Vista - Exiting Windows Live when shutting down PC

Every other program on the PC shuts itself down when I tell the PC to shut
down, except Windows Live Messenger. If I try to shut down the PC without
remembering first to Exit from Windows Live Messenger by right-clicking on
the icon in the notification tray, Windows tells me that it is unable to
shut down because msnmsgr.exe is still running.

Is there anyway of curing this annoying feature? Using Vista Home Premium.

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Allan

Greetings Allan,

It's not a feature -- this doesn't happen on any of my PCs.

Are you using or have you used any third-party Messenger applications or patches? Because
that could possibly cause this to happen.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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"Allan" <sot177-urw3@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Jonathan.

No I haven't applied any third-party applications or patches.

I've tried "repair", and when that didn't work I tried Uninstalling it (from
the Control Panel) and downloading it again and reinstalling it, that made
no difference.

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Allan

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Allan,

Yeah a repair will simply copy over the files and make some registry entries.

Another possibility is perhaps a piece of anti-virus software you might have installed, as a
number of them love to lock into Messenger's api. Is that a possibility for you?

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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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"Allan" <sot177-urw3@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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That's an interesting possibility Jonathan. The anti-virus software that I
use is Trend Micro Internet Security 2008, and I did notice that one of the
options that it offers is real-time protection against threats of virus or
spyware in instant messaging files. Although this option is not selected,
its existence does hint at the potential for a problem in this area.

I have already been in contact with Trend over the fact that when I have
their Spam Filter turned on, Windows Mail does not shut down properly; they
are currently investigating this problem, so possibly the Windows Live
problem is another symptom of the same fault.

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Allan


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Allan,

Hm, you would think that it wouldn't. I haven't heard anything specifically about Trend
doing this.

Norton used to be a really bad offender for this in some of their older versions, but I think
they backed off. Anyway, just a thought.

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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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"Allan" <sot177-urw3@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello again Jonathan

Trend say that nobody else has ever reported an incompatibility problem
between Trend and Messenger (whereas I am not the first person to have had
the problem with Trend and Windows Mail, merely the first person to supply
them with enough diagnostic information that they can sensibly go looking
for it). Also I have found that Windows Live still prevents the PC from
shutting down, even if I completely disable the Trend protection and exit
the program (although I am aware that even when Trend says it has shut
itself down, it may leave some things behind it!).

As regards Norton - I'll just say that the PC came with it ready-installed,
and my first action before I connected to anything was to install Trend -
which starts by asking "Do you wish to uninstall Norton?", and I punched the
Yes button with great enthusiasm.

But I am still no nearer to knowing the reason why my Messenger behaves in
this way! Thank goodness it's only a minor inconvenience.

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Allan


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