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Comment from L J BIASOTTO on 2009-09-26

2009-09-26T23:00:06Z

YOUR FIX FOR KEEPING MSN BROWSER FROM OPENING DOES NOT WORK

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Comment from Jennifer on 2009-01-20

2009-01-20T20:10:53Z

how do enable messenger to start automatically when logging in?

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Comment from hj.saini on 2008-03-21

2008-03-21T09:58:20Z

how did i clear my email address on window massanger.

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Comment from David Salinas Cortés on 2007-08-23

2007-08-23T08:24:19Z

I agree with JM (at February 24, 2006 10:21 AM) about the use of Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit (called today SteadyState). I didn't know about it before reading this page, but now i am sure i am going to use it.

Thanks!!!

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Comment from kathleen on 2006-12-04

2006-12-04T17:32:51Z

The fix for this is to use control panel, user accounts, then selcet your user name. then under related tasks in the left pane select manage my network passwords. From there remove the offending user account. problem solved.

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Comment from me on 2006-09-04

2006-09-04T19:32:22Z

how do i delete the different email addresses ive used to sign in on, on msn. on the signing in page?

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Comment from Mayowa on 2006-06-21

2006-06-21T18:59:56Z

yeah, i've gone through you article and all is well and nicce, but i have a problem. and this my problem i know you can solve for me.
here is the question. what are the relativities of computer with internet. this is what i was searching for when bursted into your articles.
thanks. please send me the answer thruogh my email.

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Comment from atri on 2006-04-26

2006-04-26T13:22:44Z

all of my contacts dissapeard!!!!! MSN IS SKREWED!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW DO I GET MY CONTACTS BACK!!!

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Comment from JM on 2006-02-24

2006-02-24T18:21:43Z

Howdy... you might want to check out the "Shared Computer Toolkit" from Microsoft. It has profile and drive locking features (tossing out all changes since the admin told it to lock) while still allowing specified system updates (virus scanning data, operating system updates, etc). Much easier to manage than the PCI card drive locking system.

(In fact, that is why it was developed... as an answer to some issues they had with the Gates Foundation granted machines in schools and libraries. Those machines had PCI drive locks and some OS tweaks.)

It's a freebie on their website, and it's a good product. (Speaking as a full-time *nix guy, that's a fairly rare thing for me to say. ;)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx

And if you don't want a MS product to do this job, maybe you should just go all the way and maybe replace with software from these guys:

http://www.userful.com

Another good product, with fully functioning downloadable demos. :) (The multi-headed machine setups they trumpet are very cool, but all of their stuff can be run as traditional stand-alone workstations as well.)

Cheers!

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Comment from Edgar Monteiro on 2006-02-11

2006-02-11T15:19:23Z

Well, if I understood well the question, the awnser is simples: just alter the variables "MSNSignInMRU0X" on the file called com.microsoft.Messenger.plist

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Comment from Alexander on 2006-01-01

2006-01-02T04:13:30Z

There are hardware solutions available, usually deployed in schoolar computer rooms. They are PCI cards, and intercept all write request to the HD, and cache them on another partition. On each boot, the computer will forget the written data and therefore start at the same point. All cookies, history, temporary files etc. will have been gone.

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Comment from brandon on 2005-12-28

2005-12-28T16:23:11Z

here, i know a solution, tell your people to just not click it...and if they do, then that sux for them cause someone else will get into it.

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Comment from Joshua on 2005-12-27

2005-12-27T21:02:06Z

Leo,

Maybe the solution is simpler than we think.

Firstly, clearing out the username and password cache in Explorer's autocomplete function ensures that another person's details don't creep up unwanted.

Secondly, I use a programme called HistoryKill, which does just as the name implies. It can be configured to run at every browser shutdown, thus eliminating all cookies, and clearing out the info in the index.dat file.

This works fine for us at the office (where no servers or admin's are involved), when we want to check emails, or use Y!Messenger without getting caught ;-)

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Comment from Sqeaky on 2005-12-26

2005-12-26T12:20:43Z

For a professional enviroment such as a cyber cafe I can see 2 solutions for your problem. Neither of them are easy, but they are both possible.

1. Use Gaim, and hire a programmer. Gaim is an Open instant messenger, a hired developer could probably get the functionality you want in 2 to 10 hours. I don't know if you can settle for its level of compatibility, it doesn't always handle voice or file transfers correctly, but as a Cybercafe you probably don't even want other people files on your machines.

2. Set up your machines to reinstall a fresh image on every reboot, and reboot every logout, and every night. If you have a server, behind the scenes somewhere, it could pass out disk images, to client machines over the network. Booting the machines would take a little longer, in my experience its about 1 to 5 minutes (depending on software), but when I have done it, it was to remove problems such as user settings, virii, user software, and it worked like a charm.

Leo nice site, first time poster long time reader , I work as a technician for http://www.freetechsupport.us if you ever want to stop by my site sometime I'd love to see some one as knowledable as yourself up at our help forums.

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