Hi. Whenever I start my outlook express, msn messenger starts with it, and I have to wait sometime until it initialises. I'm not using the messenger and I was wondering if anybody knows how to makie it stop from starting with the o.e., or perhaps get rid of it for good. The auto-update feature also gives me some headache, as it buggs me every two days or so. I apreciate being up to date, but this is too much! Anybody know how to configure the manager? Thanks a lot! :)

Which version of messenger are you using... To remove any version other than version 5... Copy and paste the following command into the Run dialog box... RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove If you want to keep it on your system and just stop it from starting when you open OE...do the following... Start/Run/Regedit... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express. Value Name: Hide Messenger, Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value), Value Data: (2 = remove messenger). Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'Hide Messenger' and set the value to 2... If you are using version 5...you can remove it from the add/remove applet of the control panel... As far as the Auto-update (assuming that you are speaking of the XP auto-update)feature goes...you can disable this feature all together from the services dialog box... Or just switch it off withing the system applet of the control panel... Regards...

WOW...LOL...lots of typos there...sorry 'bout that...

Thanks, it worked like u said, everything fixed. If only I knew my way 'round the registry that well...