Stop automatically signing in

Although the options have been turned off under the
Tools/Options/Preferences tab in Windows Messenger 4.7,
whenever my browser opens, Messenger is automatically
loading and signing me in. There is no icon in the
system tray - the only reason I know it's doing this is
when people in my contacts list send me a message (they
see that I'm online although I don't know)

Could you lease advise how I can stop this?

cheers
Phil A

Greetings Phil,

Do you have Norton Antivirus 2003 installed? Norton added a new "instant messaging scanning"
feature to Norton Antivirus 2003, which can conflict with Messenger and display this
behavior. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus icon in the
System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'), click Options,
then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Phil Atho" wrote in message
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Although the options have been turned off under the
Tools/Options/Preferences tab in Windows Messenger 4.7,
whenever my browser opens, Messenger is automatically
loading and signing me in. There is no icon in the
system tray - the only reason I know it's doing this is
when people in my contacts list send me a message (they
see that I'm online although I don't know)

Could you lease advise how I can stop this?

cheers
Phil A