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  1. #1


    SuperSlueth Guest

    live passports

    I have several pc's in a school with potential of 1500 students using them
    for msn.
    I'm trying to clean up the registry files, most of which i have written a
    script to do this.
    I have found that under the
    HKU\%sid%\Software\Microsoft\MSMMessenger\PerPassportSettings
    I have very many sub keys more than I would expect for just MSN use.
    What are these extra keys and is it safe to remove all the sub keys under
    this main key.
    Failing this is there a way to work out what sub keys are associated with
    users that have logged onto live MSN messenger.



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  2. #2


    Jonathan Kay [MVP] Guest

    Re: live passports

    Greetings,

    Each key under what you've specified is a Messenger ID for each user who's logged in. For
    instance, if you use this tool on my site:
    http://messenger.jonathankay.com/msngrid.aspx
    type in your own address (or another if you want), and you can see the exact "Messenger ID"
    that's generated.

    Feel free to remove them -- they'll just be re-generated when that user signs in again.

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    Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
    MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
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    "SuperSlueth" <SuperSlueth@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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    > I have several pc's in a school with potential of 1500 students using them
    > for msn.
    > I'm trying to clean up the registry files, most of which i have written a
    > script to do this.
    > I have found that under the
    > HKU\%sid%\Software\Microsoft\MSMMessenger\PerPassportSettings
    > I have very many sub keys more than I would expect for just MSN use.
    > What are these extra keys and is it safe to remove all the sub keys under
    > this main key.
    > Failing this is there a way to work out what sub keys are associated with
    > users that have logged onto live MSN messenger.


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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