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messenger & hotmail forceloads by pisces866 on 12-30-2003 at 05:05 AM

I posted this in another forum w/o any luck.When i go to hotmail w/o messenger running,bill seems to think it would be better if i did have it running and insists on force loading the program.I find this highly annoying,runs & stops between pages in mail.It just runs program but doesn`t attempt to sign in.IMHO if i wanted messenger running before i checked mail would do so.........8o| bill just thinks all things .net should be running irregardless.All options in messenger have been set to not run (last forums lack of advice),i`m looking for the registry entry that prevents messenger from running when visiting hotmail.......

wins 98 se
messenger 6.1.203

RE: messenger & hotmail forceloads by leito on 12-30-2003 at 05:13 AM

I don't really know a possible solution, but first update MSN Messenger to 6.1.0207. And wait for a wiser answer.

Edit:
I don't know of this happening to other people.

RE: messenger & hotmail forceloads by kao on 12-30-2003 at 05:20 AM

yes yes yes, windows messenger... tis a real bitch, here is a prog to disable it compeltely, i recommend ticking the middle TWO options and then clicking apply, well, here it is...

RE: messenger & hotmail forceloads by pisces866 on 12-30-2003 at 06:59 AM

No windows messenger in 98se build :| and version of messenger matters not,did/does with any version of messenger.IE6 btw does with avant as well......

RE: messenger & hotmail forceloads by Tochjo on 12-30-2003 at 08:58 AM

If you're not afraid to mess with your Windows Registry, you could do the things advised at http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=27946&cid=3004594.

Do not mess with the Registry if you do not know how to, it can really screw up your computer.

RE: messenger & hotmail forceloads by pisces866 on 12-30-2003 at 01:01 PM

No,not afraid of registry,it should be afraid of me,i meddle in there all the time.:|
I didn`t find any of those keys mentioned at that link,doesn`t have year,but has date of feb 13th (assuming this year) so will have to apply to an older version of messenger,on right track,old information.
But is what i`m looking for,the keys that force messenger to run when at a .net site

RE: messenger & hotmail forceloads by Tochjo on 12-30-2003 at 01:14 PM

I hadn't noticed the date, but I did check out the keys, and I had them. However, now you mention it, the keys point to C:\Program Files\Messenger\msgsc.dll which is a DLL required by Windows Messenger. Since you use Win98SE you don't have that one.

That doesn't mean the post is entirely useless. You may now have a pretty good idea of how to solve the problem; you might want to search for C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger\msgsc.dll and remove some of those keys (but with caution of course; always make a backup first - but I'm sure you know that ;)). Good luck.