Jonathan
Sun Nov 14 06:08:37 CST 2004
Greetings Rogue,
There's two possibilities for this to happen.
Either you've signed in somewhere else and saved the Passport information and it's still
trying to login, in which case you can change your Passport password here:
https://memberservices.passport.net/ppsecure/MSRV_ChangePW.srf
or it's simply Windows Messenger in the background attempting to login (this is more likely
problem). To fix this, you'll need to disable Windows Messenger from starting. To do so,
open it up (click Start, then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK), click Tools, Options,
Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger
when Windows starts' (depending on version) as well as 'Allow this program to run in the
background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger to run in the background' (depending on version).
This won't remove Windows Messenger, so features like Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and
Application Sharing will continue to work, but it will let it stay out of your way.
Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with Messenger and cause it to
also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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"Rogue" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:56b101c4c9f4$991d6460$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Alright, after installing the newest version of Messenger
> (6.2.0137) every so often it will say i have been signed
> out because i signed on from another computer. Anyone know
> anything about this? I find it odd it's just started
> happening. I can't find out if anyone is actually signing
> on under me either. Thanks in advance.