Apparently, when you signed in, you let YM do the default thing and allow itself to sign in any time an internet connection is present. The thing I am not clear on, since you posted to the YM group, is did you sign into Yahoo home page via Internet Explorer or other browser or did you sign into Yahoo Messenger (YM) and check your email from there?
If done on a web page, then your S-I-L will have to open http://www.yahoo.com and see if that page shows you as signed in. Then she could simply click the logout button. If done via YM, then your S-I-L will have to go to your signed in YM and then click on the main Messenger Menu (above your friends list), then click "Sign Out". This will bring up a grayed out window with your Yahoo ID, Password (made up of dots) and then three options which are probably checked off... 1. Remember my ID & password; 2. Sign in automatically; 3. Sign in as invisible to everyone. Your S-I-L should uncheck all three of these, especially on the guest account but it's also good to NOT allow YM to ever sign in automatically. Even on my own machine, I only keep 1 & 3 checked off. I NEVER allow YM to sign in automatically, nor do I allow any of my programs to sign in automatically. Whenever you are on a non-owned computer, you should make YM do everything manually where you have to type in your ID and password each time so it does not remember you or your password once you sign out. You should also check the preferences section to make sure it is not archiving chats since then the owner of the machine will be able to read all of your chat sessions even after you sign out. If this continues after the above steps, your S-I-L might have to turn off the Guest account... they really aren't very good accounts and have security issues. It's best to only turn on the Guest account when you actually have Guests and then turn it back off when you don't have Guests. This can be done by going to Control Panel (Classic View, not the Category View), User Accounts and then Turn Off the Guest Account. If your S-I-L is not a frequent user of YM, then they should also go into MSCONFIG (Start, Run, type in MSCONFIG and Enter) and un-check YM on the Startup tab and also on the Services tab since YM and many other programs will add themselves to your system start up when you install them. There is no reason to have all of these non-essential programs starting up and running every time you turn on your computer. This slows down the start up and shut down processes and slows down your computer when it's on by using memory when these programs are not even in use. You and your S-I-L should read up more on deleting things from Startup and Services in MSCONFIG before changing things but it's OK to uncheck things like the various IM programs, most media players, etc. These things are not needed to run full time. They will still start when you open a media file or click on the IM program but at least they won't be slowing your computer down the rest of the time when they are not in use. Lenny Vasbinder FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system for FREE. Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sewut51 Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 8:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Y!M] Help! I forgot to sign out on someone else's computer Hello, I'm a newbie here. I have a problem. I was on vacation and used my sister in law's laptop to check my email. I signed into Yahoo! and forgot to sign out. I'm home now, and when she opens her guest account of Windows, it automatically signs me out here and signs me onto her laptop. She is not very computer savvy, and neither am I on this matter. Is there some way I can sign myself out of her computer? Please make your answers detailed for us non techies. Sewut No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.4/1227 - Release Date: 1/16/2008 1:40 AM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unsubscribe from Yahoo_Messenger mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Switch from Normal to Digest mail mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Switch from Normal to NoMail mail mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Switch from Digest or NoMail to Normal mail mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Write to the Moderators and Owner of the List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Suggestions for improvements to the List should be sent to the "owner" address listed above. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yahoo_Messenger/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yahoo_Messenger/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
