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Yahoo Messenger for different users on one computer?

YM is on the desktop of all four of us in our family on our one home computer. For some reason, even after I erase my user name and password, it still signs in automatically on their desktops. How do I get YM on their desktops to stay blank? Can I delete YM from their desktops without losing it from mine/the whole computer?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    HI

    First to let you know- Yahoo messenger allows multiple users. Anyone can sign in anywhere and have access to Their unique contact list.

    So you do not have to worry about losing information.

    To keep from signing in automatically we just need to change a few settings.

    Start Yahoo messener

    Open Yahoo mesenger to login

    Uncheck the boxes (you can login with out checking any boxes on front!)

    >>Remember my ID and Password

    >>Sign in automatically

    Login

    Looking at Messenger

    Click on Messenger (menu)

    >>>Go to Preferences

    >>>>>> General Tab

    >>>> UNCHECK >>>>When I start up

    >>>>CHECK>>>>>When I sign in (standby)

    >>> CHECK>>>>(bottom) Signing out of Messenger sign out when I close the main window

    This will prevent a saved password and logging in automatically. There is NO NEED to remove from their desktops they have their own account

    So when all is said and done

    Each time you sign on to login

    You need to put in your login information and if you click onthe x when signing out and close the messenger window - you will be signed out and no information will be remembered because no boxes are checked

    Source(s): I have used YM since the beginning! feel free to contact me if you need to
  • 5 years ago

    Unless you have two CPU s you cannot connect to the same messenger. But you can keep two inboxes simultaneously open if you program it that way.

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