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Old May 17th 06, 03:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
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I'm running Windows XP and have four accounts that one can log into. I have a
friend who will log on under one of the accounts and check his Hotmail
account. After he is done and I go to the logon screen, it will say "xx
unread messages" and if I click on this link it will show his email addrsss
that he used. How do I get rid of this without him coming back and logging
back on and reading all of his messages? I thought I found the solution one
time where I deleted his Passport account in a setting, but I can't seem to
find where I did that now. And again I reminded my wife not to let people use
my computer when i'm not around

Thanks
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Old May 17th 06, 09:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
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Default Hotmail/Passport account files

Greetings,

This is actually a feature. To remove this, 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@hotmail. 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
to see the change.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Kevin" wrote in message
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I'm running Windows XP and have four accounts that one can log into. I have a
friend who will log on under one of the accounts and check his Hotmail
account. After he is done and I go to the logon screen, it will say "xx
unread messages" and if I click on this link it will show his email addrsss
that he used. How do I get rid of this without him coming back and logging
back on and reading all of his messages? I thought I found the solution one
time where I deleted his Passport account in a setting, but I can't seem to
find where I did that now. And again I reminded my wife not to let people use
my computer when i'm not around

Thanks



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Old May 18th 06, 01:34 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
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Default Hotmail/Passport account files

Thanks, that worked. It is possible just to delete the accounts from regedit
in the manner that you described since there are numerous listed that I don't
care to have on there?

Thanks again,
Kevin




"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Greetings,

This is actually a feature. To remove this, 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@hotmail. 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
to see the change.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--



"Kevin" wrote in message
...
I'm running Windows XP and have four accounts that one can log into. I have a
friend who will log on under one of the accounts and check his Hotmail
account. After he is done and I go to the logon screen, it will say "xx
unread messages" and if I click on this link it will show his email addrsss
that he used. How do I get rid of this without him coming back and logging
back on and reading all of his messages? I thought I found the solution one
time where I deleted his Passport account in a setting, but I can't seem to
find where I did that now. And again I reminded my wife not to let people use
my computer when i'm not around

Thanks




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Old May 18th 06, 09:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger
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Default Hotmail/Passport account files

Yep, but they'll just be readded when that account logs into Messenger again.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--

"Kevin" wrote in message
...
Thanks, that worked. It is possible just to delete the accounts from regedit
in the manner that you described since there are numerous listed that I don't
care to have on there?

Thanks again,
Kevin




"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

Greetings,

This is actually a feature. To remove this, 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@hotmail. 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
to see the change.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--



"Kevin" wrote in message
...
I'm running Windows XP and have four accounts that one can log into. I have a
friend who will log on under one of the accounts and check his Hotmail
account. After he is done and I go to the logon screen, it will say "xx
unread messages" and if I click on this link it will show his email addrsss
that he used. How do I get rid of this without him coming back and logging
back on and reading all of his messages? I thought I found the solution one
time where I deleted his Passport account in a setting, but I can't seem to
find where I did that now. And again I reminded my wife not to let people use
my computer when i'm not around

Thanks






 




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