When I open my computer it automatically loads windows live messenger. How can I stop this happening?

Answer 1

You have two options :

OPTION #1:

1. Run Live Messenger (and log in)

2. From the menu (at the top of the window)select: "Tools > Options"

3. Now click the "General" choice (on the left)

4. Uncheck the "Automatically run Windows Live Messenger when i log on to Windows" option

4. Click OK.


OPTION #2:

1. Hit the (Windows Key + R) to bring up the "Run.." widow (or go to the Start Menu and click "Run.."

2. Type: msconfig (hit enter)

3. Click the "Startup" tab

4. You will see a list of programs that automatically run when your computer start...Uncheck: "msnmsgr".

5. Click "OK"

6. It will ask you if you'd like to restart windows...its up to you.

Answer 2

the best and the easiest for a novice is to give BS999 the ten points for best answer as he provided the simplest way by going through the windows live control panel.
so easy it reminded me to check miune and stop mine loading on start up.
something i had been meaning to do for days. but then my system is a server so it has been up straigh 4 days now since it last had to install an update. so you tend to forget these little things when it only happens at start up. anyway.
if you do not see the tools menu there is a little icon top left looks like an up arrow above a down arrow sort of similer to < but 90 degrees sideways up or down. click that then tools and follow the other guys advice.

good luck.

Answer 3

Look at the top of the screen. Click on tools , Then click internet options, then a box appears. About halfway down it says "use current" or "use default" or "use Blank". those are choices. you must have msn as current so type in the name of a new screen eg CNN.com and click use current and it changes to cnn. If you try "use default" it would go back to what it was before msn.

I found out the hard way at work where I had a sexy site on "Use Current" and I did not know how to get shot of it. A laugh and a bit of sweat or it would have been curtains of the whorehouse 4 me!

Answer 4

You can disable the automatic starting of MSN messenger by going to the preferences screen, and remove the tick infront of 'Start Messenger when Windows starts'.

Answer 5

Disable Windows Live Messenger in your control panel

Answer 6

Go to start, find Startup, this will give you a menu of programs that start when you start your system, if you then delete windows messenger then it won't start automatically.

Answer 7

ok

go to your Start Menu > RUN...

type in
msconfig

click OK

a window called System Configuration Utility will pop up

Look at the tabs on the top,
Click on Startup

look for:
msnmsngr

untick the checkbox for msnmsngr

that should be all

Answer 8

You need to go to click the Start button and then click Settings. Select Taskbar after you click Settings. You'll get Taskbar Properties, and you'll see where you can select "Start Menu Programs" to change what gets started when your machine is turned on.

Answer 9

Delete it from the start up menu