Windows Messenger?

Since upgrading to XP I occasionally find Messenger logging on by itself.
I've cancelled Auto log on in Outlook Express and unchecked the boxes in the
General tab of Messenger yet it still starts up. Funny thing is that it does
not always do this. Any suggestions welcome....
Rod

Prevent Windows Messenger from automatically running
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...er_autorun.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Rod" wrote in message:
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| Since upgrading to XP I occasionally find Messenger logging on by itself.
| I've cancelled Auto log on in Outlook Express and unchecked the boxes in the
| General tab of Messenger yet it still starts up. Funny thing is that it does
| not always do this. Any suggestions welcome....
| Rod

Have you upgraded to the latest version (6.1)?
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James M. Fisher
MS MVP (Windows Shell/User)
Please reply in the newsgroup only.
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"Rod" wrote in message
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Since upgrading to XP I occasionally find Messenger logging on by itself.
I've cancelled Auto log on in Outlook Express and unchecked the boxes in
the
General tab of Messenger yet it still starts up. Funny thing is that it
does
not always do this. Any suggestions welcome....
Rod

Rod,

Prevent Windows Messenger from Running on a Windows XP-Based Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D302089

Disable/Remove Windows Messenger:=20
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_mess_disable.htm

If you prefer to remove Windows Messenger manually, click Start, Run and =
enter the following command:

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Note: This will cause a long delay when opening Outlook Express if you =
have the Contacts pane enabled. To prevent this, click Start, Run and =
enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express

Right click in the right pane and select New, Dword value. Give it the =
name Hide Messenger Double click this new entry and set the value to 2.

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Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k
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"Rod" wrote in message =
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Since upgrading to XP I occasionally find Messenger logging on by =
itself.
I've cancelled Auto log on in Outlook Express and unchecked the boxes in =
the
General tab of Messenger yet it still starts up. Funny thing is that it =
does
not always do this. Any suggestions welcome....
Rod

msn messenger's latest version is 6.1
windows messenger's latest version is 4.7


"James M. Fisher" wrote in message
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| Have you upgraded to the latest version (6.1)?
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| James M. Fisher
| MS MVP (Windows Shell/User)
| Please reply in the newsgroup only.
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|
| "Rod" wrote in message
| ...
| Since upgrading to XP I occasionally find Messenger logging on by
itself.
| I've cancelled Auto log on in Outlook Express and unchecked the boxes in
| the
| General tab of Messenger yet it still starts up. Funny thing is that it
| does
| not always do this. Any suggestions welcome....
| Rod
|
|
|
|

Many thanks for the replies. I did the dougknox soluttion in the end. Works
fine so far. I had Windows Messenger orriginally and had downloaded latest
MSN Messenger. Have now disabled Windows Messenger and used dougknox to
disable MSN in Outlook Express. Thanks again.....
Rod