Removing or disabling Window Messenger

[Richard Tolla]

How do you either remove or diable Windows Instant
Messenger? I signout and set not to auto open, yet I
still receive messages.

[Kristian Sordo]

Ok, I did what you instructed us to. It did make Windows
Messenger go away, but now, for some reason, whenever an
event ocurrs in MSN Messenger (i.e. user logs in),
instead of a sound being heard through the speakers, the
sound (beeping noise) is heard through the PC speaker.
How can I change this? Also, is there not another way to
disable Windows Messenger? A few months back I read of a
fix that was done through the registry.
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Richard,
>
>If you're just trying to disable Messenger remove
the "Messenger Service" popups, do the
>following: click Start, then Run,
enter "services.msc"and click OK. Scroll down to
>"Messenger", select it, right-click and then choose
Properties. Under startup type, choose
>'Disabled' and then choose the 'Stop' button. After the
service is stopped, click OK.
>Nothing in Windows or any real third-party applications
should be effected by this.
>
>To actually disable Windows Messenger, the easiest way
is just to uninstall it (you can
>reinstall it whenever you'd like), to do so:
>close down Messenger (right click the messenger icon in
the notification area/system tray and
>click close). Then click the start button, then click
Run and type in (copy-paste if you
>like):
>RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%
\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
>
>Then click OK. Messenger will then be uninstalled. For
more detailed instructions and
>screenshots, go to,
>http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Richard Tolla" > wrote in message
...
>> How do you either remove or diable Windows Instant
>> Messenger? I signout and set not to auto open, yet I
>> still receive messages.
>
>
>.
>

[Kristian Sordo]

Oh, I forgot to mention, also whenever I get an email in
Outlook also the alert comes through the computer's
speaker.
>-----Original Message-----
>Ok, I did what you instructed us to. It did make
Windows
>Messenger go away, but now, for some reason, whenever an
>event ocurrs in MSN Messenger (i.e. user logs in),
>instead of a sound being heard through the speakers, the
>sound (beeping noise) is heard through the PC speaker.
>How can I change this? Also, is there not another way
to
>disable Windows Messenger? A few months back I read of a
>fix that was done through the registry.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Greetings Richard,
>>
>>If you're just trying to disable Messenger remove
>the "Messenger Service" popups, do the
>>following: click Start, then Run,
>enter "services.msc"and click OK. Scroll down to
>>"Messenger", select it, right-click and then choose
>Properties. Under startup type, choose
>>'Disabled' and then choose the 'Stop' button. After the
>service is stopped, click OK.
>>Nothing in Windows or any real third-party applications
>should be effected by this.
>>
>>To actually disable Windows Messenger, the easiest way
>is just to uninstall it (you can
>>reinstall it whenever you'd like), to do so:
>>close down Messenger (right click the messenger icon in
>the notification area/system tray and
>>click close). Then click the start button, then click
>Run and type in (copy-paste if you
>>like):
>>RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%
>\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
>>
>>Then click OK. Messenger will then be uninstalled. For
>more detailed instructions and
>>screenshots, go to,
>>http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
>>____________________________________________
>>Jonathan Kay
>>Windows MVP, Messenger
>>Associate Expert
>>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>>
>>"Richard Tolla" > wrote in message
...
>>> How do you either remove or diable Windows Instant
>>> Messenger? I signout and set not to auto open, yet I
>>> still receive messages.
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Kristian,

I don't believe this is related, but I do have a fix for you.

First, download and run these .reg files (just download and choose Run)
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/dingfix.reg
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/wm_soundfix.reg

Note: in the last .reg file, if your Messenger installation isn't in C:\, you'll need to open
them in Notepad and change the drive letter.

After these are imported, reboot, and see if it now works. If it does, you don't have to
look at the below info.

If not, see this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=262256

Go through the Resolution and see if it applies to you - if it does, follow its instructions
and then try again (although it says you don't need to reboot, you may have to for
Messenger).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Kristian Sordo" > wrote in message
...
> Oh, I forgot to mention, also whenever I get an email in
> Outlook also the alert comes through the computer's
> speaker.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Ok, I did what you instructed us to. It did make
> Windows
> >Messenger go away, but now, for some reason, whenever an
> >event ocurrs in MSN Messenger (i.e. user logs in),
> >instead of a sound being heard through the speakers, the
> >sound (beeping noise) is heard through the PC speaker.
> >How can I change this? Also, is there not another way
> to
> >disable Windows Messenger? A few months back I read of a
> >fix that was done through the registry.
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Greetings Richard,
> >>
> >>If you're just trying to disable Messenger remove
> >the "Messenger Service" popups, do the
> >>following: click Start, then Run,
> >enter "services.msc"and click OK. Scroll down to
> >>"Messenger", select it, right-click and then choose
> >Properties. Under startup type, choose
> >>'Disabled' and then choose the 'Stop' button. After the
> >service is stopped, click OK.
> >>Nothing in Windows or any real third-party applications
> >should be effected by this.
> >>
> >>To actually disable Windows Messenger, the easiest way
> >is just to uninstall it (you can
> >>reinstall it whenever you'd like), to do so:
> >>close down Messenger (right click the messenger icon in
> >the notification area/system tray and
> >>click close). Then click the start button, then click
> >Run and type in (copy-paste if you
> >>like):
> >>RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%
> >\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
> >>
> >>Then click OK. Messenger will then be uninstalled. For
> >more detailed instructions and
> >>screenshots, go to,
> >>http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
> >>____________________________________________
> >>Jonathan Kay
> >>Windows MVP, Messenger
> >>Associate Expert
> >>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >>
> >>"Richard Tolla" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>> How do you either remove or diable Windows Instant
> >>> Messenger? I signout and set not to auto open, yet I
> >>> still receive messages.
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >