Thank you, Smittychat. I followed the link and was "told" that Messenger is no longer available or supported; however, it does come with Windows Live Mail via Windows Live Essentials. Now it rears its ugly head every time the computer's booted.

This is not good. BTW, I said the same when asked why I didn't find the link helpful. :)

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