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MSN messenger auto pop up

jgallcash
jgallcash Posts: 645 Forumite
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Been trying to sort out my old fellas laptop and I cant for the life of me get MSN to stop bringing up a login box when the laptop is booted up.

I have uninstalled a few microsoft products that were needed but I dont know how to remove MSN. He doesnt even have an account.

Can anyone advise?

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  • HannahIOW
    HannahIOW Posts: 2,958 Forumite
    Try signing into msn then go to options (not sure what version of msn you have, it's located in different places depending on the version) then look through all the options and un-tick 'run messenger when windows starts'
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  • jgallcash
    jgallcash Posts: 645 Forumite
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    dont have an msn account, thats the the point. Its just an auto pop up.
  • Anne_Marie_2
    Anne_Marie_2 Posts: 2,123 Forumite
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    If you can't uninstall, or don't want to uninstall MSN messenger through control panel, you can stop the programme from running at start up by typing "msconfig" (without the "'s) in the command prompt, click on Start up tab, untick MSN Messenger, click on apply and then ok.
  • davester
    davester Posts: 4,079 Forumite
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    well open the browser go to hotmail site and create an account, Msn uses your hotmail login details
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  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,463 Forumite
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    If it is windows xp then go to control panel/add remove programs then select Add remove Windows Components on the left, then remove windows messenger
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  • jgallcash
    jgallcash Posts: 645 Forumite
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    Using windows 7 and MSN is not showing in uninstall programs
  • taxi97w
    taxi97w Posts: 1,526 Forumite
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    It's windows live messenger you have to disable in Win 7 by going to:-

    Start>Run>Type msconfig>Hit Enter>

    In the StartUp tab look for Windows Live Messenger and untick the box
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