Hi Edel, To fix this problem and I hope these instructions work for you go into messenger. 1 go to tools and hit your up arrow till you hear options. 2 hit enter here and press control tab twice. After doing this you will here preferences page and hit enter again here. 3 uncheck the box here by pressing space where it says run messenger when windows starts and hopefully this will fix your problem. Cheers, Nicky. ----- Original Message ----- From: Edel Carey To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:49 PM Subject: [vip_students] MSN driving me mad Hi again How do I stop MSN messenger from starting up every time I switch on my PC. (Yes the children were here again this weekend). I must do what you suggested Paul. I need about a day to sit down and sort out my PC. Edel..