I do not want yahoo messenger to automatically start when my computer starts. How can I do this?

Here's how you do this:





1. In your Yahoo! Messenger, click on "Messenger" at the top.





2. From the drop-down menu, scroll down and click on "Preferences".





3. In the pop-up Preferences menu, click on "General" in the left sidebar.





4. On the right side, under "When I start up my computer", uncheck "Automatically start Yahoo! Messenger".





FURTHERMORE, you can select the option right below it, "Stand by and wait until I connect to the internet". The purpose of this, is that even if you run your Yahoo! Messenger, it won't try to connect (will stay asleep in your taskbar) as long as you haven't connected to the internet.





Hope this helps! Good luck!脺

I do not want yahoo messenger to automatically start when my computer starts. How can I do this?
I totally agree with both. But for those who aren't that computer literate... I would recommend going to the Yahoo Preferences and turning it off that way.. If you go to msconfig to turn it off, you may turn off things that you shouldn't. Try going to Preferences in Yahoo first as explained and then if you have problems try the msconfig...
Reply:start-run-msconfig-startup option (should be last tab) there you can choose what programs to start up or not