Hi Tony63,
There is a new version of Windows Messenger 5.1.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
Is this computer on a Home Network? Or have you logged in online to an
Online Windows Messenger?
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thecreator
"Tony63" <Tony63@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
> 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.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this
>> signature or citation
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> "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.
>>
>>
>>