Keeping Messenger & hotmail/Live separate

03-15-2008

Can anyone resolve this annoying problem? Whenever I am using MSN Messenger
(V 8.5.1302.1018 in case you were wondering) and I click on the hotmail (or
live mail or whatever they are calling it these days) link to go to the mail
account associated with my MSN ID, it has recently begun to open the page to
my hotmail account as though I have already signed in... which I do NOT want
it to do. I think it's a security risk of sorts. I don't for instance mind
leaving my contact list and MSN Messenger visible on my desktop/screen but
all the same I do NOT want anyone who happens to wander by and sees it to
ALSO have access to my hotmail account. How can I separate these out again?

03-15-2008

Whenever you leave your desk, press Winkey-L.

--
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail)

"Subop" <Subop@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F1AD1F73-6452-4045-9D0E-2521A771DD78@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	> Can anyone resolve this annoying problem? Whenever I am using MSN Messenger > (V 8.5.1302.1018 in case you were wondering) and I click on the hotmail (or > live mail or whatever they are calling it these days) link to go to the mail > account associated with my MSN ID, it has recently begun to open the page to > my hotmail account as though I have already signed in... which I do NOT want > it to do. I think it's a security risk of sorts. I don't for instance mind > leaving my contact list and MSN Messenger visible on my desktop/screen but > all the same I do NOT want anyone who happens to wander by and sees it to > ALSO have access to my hotmail account. How can I separate these out again?

03-15-2008

On Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:42:00 -0700, Subop wrote:

	Quote:
	> Can anyone resolve this annoying problem? Whenever I am using MSN Messenger > (V 8.5.1302.1018 in case you were wondering) and I click on the hotmail (or > live mail or whatever they are calling it these days) link to go to the mail > account associated with my MSN ID, it has recently begun to open the page to > my hotmail account as though I have already signed in... which I do NOT want > it to do. I think it's a security risk of sorts. I don't for instance mind > leaving my contact list and MSN Messenger visible on my desktop/screen but > all the same I do NOT want anyone who happens to wander by and sees it to > ALSO have access to my hotmail account. How can I separate these out again?

The whole point of the way that Windows Live works is to integrate the
services. You log in to Windows Live Messenger, and you are logged in to all
Windows Live services. Don't wander away from your computer without logging
out of your user session.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

03-16-2008

Just for your future reference Subop, Hotmail is now called "Windows Live Hotmail".

Windows Live Mail is a separate e-mail client that can be installed on XP or Vista. It can be used to access WLHotmail accounts (see: http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview).

Also, MSN Messenger is now called "Windows Live Messenger".

--
Cheers,
Peter
(Windows Vista Home Premium with Windows Live Mail 12.0.1606)
"There are more things in Heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Shakespeare
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"Subop" <Subop@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:F1AD1F73-6452-4045-9D0E-2521A771DD78@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	> Can anyone resolve this annoying problem? Whenever I am using MSN Messenger > (V 8.5.1302.1018 in case you were wondering) and I click on the hotmail (or > live mail or whatever they are calling it these days) link to go to the mail > account associated with my MSN ID, it has recently begun to open the page to > my hotmail account as though I have already signed in... which I do NOT want > it to do. I think it's a security risk of sorts. I don't for instance mind > leaving my contact list and MSN Messenger visible on my desktop/screen but > all the same I do NOT want anyone who happens to wander by and sees it to > ALSO have access to my hotmail account. How can I separate these out again?

03-15-2008	#1 (permalink)
Subop Guest	Keeping Messenger & hotmail/Live separate Can anyone resolve this annoying problem? Whenever I am using MSN Messenger (V 8.5.1302.1018 in case you were wondering) and I click on the hotmail (or live mail or whatever they are calling it these days) link to go to the mail account associated with my MSN ID, it has recently begun to open the page to my hotmail account as though I have already signed in... which I do NOT want it to do. I think it's a security risk of sorts. I don't for instance mind leaving my contact list and MSN Messenger visible on my desktop/screen but all the same I do NOT want anyone who happens to wander by and sees it to ALSO have access to my hotmail account. How can I separate these out again?

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