My roommate and I both use MSN Messenger 7.0. We both have separate log-ins
on my computer. He's on my contact list and I notice that, whenever my
computer is turned on, Messenger contantly logs him on and off, throughout
the day, even though he's not on a computer anywhere. His status instantly
goes to "(away)" when this happens. And his personal picture is not
displayed when this happens either. When he truly signs on, his picture
shows up. This has to be some sort of bug on my computer since, whenever
it's turned off, this problem doesn't occur. He tried uninstalling messenger
and reinstalling it using different information, but the problem persists.
This problem has not happened for me on Messenger. Just him. I'm looking
for the solution for him and so that I don't have to contantly see that he is
"signing in" throughout the day. (His other contacts see this happen too.)
Any ideas?

Re: MSN Messenger Ghost by Tubusy

Tubusy
Fri Feb 10 19:56:56 CST 2006

I am not certain but I have a feeling this will have something to do
with Windows Messenger running itself in the background somewhere,
rather than MSN Messenger. Examine Windows Messenger and make sure it's
not loading or logging in.

Motherly Roommate wrote:
> My roommate and I both use MSN Messenger 7.0. We both have separate log-ins
> on my computer. He's on my contact list and I notice that, whenever my
> computer is turned on, Messenger contantly logs him on and off, throughout
> the day, even though he's not on a computer anywhere. His status instantly
> goes to "(away)" when this happens. And his personal picture is not
> displayed when this happens either. When he truly signs on, his picture
> shows up. This has to be some sort of bug on my computer since, whenever
> it's turned off, this problem doesn't occur. He tried uninstalling messenger
> and reinstalling it using different information, but the problem persists.
> This problem has not happened for me on Messenger. Just him. I'm looking
> for the solution for him and so that I don't have to contantly see that he is
> "signing in" throughout the day. (His other contacts see this happen too.)
> Any ideas?
>