Do you use Live Messenger? If not, can you uninstall it?
Otherwise, there should be some setting to not show the notices, or perhaps you need to keep it from starting. I cannot give you accurate instructions since I do not use any of the Live utilities.
No problem
It always has been a bit confusing, but Microsoft is finally clearing that up with Wave 4 of Windows Live Essentials.
Thanks for using the forums, see ya around
Oh, and definitely don't reformat before asking the community first next time, eh?