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ok this is strange.. I do not have an icon for messenger on my task bar yet I am getting messages .. and since I dont have an icon I cant turn it off .. can someone please please help me ........
 
Greetings Donna,

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.

Also, in though you can't see it, you can always open Messenger by clicking Start, then Run,
type "msmsgs" 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
 
you may have deleted this icon but messenger is still running behind your online connection, norton utilities does not cause this problem, to correct it you must goto my computer click on the drive it was installed on goto program files and delete it if that does not work then control panel add remove and remove it

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ok this is strange.. I do not have an icon for messenger on my task bar yet I am getting messages .. and since I dont have an icon I cant turn it off .. can someone please please help me ........
 
I am having the exact same problem, and I do NOT have Norton Anti-virus on my computer. I have removed Windows Messenger from my Add/Remove programs list, however whenever I open Outlook Express the MSN Messenger signs out & puts up a little flag stating I've signed in elsewhere. This is really frustrating as 1) I like MSN Messenger better (it just looks prettier), and 2) sometimes, I want to "hide" and not chat!
 
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