How Do I Remove MSN Messenger From Outlook Express
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Whenever you open Outlook Express MSN messenger always opens and attempts to log on to the Internet. To prevent this from happening proceed as follows: 1/ Click the Start button 2/ Next click Run 3/ In the Run dialog box type: regedit 4/ The registry editor window will open 5/ Click on the plus sign next to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to expand the contents of this folder. 6/ Repeat the process by clicking on the plus sign of the following folders Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express 7/ On the right hand side of the screen in the Outlook Express folder you will see a list of Options. 8/ Look for the Value Name: Hide Messenger 9/ If this doesn't exist then right click on the Outlook Express folder and select New 10/ From the drop down menu select DWORD value 11/ A New Value box will appear in the right hand screen. Right click on this and select Rename. 12/ Rename the value to Hide Messenger 13 Now double click on the option Hide Messenger 14/ In the Edit DWORD value window change the Value Data from 0 to 2 to remove messenger 15/ The screen should look something like this:
16/ Exit the registry editor. Your PC may need to restart before the changes take effect. 17/You may find that Hotmail becomes rather slow after
disabling Messenger. |