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Well I truned my computer on this morning and windows messenger started in the background..it automatically signed in and it was in background. so I checked and the background setting had been reset to start in background..but it was not set to automatically sign in. Anyone know how this happened?
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RE: Windows Messenger Reset it's settings?
Go to start>Run. There type 'msconfig'. In the startup tab untick 'msnmsgr'. Restart ur comp. This should solve ur problem
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Go to start>Run. There type 'msconfig'. In the startup tab untick 'msnmsgr'. Restart ur comp. This should solve ur problem
That wont do it. The best way to 'kill' windows messenger is goto the root folder and rename it. Essentially since it cannot find it, it wont come up :) There is another way to uninstall it. If you would just search on the forum, you would find it. Its quite a big solution given by Cookie Revised :)
The rename one does the trick. Thats what i did since i dont use windows messenger :)
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RE: Windows Messenger Reset it's settings?
Although you may find that some programs, not many, but some microsoft programs sometimes need windows messenger to be running for certain things. I've got no idea why, but they do. I odn't remember which programs they were, but I've come across them
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Although you may find that some programs, not many, but some microsoft programs sometimes need windows messenger to be running for certain things. I've got no idea why, but they do. I odn't remember which programs they were, but I've come across them
The renaming thing however hasnt given me a problem to date :)
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Go to start>Run. There type 'msconfig'. In the startup tab untick 'msnmsgr'. Restart ur comp. This should solve ur problem
That wont do it.

It worked for me though.

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The best way to 'kill' windows messenger is goto the root folder and rename it. Essentially since it cannot find it, it wont come up :) There is another way to uninstall it. If you would just search on the forum, you would find it. Its quite a big solution given by Cookie Revised :)
The rename one does the trick. Thats what i did since i dont use windows messenger :)
But when you rename it. You need to change the target at the Quick Launch Bar. To do so-
right click on wlm>properties and change the Target to the new one.
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But when you rename it. You need to change the target at the Quick Launch Bar
That isnt a big deal :-/
Wait, why would you rename the wlm icon ... they are independent. I told you to rename the Windows Messenger Folder not the Msn Messenger one (under which WLM is installed)

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It worked for me though.
For me it soon came back :sad:
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cant you just tick this box :/

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We arent talking about wlm. We are talking about windows messenger :)
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Well I truned my computer on this morning and windows messenger started in the background..
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Well if you got into your msn messenger settings i bet you there would be something there saying.

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Well I truned my computer on this morning and windows messenger started in the background..
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Originally posted by GHOST OF DA AGES
Go to start>Run. There type 'msconfig'. In the startup tab untick 'msnmsgr'. Restart ur comp. This should solve ur problem
Obvious solutions = I've tried them. It hasn't happened since but it was odd that this happened all of a sudden.
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Originally posted by GHOST OF DA AGES
Go to start>Run. There type 'msconfig'. In the startup tab untick 'msnmsgr'. Restart ur comp. This should solve ur problem
That wont do it. The best way to 'kill' windows messenger is goto the root folder and rename it. Essentially since it cannot find it, it wont come up :) There is another way to uninstall it. If you would just search on the forum, you would find it. Its quite a big solution given by Cookie Revised :)
The rename one does the trick. Thats what i did since i dont use windows messenger :)
if it happens again I'll do that. Thanks.

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OMG theres something wrong with me today :( sorry take it all back
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