How to allow automatic sign in when connected to internet?

I have done this using Windows Live Messenger 2009 ( 14.0.8064.206 ):
1) On the Tools menu, I click Options;
2) In the left pane, I chose third option (about starting messenger);
3) In the right pane, inside topic "General", I checked a checkbox that
says: "Allow automatic sign in when connected to the Internet" .
4) I click OK.

This is not working...
What I need to start automatically messenger, when internet connection is
active?
Need I to check or verify other things?

are you wanting to allow it to run on startup?

"JC" wrote:

> I have done this using Windows Live Messenger 2009 ( 14.0.8064.206 ):
> 1) On the Tools menu, I click Options;
> 2) In the left pane, I chose third option (about starting messenger);
> 3) In the right pane, inside topic "General", I checked a checkbox that
> says: "Allow automatic sign in when connected to the Internet" .
> 4) I click OK.
>
> This is not working...
> What I need to start automatically messenger, when internet connection is
> active?
> Need I to check or verify other things?

Greetings JC,

There's already some good responses here to your question, but just to add; in some minor
cases Messenger won't automatically connect you if it can't find a network connection when
your machine starts up (for instance, if you have login to a VPN, or something similar). In
which case you may want to manually start Messenger after you've connected to that, assuming
you were just having it start when you log in to Windows.

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"JC" <> wrote in message
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> I have done this using Windows Live Messenger 2009 ( 14.0.8064.206 ):
> 1) On the Tools menu, I click Options;
> 2) In the left pane, I chose third option (about starting messenger);
> 3) In the right pane, inside topic "General", I checked a checkbox that
> says: "Allow automatic sign in when connected to the Internet" .
> 4) I click OK.
>
> This is not working...
> What I need to start automatically messenger, when internet connection is
> active?
> Need I to check or verify other things?

Hi JC,

I had the same problem, and found that there are 2 places/options you have
to set. In addition to the Tools | Options, General settings, you also have
to check the 3 checkboxes on the Sign In ("Welcome back!") page. You'll find
these by clicking on the small circular arrow button to the right on the same
line as "Sign in as:"

Btw, this is a classic usability problem, imho, tiny buttons that are hard
to see and provide no clue as to what their purpose is.

Anyway, hope this helps!
Tor.

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"JC" wrote:

> I have done this using Windows Live Messenger 2009 ( 14.0.8064.206 ):
> 1) On the Tools menu, I click Options;
> 2) In the left pane, I chose third option (about starting messenger);
> 3) In the right pane, inside topic "General", I checked a checkbox that
> says: "Allow automatic sign in when connected to the Internet" .
> 4) I click OK.
>
> This is not working...
> What I need to start automatically messenger, when internet connection is
> active?
> Need I to check or verify other things?

Thank you all!!

Ideas from LuDean Marvin and Tor Langlo aplied, at same time, with my idea
mentioned in my question are working fine!