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