Phil, sorry I left out one step. Go to Start/Run - type in "msmsgs"
without the quotes and click ok. Click on Tools/Options - on the Preferences
tab uncheck the following, "Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts " and
"Allow Windows messenger to run in the background" then click OK.

When you restart your system, Windows Messenger should no longer start at
start up.

Darrell

"Phil" wrote:

> Hi Darrell I typed in msmsgs without the quotes, it just opened messenger to
> where you would sign in. Anything else i can try?
> --
> Thank you,
> Phil
>
>
> "Darrell" wrote:
>
> > 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.
> > > --
> > > Thank you,
> > > Phil