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essexman
03-09-2006, 01:43 PM
right i got a mate and she has this problem on her pc. she has windows XP pro SP2
for no reason wot so eva the .net passport thing comes up and asks for a username and password. they don't have a username and password.
i have removed any trace of windows and microsoft messenger from the pc. i mean everything and this stupid thing still comes up. i also removed it from outlook 2002.
i have checked for viruses spyware msn messenger everything. pc is on a LAN, the passport thing will come up anytime there is no way of getting rid of it. i even put my details in and it still came back when you restart. help it is bugging the crap out of me
:disgust:
Random
03-09-2006, 02:02 PM
Have you removed all traces of Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger?

You can remove Windows Messenger in Add/Remove Programs where it says Add/Remove Windows Components.

What you could do just in case your lady friend ever wants to use Windows Messenger, is remove the program from startup, to do this click Start > Run > type msconfig > click the Startup tab > then untick something that says msnmsg or something like that and finally click OK. ;)
essexman
03-09-2006, 02:43 PM
yeah done all that dude.
there is another thing you can do. you can type in
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
in the run command that completely gets rid of windows messenger
STi FlyBy
03-09-2006, 04:16 PM
Have you gone into the registry and deleted it from the Uninstall folder?
fdjc4
03-09-2006, 05:15 PM
lol you all forgot the most simple emthod i found >.<

open windows messenger and go to tools then options (i think, not 100%) and then look around this menu until you find two options..
"Start windows messenger with windows"
and something like..
"Start windows messenger whan i connect to the internet"

uncheck both these and ur grand, works for me 100% no more crap windows messenger at all :)
essexman
03-10-2006, 04:14 AM
lol you all forgot the most simple emthod i found >.<

open windows messenger and go to tools then options (i think, not 100%) and then look around this menu until you find two options..
"Start windows messenger with windows"
and something like..
"Start windows messenger whan i connect to the internet"

uncheck both these and ur grand, works for me 100% no more crap windows messenger at all :)

i uninstalled the whole thing. this stupid window should not be appearring :grayno:
STi FlyBy
03-10-2006, 11:15 AM
I posted instructions how to get rid of sims2 from the registry here (http://www.mgforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=306226&postcount=4), just modify what you're looking for ...
Random
03-10-2006, 11:41 AM
OK, if your sure all traces of messenger are removed, I think we can safely assume that the passport message isn't messenger related.

Look for other programs that use the passport, i'm not sure what they are, but I know there are some, i'll find a list and post it here. ;)
essexman
03-13-2006, 01:51 PM
I posted instructions how to get rid of sims2 from the registry here (http://www.mgforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=306226&postcount=4), just modify what you're looking for ...
wot??!!!! thats nice dude.

i have had a cunning plan. iam going to install it. put in my details and then look for start up with windows and then remove the whole lot. thanks ppl i will post the results tomorrow
essexman
03-14-2006, 01:56 PM
system restore was the only way to solve it and it gets worst. on all the dates there was no change to the system just a system restore point. stupid thing.
fdjc4
03-14-2006, 02:32 PM
reinstall it from your xp installation disc
assuming u are still talking about windows messenger...