Unread mail messages on login screen?

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Windows XP SP2
Office 2003 Student Teacher Edition with latest SP applied

On the User Login screen, where it shows the users, and you click on one to
log in, it shows how many applications are running (if already opened, but
switched to another user) and how many unread messages there are.

I know it pulls this information off Hotmail. How does it do this, and can I
change it to not tell me how many unread messages I have?

Here is my problem with it. For my account, I really don't care. My wife, on
the other hand, doesn't like it, and it is not correct. She does not even
have a MSN Passport account set up on her side, no Messenger use or set up.
Yet it tells her that she has one unread message. It's not pulling it from
Outlook that I can tell, because Outlook tells her that there are no unread
messages.

It all started, I believe, when one of her friends used the comptuer to
check her Hotmail. Her friend didn't save the information in the web browser
(FireFox). But ever since, it has told my Wife that she has one unread
message.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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Walt Basil
www.basilweb.net

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Hi

Download TweakUI from
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp and when
installed go to Programs>Powertoys for Windows XP>Tweak UI - then go to
Logon>Unread Mail - disable it in the right hand pane.

Otherwise the Unread Mail can be disabled via the Registry - navigate to:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail\[Youremailaddress],
double click on 'MessageCount' - in the right hand pane - and change the
value to 0(Zero).

***If you do opt for the Registry please 'tweak', please backup the Registry
first. A good program to do this - as well as being able to restore the
Registry - is ERunt:

http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/index.htm***

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"Walt Basil" <see_signature@for_address.com> wrote in message
news:Oy4kgn27EHA.1396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Windows XP SP2
> Office 2003 Student Teacher Edition with latest SP applied
>
> On the User Login screen, where it shows the users, and you click on one
> to log in, it shows how many applications are running (if already opened,
> but switched to another user) and how many unread messages there are.
>
> I know it pulls this information off Hotmail. How does it do this, and can
> I change it to not tell me how many unread messages I have?
>
> Here is my problem with it. For my account, I really don't care. My wife,
> on the other hand, doesn't like it, and it is not correct. She does not
> even have a MSN Passport account set up on her side, no Messenger use or
> set up. Yet it tells her that she has one unread message. It's not pulling
> it from Outlook that I can tell, because Outlook tells her that there are
> no unread messages.
>
> It all started, I believe, when one of her friends used the comptuer to
> check her Hotmail. Her friend didn't save the information in the web
> browser (FireFox). But ever since, it has told my Wife that she has one
> unread message.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Walt Basil
> www.basilweb.net
>
> To email, use (first name)@(last name)web.net
>

 

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Thanks very much! Editing the registry did the trick.

--
Walt Basil
www.basilweb.net

To email, use (first name)@(last name)web.net

W
"Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23zV78z27EHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> Download TweakUI from
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp and when
> installed go to Programs>Powertoys for Windows XP>Tweak UI - then go to
> Logon>Unread Mail - disable it in the right hand pane.
>
> Otherwise the Unread Mail can be disabled via the Registry - navigate to:
>
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UnreadMail\[Youremailaddress],
> double click on 'MessageCount' - in the right hand pane - and change the
> value to 0(Zero).
>
> ***If you do opt for the Registry please 'tweak', please backup the
> Registry
> first. A good program to do this - as well as being able to restore the
> Registry - is ERunt:
>
> http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/index.htm***
>
> --
>
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
> "Walt Basil" <see_signature@for_address.com> wrote in message
> news:Oy4kgn27EHA.1396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Windows XP SP2
>> Office 2003 Student Teacher Edition with latest SP applied
>>
>> On the User Login screen, where it shows the users, and you click on one
>> to log in, it shows how many applications are running (if already opened,
>> but switched to another user) and how many unread messages there are.
>>
>> I know it pulls this information off Hotmail. How does it do this, and
>> can I change it to not tell me how many unread messages I have?
>>
>> Here is my problem with it. For my account, I really don't care. My wife,
>> on the other hand, doesn't like it, and it is not correct. She does not
>> even have a MSN Passport account set up on her side, no Messenger use or
>> set up. Yet it tells her that she has one unread message. It's not
>> pulling it from Outlook that I can tell, because Outlook tells her that
>> there are no unread messages.
>>
>> It all started, I believe, when one of her friends used the comptuer to
>> check her Hotmail. Her friend didn't save the information in the web
>> browser (FireFox). But ever since, it has told my Wife that she has one
>> unread message.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks.