Thanks Jonathan, My Windows Messenger 4.7(4.7 3001) came with XP which came
with the p.c, about five years ago.
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
Quote:
> Greetings,
>
> Your problem could be several things, including "Norton" itself which just loves to start up
> Windows Messenger on its own in the background for its [near useless] "IM protection"
> features.
>
> You've set the subject of this post to Windows Messenger 4.7, so I'm not completely clear
> what version of Messenger you really want to use. I'm going to assume that you want to use
> Windows Live Messenger 2009, 8.x or MSN Messenger 7, but if that's not the case, please say
> so.
>
> That assumed, as already mentioned, it's probably Windows Messenger 4.7 in the background
> which is signing you out. You can either try to determine what's causing that to happen
> (such as the Norton feature above, which you can turn off within Norton's options) or merely
> uninstall Windows Messenger all together. Please note that by doing so, three features will
> no longer work in Live Messenger (Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing), but
> in most cases these features aren't being used anyway. You also can reinstall Windows
> Messenger at any time to get the features back, should you need them.
>
> To uninstall Windows Messenger 4.7, click the Start button, then click Run and type/paste in:
> RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
>
> Then click OK.
> Windows Messenger will then be uninstalled. Note that if it's in use or running, you may
> need to reboot for it to be completely uninstalled.
>
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> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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>
>
> "Tony63" <Tony63@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:CDDF1F2E-F317-4E57-8B0B-9C28DD3839F3@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Why do I get a pop up message saying "You have been signed out of .NET
> > Messenger because you have signed in at another location" I never use another
> > location only ever my home p.c. Any ideas? I have all current updates from
> > Windows and Norton.
>
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