Summary: .NET passports are used in Windows XP in various ways, and removing them isn't that obvious, but it is possible.
How do I delete accounts from the .NET passport login dropdown?
The .NET login is used for MSN Messenger. If several people use a machine and sign into MSN Messenger then their email addresses may be added to the dropdown list presented when you come back and login later. How to delete email addresses from that list for privacy reasons is not obvious.
Fortunately it's fairly easy.
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In Control Panel, select User Accounts, click on Change an Account, click on your login account, and then on the left click on Manage my network passwords. You should now be presented with a list of accounts, some of which are the accounts listed in the .NET login. And a Remove button.
Update!
I've teamed up with Lockergnome and TechSmith to product weekly video tips. Now available is tip #12: Managing .NET Passports in Windows XP which will walk you through the process of removing items from the .NET Passport password dropdown, and more.
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Article C1982 - June 3, 2004
Cannot SEND ANY emails from any files to anyone, without "login.passport.com" box popping up. I want to get rid of the whole darn Passport or Windows Live One Care or whatever they want to call it. Can't figure out how! HELP? Cant send out.
Posted by: Nancy at July 6, 2008 12:45 PMdeactivate it
Posted by: mohammed at August 12, 2008 9:52 AMThanks LEO you're great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU !!!!!!!!
Posted by: Felix at October 29, 2008 10:41 AMJust do a find under Microsoft, click through the results till you find the microsoft preferences, view by date modified, delete the ones that date from the last time you opened msn (it may pay to open msn and quit just before doing this so the preference set is most recent). Empty trash and the next time you open msn it will prompt you for reloading your account details, all the other email login addresses will be gone.
Posted by: Ben at October 30, 2008 11:39 PMHi
Posted by: Annie Annie at November 18, 2008 7:11 AMI have deleted my some msn messenger contacts and the option comes for blocking them..I want to delete those contacts from my blocked list and i cannot do that so please help me its very urjent!!!
I have Vista basic....
I wondering If you know how to delete everyone of just anyone off your block list under the privacy tab in tools. I know i have these people blocked but i dont want their names there, like i never added them...they might have me added still therefore i can't delete them...is there anything i can do?I also have vista
Posted by: Massy at November 18, 2008 7:25 AM"In Control Panel, select User Accounts, click on Change an Account, click on your login account, and then on the left click on Manage my network passwords. You should now be presented with a list of accounts, some of which are the accounts listed in the .NET login. And a Remove button" ...I suppose this only deletes the latest login ID and the ID logged in after that will still appear automatically again in the drop down. Can we set it so as not to remember any login ID at all??
Posted by: wan at November 26, 2008 10:23 PMfollowed these instructions they work:
Posted by: David Barnes at December 10, 2008 2:19 PM"In Control Panel, select User Accounts, click on Change an Account, click on your login account, and then on the left click on Manage my network passwords. You should now be presented with a list of accounts, some of which are the accounts listed in the .NET login. And a Remove button" ...I suppose this only deletes the latest login ID and the ID logged in after that will still appear automatically again in the drop down. Can we set it so as not to remember any login ID at all??
how do you delete a luckymail account because i really want to delete it but i can't because i don't know how to. Please help me. THANK YOU LEO!!!!
Posted by: Imogen at June 20, 2009 2:59 AMi have some problem with my contacts,i dont want my account in .net passport service and want back my contacts in my new live messenger service ,so please find me a solution
Posted by: naved ahmad at July 28, 2009 9:25 AM