Hi Phil,

Go to Start/Run - type in "msmsgs" without the quotes and click ok. Click
on the Preferences tab and uncheck, "Run Windows Messenger when Windows
starts " and "Allow Windows messenger to run in the background".

Darrell

"Phil" wrote:

> How can i turn off messenger so does not start when xp starts? I used
> msconfig and unchecked in startup but then appears again on start up.
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> Thank you,
> Phil