L1k3t Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Eventhough I do NOT start msn messenger or outlook express, I appear online to all my contacts, and they are able to mess me, everytime I turn on my computer. I've unchecked the boxes in messenger options and outlook express, and there is no messenger icon in the systray, or any evidence of messenger running. I still get messages from my contacts, who say I appear online to them. WTF!??!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Have a look in Task Manager (CTRL +SHIFT + ESC) and look for a process called msnmsgr.exe, is it there? Closing this should stop your contacts messaging you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1k3t Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 for sure, but how is this possible at all? And more important, how do I stop it from launching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unwonted Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 You could rename the C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger folder to something else, like "MSN GO AWAY" or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1k3t Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 hehe, nice one, HandyBuddy. But I frequently use messenger and wish to continue doing so. But at the time of MY choosing, not as soon the computer starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 Messenger 6 go to Tools>Options>General. Now you have the Sign In settings you can chose from......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1k3t Posted July 22, 2003 Author Share Posted July 22, 2003 Well, Tinker. As I wrote in my first post, that I have already done ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 O.K........ Do you have both 6 and the original messenger installed? I at first had both coming up. I went to Program Files>Messenger and renamed Messenger to Messenger1 and this stopped the original messenger from loading.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggie Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 this is actually to do with windows messenger when msn6 installed.. windows messenger hides in the background so goto start > run > msconfigGoto Startup tab and look for msmsgs.. well i hope its the scenario as it happened to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1k3t Posted July 23, 2003 Author Share Posted July 23, 2003 more problems....same as yours TinkerI decided to uninstall my 4.7 version, and install the new. 6.0. Hmmm, seems like 4.7 did NOT uninstall very well, couse now I have 2 freakin' messenger running..................First of all i went in the add/remove programs and uninstalled some add-on for messenger. Then add/remove win-components to remove messenger. OK, so far so good, no messenger in start menu... I installed 6.0 and launched it. All seemed fine, until I opened OutlookExpress, and discovers that it starts up the old 4.7 version, paralell to the 6.0 vers.....I go into explorer and sees that the old messenger folder is still there. So, how do I uninstall my old messenger.....???? Cant rename the folder, cant remove "read-only".Havn't had the chance to check the "online-without-signing-in" yet, but this is really getting to annoy me....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unwonted Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Are you sure you're making the distinction between Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger? That could cause two to run.C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger = MSN MessengerC:\Program Files\Messenger = Windows MessengerYou could rename/remove the Windows messenger and never see it again, not affecting MSN Messenger at all. If it's "read-only", then right click the folder, go to "Properties", then uncheck the "read-only" box.There is an issue when you remove Windows Messenger, when you load Outlook Express and use the Contacts pane. This causes OE to try to load Messenger, it can't and this causes a long delay. The registry entry that corrects this is:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Hide MessengerA DWord value of 2 prevents OE from trying to load it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1k3t Posted July 23, 2003 Author Share Posted July 23, 2003 hmm, seems like the difference between Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger isn't too obvious.Both use, as I understand, my .NET passport, look almost exactly the same(icon, gui, etc.), and have the same purpose and functionality.Anyway, it seems like I have them both installed (eventhough I really tried to uninstall one of them, right or wrong, I don't know, I just need one of them ;-)), just as HandyBuddy says.I'll look into this further tomorrow, it's 01:00 AM here now, and I'm off to work in the morning so......thanks for all th replies, I will return ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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