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More info?)
Hi,
Glad to hear it =)
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
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"Eos" <FreeSoft@(SkipTheBrackets)Tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:5W51d.34464$v93.26874@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Thank you so much Jonathan! I knew I could rely on you to help out with this
> one!
> The reg-file worked wonderfully.
> Cheers.
> Eo.
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
> news:uwjUmKEmEHA.2412@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Greetings Eos,
>>
>> Windows Messenger will not "come up" if you use Internet Explorer unless
> you go to a web page
>> that specifically calls it (like Hotmail).
>>
>> To stop it in Outlook Express, simply download and run the following .reg
> file:
>>
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/stopmessenger_oe.reg
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>
>> "Eos" <FreeSoft@(SkipTheBrackets)Tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:I2v0d.14283$F73.8955@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> >I need to stop windows messenger popping up every time I connect to the
>> > internet using IE and/or OE in Win XP Pro.
>> > Anyone know how I can do this? I want to be able to use it, but only
> when I
>> > really need to, not all the time.
>> > TIA.
>> > Eos.
>> >
>> >
>> >
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