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Posted by Kelly on January 8, 2006, 7:20 pm
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A friend set my windows messenger up. Her login is set to login
automatically. I cannot change her or remove her from my user group. What do
I do to eliminate her login name and saved password?

Posted by Doug Knox MS-MVP on January 9, 2006, 11:27 am
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Open Windows Messenger and go to Tools, Options, General. You'll find =
the automatic sign in and other settings there. To remove her logon =
information, click Start, Run and enter CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2 Go to =
the Advanced tab, Manage Passwords and remove her logon information.

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Posted by Gary Tsang on January 10, 2006, 5:18 am
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To remove her name from the Windows Messenger login selection (and prevent
her account from logging in by default), follow these instructions.

How to Remove an Instant Messaging User Account from the List of Windows
Messenger Users

To remove an instant messaging user account from the list of Windows
Messenger users:
1.. Click Start , and then click Control Panel .
2.. Click User Accounts .
3.. Pick the account that you are using (likely the currently logged in
user), and then click Manage Passwords in the related tasks box (on the
upper left).
4.. Click the user account that you want to remove in the Stored User
Names and Passwords box, and then click Remove .
5.. Click OK to confirm that you want to remove this user.
6.. Click Close , and then click OK .

Note: If you have assigned a passport to your user account, it will show up
as Passport.Net\*(Passport)

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Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp


>A friend set my windows messenger up. Her login is set to login
> automatically. I cannot change her or remove her from my user group. What
> do
> I do to eliminate her login name and saved password?



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