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YM like many other IM programs and many other programs in
general will add itself to your computers startup system automatically upon
downloading it.
While there are sections in the "Preferences" portion of
YM where you should be able to disable the automatic login, you should also
go into your Microsoft Systems Configuration Utility (Click Start Button, then
"Run", then type "msconfig" -without quotation marks, and click OK/enter).
Once the MS Sys. Config. window opens, go to
the Services tab and first put a check mark in "Hide All Microsoft
Services". Then you will see several programs listed with check
marks. You WANT to leave your security programs like firewalls,
antiviruses, antispyware, etc., checked off but you can un-check Yahoo Messenger
and any other programs that you do not really want starting up every time you
start your computer. If there is anything there checked off that you do
not recognize, you need to Google or research that item before un-checking
it. It may or may not need to be checked off on your computer depending on
how yours is set up. Every computer is different. Click APPLY (not
OK yet).
Next, click the Startup tab. Under that tab, you
will see other programs that will "startup" every time you startup your
computer. Many of these are needed but many are not. I'm sure you
will see Yahoo Messenger in that list. UNCHECK it. You can do a
little research on the other items but any of your common programs DO NOT need
to be in your startup list. These programs are still accessible to you
from your Start/All Programs section. Things like Quick Time and Real
Players will add themselves to your startup and they simply do not need to
startup every time you turn on your computer. If you need them when you
choose to look at a file that uses that player, the player will turn on as
needed. You should also go through the Options/Preferences section of ALL
of the non-essential processes/programs that you see listed and set them up to
NOT automatically start up. Click APPLY and OK.
When you click OK and exit the MS Sys. Config. utility,
you will get a little box that says "Restart" or "Exit without restart".
Click the "Exit without restart". The next time you re-boot your computer,
you will get a little popup window telling you that you made changes to your
system startup. Put a check mark in the box saying "Do not remind me...."
and OK or close that window.
ALL OF THIS JUNK that adds itself to your startup will
slow down your computer and make it take a LOT longer to startup. Since
this may be your first time using this utility, I would just remove/uncheck the
things like Messenger Programs and Media Players. Then restart your
computer and check to see that they stayed unchecked. I've seen some of
these programs be very hardheaded. Especially if you do not go into the
programs themselves and change the preferences/options. Then when you use
that program again, it will re-add itself to your startup. I HATE that so
many programs think they need to do this to us automatically but it seems to be
the S.O.P. of them for now. But at least we have ways to find out how to
stop them. :-D
Lenny
Vasbinder
504-621-1870
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Posted by: "Randy Dykhuis" [EMAIL PROTECTED] maniakes Date: Tue Sep 19, 2006 9:22 pm (PDT) I use Messenger on a shared computer and do not wish for
it to automatically log me in. However, I am unable to stop that from happening.
With previous versions, I was able to do this by checking the boxes on the
opening screen that said "Remember my ID & password" and "Sign in
automatically". It doesn't make any difference any more. If I sign out and
delete my ID and password from the top boxes, uncheck those boxes, then restart
the program, it still automatically logs in. Any ideas about why this is
happening?
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