Greetings Meg,
To get the behavior you want, simply uninstall the Live Sign-In Assistant as it's not a
required component and sole purpose is just to link Live web pages up with your local store
of Windows Live IDs.
To do so, close all Internet Explorer windows if open, then press the Windows key and R to
bring up the Run box (alternatively you can click the Start button and choose Run in XP or
just click Start and use the Start Search field in Vista) and paste the following:
msiexec /x {45338B07-A236-4270-9A77-EBB4115517B5}
then click OK and choose Yes to the prompt.
After that's done, pop open IE and head over to Hotmail to see if that's resolved the
problem.
--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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"Meg" <> wrote in message
news:0376F1C3-1487-44EE-AC2C-...
> Just a note for whoever reading my post .....
> I noticed that if I access hotmail from messenger's window,
> it does ask me a password. but if I access hotmail on the web
> it keep automatically sign me in.
> I do have messenger security setting check marked to
> "always ask me for my password when cheking hotamail.."
> but it lookes like this setting is only valid if I access hotmail
> from messenger, not web.
>
> "Meg" wrote:
>
>> Thank you for letting me know.
>> My eyes got big when I saw my own reply on both pages !.....
>>
>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>>
>> > [Meg, as long as everyone who replies to this thread continues the
>> > crosspost, the replies will be available in both newsgroups.]
>> >
>> > Meg wrote:
>> > > Thank you for your reply.
>> > > I appreciate that you mentioned about other web page.
>> > > However, I could not find the cross post you made for me in these pages.
>> > > Could you please tell me where exactly I can find the cross post ?
>> > > (Is it on the first web site ? or 2nd one, 3rd one? I am thinking it's in
>> > > the "most recent post" right?)
>> > >
>> > > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> [Forwarded to Windows Live Messenger newsgroup via crosspost]
>> > >>
>> > >> I'm not sure you can do what you want to do with the latest version of
>> > >> Windows Live Sign-in Assistant installed. (It was installed when you
>> > >> installed the Feb-09 version of Windows Live Messenger.)
>> > >>
>> > >> Hotmail Online Solutions Center (new & replaces all newsgroup & email
>> > >> format support)
>> > >> http://windowslivehelp.com/Default.aspx
>> > >>
>> > >> Solutions for Common Problems
>> > >> http://windowslivehelp.com/solutions/
>> > >>
>> > >> Hotmail Community Forums <=post here instead!
>> > >> http://windowslivehelp.com/community/Default.aspx
>> > >> --
>> > >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> > >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>> > >> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> > >> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Meg wrote:
>> > >>> I hope my explanation is clear enough.
>> > >>> I recently installed new version of messenger. Before the new version, I
>> > >>> was
>> > >>> able to keep the messenger setting "automatically sign in" and at the
>> > >>> same
>> > >>> time I could kept hotmail sign in "not automaticsign in". ( I want to
>> > >>> keep
>> > >>> it that way for reason.) but now, if I set messenger to sign in
>> > >>> automatically, hotmail no longer ask for password. instead when I click
>> > >>> hotmail sign in, it automatically sign in. I tried to change setting by
>> > >>> clicking " forget me" but it only stay that way that time only. if I
>> > >>> keep
>> > >>> messenger sign in setting "automatically sign in" next time I sign in to
>> > >>> hotmail, it sign in without asking me a password. I 'm wondering if this
>> > >>> is
>> > >>> how it's going to be with new messenger? or is there a way to fix this?
>> > >>> What I would like to do is to keep messenger sign in " automatic" and at
>> > >>> the
>> > >>> same time hotmail sign in "not automatic" like it use to be.. Thank you.
>> >
>> >