Deleting Windows instant messenger...
Morning all. I made a big mistake in activating my Windows Instant Messenger. I had to set it up temporarily for my wife while my test workstation was being formatted. Even though I took off all the options in preferences to remove all the start up and integration features it still signs me on (via.
Morning all.
I made a big mistake in activating my Windows Instant Messenger. I had to set it up temporarily for my wife while my test workstation was being formatted. Even though I took off all the options in preferences to remove all the start up and integration features it still signs me on (via .net passport) with my hotmail account whenever I start Outlook Express.
Does anyone know how I can deactivate or at least wipe the .net account clean from it.
Thanks all in advance.
I made a big mistake in activating my Windows Instant Messenger. I had to set it up temporarily for my wife while my test workstation was being formatted. Even though I took off all the options in preferences to remove all the start up and integration features it still signs me on (via .net passport) with my hotmail account whenever I start Outlook Express.
Does anyone know how I can deactivate or at least wipe the .net account clean from it.
Thanks all in advance.
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Use a text editor to open C:\WINDOWS\inf\sysoc.inf, and change
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7 to
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7
That's it. Messenger will now appear in the add/remove application under Windows Components where you can uninstall it.
You will have to have show all files and unhide protected and system files checked in windows explorer options to see the inf folder.
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7 to
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7
That's it. Messenger will now appear in the add/remove application under Windows Components where you can uninstall it.
You will have to have show all files and unhide protected and system files checked in windows explorer options to see the inf folder.
if u are using sp1 and outlook express
u may see a long delay opening up oe after u remove msm.
u may see a long delay opening up oe after u remove msm.
correct
"assumed" xp
"assumed" xp
