Hi. How come my windows messenger always starts up when I turn on my computer? It is not checked in the startup folder under msconfig so why does it startup every time I turn my computer on now? Is there somewhere else to stop this from opening up when I start my computer? I don't use it all the time and would like to only open it when I need it? Thanks for any help. I thought that if it was unchecked in the startup in msconfig that it shouldn't start up but it is. I have a Dell Inspiron 530S with Windows XP Professional SP2

Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components (on left side), uncheck Windows Messenger, save and exit. Should help.

Thank you for that info, wasn't aware of that. Thanks again.

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