modifying user accounts

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Pussn

I am XP Home's Administrator on family PC. I am the only
user on this PC who uses Yahoo Messenger. The other users
always have the YM pop open when they log on, which is
easily removed by clicking it closed
What do I have to do to prevent YM from starting up when
they log on? I've tried modifying the preferences for YM
so it doesn't appear, but unfortunately they aren't
visible to edit.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Pussn
 
You could go into the Preferences for Yahoo Messenger and de-select the
option to Launch at Startup. Then if you want it to launch for you when you
login, copy a shortcut to the exe file into your Documents and Settings user
folders Start Menu Startup folder. That would be "C:\Documents and
Settings\yourusername\Start Menu\Programs\Startup".
 
Login on each of the other user's Desktops. Click Start, Run and enter
REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Look in the right pane for the value Yahoo! Pager Right click this value
and select Delete.
 
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