Windows Live Messenger Sign In

I'm not sure what I did, but evereytime I boot up the computer the sign in
screen for Windows Live Messenger poops up. I DO NOT want messenger, I did
not sign up for messenger and I would like to know how to get this to stop.

This started to happen after I logged into my hotmail account to retreive
some emails.

Any help would be great.

Thanks txmike.

Greetings txmike,

When you start Hotmail, the Messenger API is called and Messenger starts if its installed.
If Messenger hadn't been started before, or had been removed from the Windows startup using a
third-party tool that wasn't Messenger, then when it starts again, it will re-add itself to
your Windows login startup list.

To stop it, bring up the main Messenger window (if you can't find it, just start Windows Live
Messenger from the Windows Live group on the start menu), press the Alt key on the keyboard
to show the menu bar, choose the Tools menu, then Options, then Sign In category, then
uncheck 'Automatically run Windows Live Messenger when I log on to Windows' and choose OK.
You can then exit Messenger and it won't startup with the Windows startup -- even if it's run
again.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
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"txmike" <> wrote in message
news:374245E3-F608-4865-8ABE-...
> I'm not sure what I did, but evereytime I boot up the computer the sign in
> screen for Windows Live Messenger poops up. I DO NOT want messenger, I did
> not sign up for messenger and I would like to know how to get this to stop.
>
> This started to happen after I logged into my hotmail account to retreive
> some emails.
>
> Any help would be great.
>
> Thanks txmike.