signed in elsewhere?

from time to time i get signed out and informed that I apparently signed in
on another computer. whatever does that mean?

anonymous
Fri Dec 24 19:26:39 CST 2004

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 this
behavior. 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.


courtesy of jonathan kay




still not working then try this:

press Ctrl-Alt-Del (or right-click in an empty part of
your taskbar and choose Task Manager), click the Processes
tab, look for msmsgs.exe, select
if it it's there and choose End Process. Then you can
remove Windows Messenger correctly by
clicking the start button, then click Run and type in
(copy-paste if you like):

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%
\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed
instructions and screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7


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now reboot ur pc


now run msn messenger and u'll be fine



if u aint got the latest msn messenger get it from:

http://messenger.msn.com

>-----Original Message-----
>from time to time i get signed out and informed that I
apparently signed in
>on another computer. whatever does that mean?
>.
>

Jonathan
Sat Dec 25 09:43:52 CST 2004

Greetings,

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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Microsoft MVP - MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
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All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
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> from time to time i get signed out and informed that I apparently signed in
> on another computer. whatever does that mean?