Removing additional Passport Accounts in Windows XP
When you sign-in to passport based services such as MSN Messenger you will see that it list the accounts of all users who have logged on from your machine. After a while this can get a tad annoying, if you left your friends sign in on your system you will end up with a huge list. To remove accounts from this list open User Accounts from the control panel and click on your username.
Now select to manage your network passwords. When the stored user names and passwords window appears you can remove accounts simply by highlighting them and selecting remove. Passport.Net\* indicates the account associated with your user account
Note: If your machine is part of a domain you can access the stored user names and passwords dialog by going to
Start > Run and typing in control userpasswords2
Once the user accounts window has opened select the Advanced tab > manage passwords button
If you are not an administrator on your local machine and attempt this you will be presented with an error, if you select the 'manage your passwords' text in the lower paragraph you will be able to access the stored user names and passwords dialog.
How can I prevent Windows XP associating Microsoft Passport details with my user account?
After installing Windows XP you may be prompted you to associate a Microsoft Passport account with you Windows User account to enable access to certain Internet communication features (such as Windows Messenger). To bypass this wizard take the following steps.
Go to Start, select run and start the registry editor by typing in regedit. Then in the registry navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService. If a registry value called PassportBalloon does not already exist here, go to the Edit menu, select "New, Binary Value", enter a name of PassportBalloon, and then click Enter.
Double-click on the PassportBalloon value, set it to 0A 00 00 00, and then click OK. To reverse this right click and delete the PassportBalloon binary entry entirely.
