Why isn't my Windows Live (MSN) Messenger not opening anymore?

How do I stop Windows Live Messenger(MSN) from opening automatically when I turn my laptop on?

• it causes my laptop to load really slowly, and have to wait 10 minutes or so for it to completely load before opening Google Chrome or anything else?

• Answer:

  have been recently annoyed with my Windows Live Messenger popping up on startup, cause I don't want to sign in every time I get on my laptop... So, I found a way on how to disable/enable this action, and I thought I would share it with the Instructables community! P.S. I use Vista. To make this work on XP, gmoon stated: "In XP, you can also disable messenger from "Services", which is found under Performance and Maintenance -> Administrative Tools..." Antagonizer stated how to remove it from startup in a different way. He said: 1. sign on to windows live messenger 2. click the down arrow that lets you select online, busy, away, etc. and go to the bottom and select "options" 3. Choose the "general" tab 4. uncheck the box beside, "Automatically run Windows Live Messenger when I log on to Windows. 5. Click the 'Accept' button. ...But that, for some odd reason, doesn't work for me. If it doesn't work for you...use my way. :)