Actually it has been there all along until recently. I believe that it went
away about the time I installed Windows Messenger 5.1. The same thing did
not happen when I installed 5.1 on my other computer.
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Robert Reed
"Alan Smith" <alan@hidden.email> wrote in message
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> "Robert Reed" <nospam@msn.com> wrote in message
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>>I somehow lost the box in OE that says "Automatically log onto Windows
>>Messenger". There is a blank space in OE options where that box used to
>>be. Can anyone tell me how to get it back? I am using Win XP SP2.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
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>> Robert Reed
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> It's possible it was removed in SP2 as being a potential security risk. If
> you are sure that's when it went then decide if that one thing is worth
> sacrificing the extra security of SP2 for, if it is then uninstall the
> Service Pack so you don't have to suffer such inconvenience.
>