From: "Glenn Meadows" 

OK, thanks.  What's odd, is that it never started till after yesterday,
when I manually started it to do some testing with a video conference
thingie. Now, the bloody things starts everytime I start OE, even though
I've turned off the Start Windows Messenger when Windows starts...

Why do they make it so hard.....>GRRR<

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Glenn M.
"Robert Comer"  wrote in
message news:42bad028$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> There is a setting in the policies that does that, but it slows OE down by
> a LOT.
>
> The easiest way to do what you want is to set the permissions on the
> messenger exe's and dll files so that nobody can execute them -- Messenger
> is effectively disabled and you can reenable it if you want.  You probably
> want to adjust the permissions before and after a SP though...
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:42bac4d0{at}w3.nls.net...
>> ARGH!!  Somehow, the dumb "Start Windows Messenger" had
been toggled on,
>> which drops off my Trillian connection to MSN, and brings up the built in
>> Windows Messenger when I start Outlook Express.  I THOUGHT I had disabled
>> it everywhere I can, but obviously not.  I recall that there was a
>> setting SOMEWHERE in the myriad of options on XP to disable use of
>> Windows Messenger (not Windows Messaging, the service).
>>
>> Any pointers to the buried location of this checkbox would be
>> appreciated. .
>>
>> --
>>
>> Glenn M.
>>
>
>

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