MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger has a quite annoying feature to me, which is having a popup of Windows Live Today/MSN Today every single time you sign into your account. That might be useful to some, but in my case, I am not using Hotmail, thus making the pop-up not useful at all.
To disable Windows Live Today, simply follow the instructions below:
- Click on Tools, select Options
- Click on the General tab
- Uncheck the Show Windows Live Today after I sign in to Messenger box

Voila, the next time you sign into your Windows Live Messenger, the popup will not appear anymore and all you see is just your contact list.

12 Apr 08
3:44 am
Nice one, I forgot how to get rid of this annoying pop up, followed your advice and now have one less headache to think about
Many thanks
13 Jul 08
11:49 pm
Same as comment above, I find it so annoying too
20 Jul 08
9:23 am
Well spotted. I think I blind - was searching for this option but couldn’t see it, lol.
20 Jul 08
9:25 am
Should be:
Well spotted. I think I’m blind…
08 Aug 08
10:11 am
Unlike all of you I would like to be able to read it but it is not in english and have me realy annoyed, can someone tell me how to get it in english.