Greetings Doug,
It's the default setting, the idea is that you'd always want Messenger running.
To stop it, just open up any Messenger window, press the Alt key on the keyboard to bring up
the menu bar, choose Tools, then Options, then Sign In (or General) category and uncheck the
'Automatically run Windows Live Messenger when I log on to Windows' option.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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