- See method C for a solution for the Dutch Windows XP users.
The methods A and B will not work if you use a Dutch Windows XP version, because that one contains a bug there; the Remove button won't work.
- All other XP users should use method A or B!!!
- To remove only the associated and remembered password in MSN Messenger, you only need to remove the entry ".NET Passport"
Method A
- Go to the Windows Control Panel
- Choose User Accounts
- Click on your user name
- On the left side of the screen, under Related Tasks, click Manage my Network Passwords.
- Now remove the ones you don't want from the list by selecting them and clicking on Remove.
Same method discribed with pictures here:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/allsteps.aspx?ID=2
Method B
- Go to the Windows Start menu.
- Select Run and type control userpasswords2 and hit enter.
- Select the Advanced tab.
- Click on the Password Control button.
- Now remove the ones you don't want from the list by selecting them and clicking on Remove.
Method C
This method should not be used by people other then the ones who have a Dutch Windows XP.
- Delete the folder (these folders might be hidden):
C:\Documents and Settings\<your windows username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials
and/or
C:\Documents and Settings\<your windows username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Credentials
- After that, reboot...
Although it may work, be very carefull that you don't delete anything else!
Also note that by deleting this folder(s) you're not only deleting the .NET Passport and password associated with your account, but also the other .NET Passports you have used in the past or are still using.
Notes
EDIT: This was an old post and is edited to be used as a reference, thus it may not fit anymore in the threads' logic order...