Disassociating passport from user account

[Michael]

I set up a "dummy" hotmail account to use to post to a
forum (a spam-prevention technique) and didn't try to
associate it with my XP Administrator account.
Nevertheless, when I start up as Administrator, whilst
the PC is loading settings, "You have [...] new messages"
is written underneath "Administrator", and I know that
this is tied in with that account. I have tried to remove
that account by using Control Panel|User
Accounts|Administrator|Manage my network passwords but
whilst it no longer appears there, I still get that
message on startup. In fact, the Administrator account is
associated with a different .net Passport, but that
doesn't seem to help either.

Please help!

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Michael,

To correct this, click Start, then click Run and enter "regedit.exe" and click OK. Then
navigate (it's like Windows Explorer) to My
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail\[email protected]

Where (e-mail address removed) is the passport. Double-click the MessageCount and enter 0 as
the value (this will set back to none). Then click OK, close the registry editor, and log
out.

If you want to disable this feature all together (no registry changes required), download the
TweakUI powertoy:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp (see on the right).

After you have TweakUI installed, click Start, All Programs, Powertoys for Windows XP, and
choose TweakUI for Windows XP. In the TweakUI window, on the left, click the '+' next to
Logon, and choose Unread Mail. Uncheck 'Show unread mail on Welcome screen' and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[Michael mailmikebrown2]

Success! Thanks a lot. Very helpful website you run
too!

-----Original Message-----
Greetings Michael,

To correct this, click Start, then click Run and

enter "regedit.exe" and click OK. Then

navigate (it's like Windows Explorer) to My
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\UnreadMail\[email protected]

Where (e-mail address removed) is the passport. Double-

click the MessageCount and enter 0 as

the value (this will set back to none). Then click OK,

close the registry editor, and log

out.

If you want to disable this feature all together (no

registry changes required), download the

TweakUI powertoy:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoy s.asp (see on the right).

After you have TweakUI installed, click Start, All

Programs, Powertoys for Windows XP, and

choose TweakUI for Windows XP. In the TweakUI window,

on the left, click the '+' next to

Logon, and choose Unread Mail. Uncheck 'Show unread

mail on Welcome screen' and click OK.

____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

I set up a "dummy" hotmail account to use to post to a
forum (a spam-prevention technique) and didn't try to
associate it with my XP Administrator account.
Nevertheless, when I start up as Administrator, whilst
the PC is loading settings, "You have [...] new messages"
is written underneath "Administrator", and I know that
this is tied in with that account. I have tried to remove
that account by using Control Panel|User
Accounts|Administrator|Manage my network passwords but
whilst it no longer appears there, I still get that
message on startup. In fact, the Administrator account is
associated with a different .net Passport, but that
doesn't seem to help either.

Please help!

.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Michael,

Glad to be of assistance =)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

Success! Thanks a lot. Very helpful website you run
too!

-----Original Message-----
Greetings Michael,

To correct this, click Start, then click Run and

enter "regedit.exe" and click OK. Then

navigate (it's like Windows Explorer) to My
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Cur rentVersion\UnreadMail\[email protected]

Where (e-mail address removed) is the passport. Double-

click the MessageCount and enter 0 as

the value (this will set back to none). Then click OK,

close the registry editor, and log

out.

If you want to disable this feature all together (no

registry changes required), download the

TweakUI powertoy:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoy s.asp (see on the right).

After you have TweakUI installed, click Start, All

Programs, Powertoys for Windows XP, and

choose TweakUI for Windows XP. In the TweakUI window,

on the left, click the '+' next to

Logon, and choose Unread Mail. Uncheck 'Show unread

mail on Welcome screen' and click OK.

____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

I set up a "dummy" hotmail account to use to post to a
forum (a spam-prevention technique) and didn't try to
associate it with my XP Administrator account.
Nevertheless, when I start up as Administrator, whilst
the PC is loading settings, "You have [...] new messages"
is written underneath "Administrator", and I know that
this is tied in with that account. I have tried to remove
that account by using Control Panel|User
Accounts|Administrator|Manage my network passwords but
whilst it no longer appears there, I still get that
message on startup. In fact, the Administrator account is
associated with a different .net Passport, but that
doesn't seem to help either.

Please help!

.