"user login" page says i have mail, when i dont.

[kingjaydub]

when i get to the main "user login" page on windows, it says i have i unread mail message. however, when i go to my outlook i have no unread messages there and it is very annoying.
i know this isnt a huge problem, but it's driving me insane. does anyone know how to fix this?

it all seemed to happen today after i installed mcafee virus scan plus 2007. i was having lots of other problems after i installed it, but ended up uninstalling it and it seems to have fixed most of the problems.

[unlovedwarrior]

if you have hotamil or any web based mail it will also show up there

[kingjaydub]

if you have hotamil or any web based mail it will also show up there

i was thinking the same thing, but i checked it and it is saying i have mail in the email address that is only linked to my outlook and nothing else. i use outlook for my work email and thats the one with the mysterious message that apparently cant be found.

[contrex]

You can use TweakUI from Microsoft to do these 2 things (as well as a lot of other handy things)

1. Stop the unread mail count appearing on the login screen
2. Repair the wrong unread mail count

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

[kingjaydub]

You can use TweakUI from Microsoft to do these 2 things (as well as a lot of other handy things)

1. Stop the unread mail count appearing on the login screen
2. Repair the wrong unread mail count

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

that fixed it.
thank you so much for the help. thats a really cool program... and so easy to use.