messenger pop up

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the messenger icon on task bar pops up occasionally with
the following: "you have signed in to messenger on
another computer. click here to sign on with this
computer". Any ideas on what this means & should I worry?
 
probably something with windows messenger and msn messenger.... my pc did
that every time I went into outlook express, even though windows messenger
wasn't even suppose to start. I tried to uninstall windows messenger but
still did it anyway.(I use MSN messenger)read somewhere that if I found the
c:\ program files\messenger and locate the file msmsgs and change it's name
to something like msmsgsOFF. that way when outlook or anyother program that
try's to open windows messenger cant find the correct file name. This only
works if you use MSN messenger. one other thing if you do this on windows
update site you will always see the update for windows messenger, cuz even
that cant find it. you can set that site to not show you that update.
 
Greetings Rick,

Assuming you're using MSN Messenger, what's happening is Windows Messenger is trying to sign
in as well as MSN Messenger. To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click Start, then
Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK), click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this
Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on
version) as well as 'Allow this program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger
to run in the background' (depending on version). This won't remove Windows Messenger, so
features like Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will continue to work,
but it will let it stay out of your way.

Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with Messenger and cause it to
also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.

It is *not* recommended to simply rename the folder or Windows Messenger executable
(msmsgs.exe) because some applications (including MSN Messenger itself) do require Windows
Messenger to be installed and when they may appear to freeze or just not work at all (for
instance, Remote Assistance) when the Windows Messenger executable can't be found.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
 
never had this problem with renaming, or have I ever had a problem with any
features of any program (that I use) not work. even with this program set to
not start with windows, you will still get this message sometimes."you have
signed in to messenger on
another computer. click here to sign on with this
computer"
Click to expand...
I have came across this on quite a few machines.
the way I mentioned is the only way I found to stop it from happening.
ill have to see if there is any features I am unable to use
 
I had it set to not start with windows, but still had it set toallow the
program to run in background. that was the problem.... changed name back to
msmsgs now don't get that message.
 
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