tremmor

I have a question and don't have a clue.
I have instant messenger showing up in the system tray.
Its not a big deal but would like to address it. i used kill the messenger
for years and its popping up again. I went to msconfig and disabled it
and its still disabled. restart and its still there. the only way to get rid of it is
right click then exit. (only until the next reboot though.
Ive never used messenger before and doubt if i ever will.
Any suggestions?
thanks
tremmor

imsati

For AIM, I believe you have to go into it's settings and un-check the 'start when Windows starts' or whatever it's labeled. It's like MSIE or Real Player in the sense that it will check to see if it's enabled by default. Unless it's unchecked it will keep loading at Startup.

Ever consider using a cross-plaform IM program like Gaim or Pidgin?

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tremmor

I don't use AIM either. Im not even sure what it is. im with comcast and use comcast mail and thunderbird only.

imsati

Sooo...do you use an IM program?

Go to START>Control Panel>Add/Remove Programs. Do you see AIM? Can you Right Click on it in the Quick Start area and go into the Settings to disable it starting on Boot?

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tremmor

no, i don't.
thanks for any help.

munkyeetr

There's several places that programs launch from at startup, so I would check all these:

1) In Messenger goto Tools -> Options -> Preferences -> Uncheck "Run Messenger when Windows Starts"

2) See if there's an entry in the Startup Folder of the Start Menu: Start -> Programs -> Startup

3) There a couple Registry Keys that start programs automatically:
Start -> Run -> type "regedit" and press Enter
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run and look for an entry from MSNMGR -> delete it (only delete the single entry, not the whole "Folder".

Also look for the same key under: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Run and delete it also if it is there.

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tremmor

BAM!.......thank you very much.
it was the 1st line munkyeetr.
cheers.........i hate dealing with this stupid sheet!
Never even thought about looking at it.

munkyeetr

np

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