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10-01-2009
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| | Disable Windows Live Messenger I have Windows Vista 64bit and would like to know how to disable the Windows Live Messenger from opening everytime my computer boots up. I don't want it running in the background either. |
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10-01-2009
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| Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP2 | Re: Disable Windows Live Messenger Type msconfig into your search bar. Click the "Startup" tab, and uncheck Windows Live Messenger. |
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10-01-2009
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| | RE: Disable Windows Live Messenger From the Messenger menu go to Tools / Options / Sign In and make sure "Automatically Run Windows Live Messenger when I log on Windows" is unchecked. It should not show up in your system tray at all until you launch from the icon. "jkent0858" wrote: Quote: > I have Windows Vista 64bit and would like to know how to disable the Windows > Live Messenger from opening everytime my computer boots up. I don't want it > running in the background either. |
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10-01-2009
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| | RE: Disable Windows Live Messenger On the Messenger main menu go to Tools / Options / Sign In and uncheck the box for "Automatically run Windows Live Messenger when I log on Windows". "jkent0858" wrote: Quote: > I have Windows Vista 64bit and would like to know how to disable the Windows > Live Messenger from opening everytime my computer boots up. I don't want it > running in the background either. |
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10-01-2009
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| | Re: Disable Windows Live Messenger Hi, You can't use msconfig to turn off Messenger in this way I'm afraid. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "Americano" <guest@newsgroup-email.com> wrote in message news:309c7f8ba1b10683928416e039ea8325@newsgroup-gateway.com... Quote: > > Type -msconfig- into your search bar. Click the "Startup" tab, and > uncheck Windows Live Messenger. > > > -- > Americano > > *Insanity = Trying the same thing over, and expecting a different > result.* > http://www.sigbars.co.uk/userbars/Hardware/2657.png |
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10-02-2009
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| Vista Home Premium 64-bit SP2 | Re: Disable Windows Live Messenger  Quote: Originally Posted by Jonathan Kay [MVP]  Hi, You can't use msconfig to turn off Messenger in this way I'm afraid. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: Jonathan Kay, MessengerGeek - Windows Live Messenger Resources: MSN/Windows Messenger Resources (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "Americano" <guest@newsgroup-email.com> wrote in message news:309c7f8ba1b10683928416e039ea8325@newsgroup-gateway.com... Quote: > > Type -msconfig- into your search bar. Click the "Startup" tab, and > uncheck Windows Live Messenger. > > > -- > Americano > > *Insanity = Trying the same thing over, and expecting a different > result.* > http://www.sigbars.co.uk/userbars/Hardware/2657.png  Whoops. |
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10-15-2009
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| | RE: Disable Windows Live Messenger I was made aware that there are a number of the Live online services such as Hotmail, Spaces, Profile, etc. that will indeed cause the icon to appear in the system tray even when Windows Live Messenger is not set to start with Windows. The icon will show with the red X on it to show that Messenger is not running, but the icon will be there. Sorry for any confusion. Since I don't use Hotmail and rarely access Spaces or my Profile I wasn't actually aware they would cause the icon to appear anyway. "patndoris" wrote: Quote: > From the Messenger menu go to Tools / Options / Sign In and make sure > "Automatically Run Windows Live Messenger when I log on Windows" is > unchecked. It should not show up in your system tray at all until you launch > from the icon. > > "jkent0858" wrote: > Quote: > > I have Windows Vista 64bit and would like to know how to disable the Windows > > Live Messenger from opening everytime my computer boots up. I don't want it > > running in the background either. |
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