how to stop M$.net dialog box pop up

[Bishop Berkeley]

i keep getting this annoying pop up from M$ .net asking me
to sign up. I am not running any MSN service, or Messenger
(i disabled it via gpedit.msc) or any other M$ product
other than XP itself.

The pop up occurs when i am moving to and away from
certain websittes, and they are not microsoft. (spurs
discussion forum)

THank you
Bishop

[Charles Tomaras]

Why M$? If you are going to insult a company why are you using their free
newsgroups? I think you should free yourself from Microsoft and use a
different OS.

"Bishop Berkeley" > wrote in message
...
> i keep getting this annoying pop up from M$ .net asking me
> to sign up. I am not running any MSN service, or Messenger
> (i disabled it via gpedit.msc) or any other M$ product
> other than XP itself.
>
> The pop up occurs when i am moving to and away from
> certain websittes, and they are not microsoft. (spurs
> discussion forum)
>
> THank you
> Bishop

[Bishop Berkeley]

>-----Original Message-----
>Why M$? If you are going to insult a company why are you
using their free
>newsgroups? I think you should free yourself from
Microsoft and use a
>different OS.

Force of habit. And I do not see that abbr. as an insult,
so it's your problem. Do you have anything to contribute
to my current dilemma beyond petty symbolism?

[Bishop Berkeley]

>Hello,
>
>What *exactly* does the pop-up window say?
>
>Can you provide an example site where this occurs?
>
>Later,
>Neb

Hello Neb!
It is a dialog box that basically welcomes me to .Net
services and asks me to sign up. It's no longer popping up
right now, for some reason, so i can't really give you
what it says, word for word.

The example site requires a login/password to access:
http://feedback.woai.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=33

Bishop

[Neb Okla [MCP]]

Is this a relatively new installation of Windows XP?

New installs of XP typically suggest obtaining a Passport. These
suggestions go away after a while, however.

Later,
Neb


"Bishop Berkeley" > wrote in message
...
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >What *exactly* does the pop-up window say?
> >
> >Can you provide an example site where this occurs?
> >
> >Later,
> >Neb
>
> Hello Neb!
> It is a dialog box that basically welcomes me to .Net
> services and asks me to sign up. It's no longer popping up
> right now, for some reason, so i can't really give you
> what it says, word for word.
>
> The example site requires a login/password to access:
> http://feedback.woai.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=33
>
> Bishop

[Neb Okla [MCP]]

Hello,

What *exactly* does the pop-up window say?

Can you provide an example site where this occurs?

Later,
Neb


"Bishop Berkeley" > wrote in message
...
> i keep getting this annoying pop up from M$ .net asking me
> to sign up. I am not running any MSN service, or Messenger
> (i disabled it via gpedit.msc) or any other M$ product
> other than XP itself.
>
> The pop up occurs when i am moving to and away from
> certain websittes, and they are not microsoft. (spurs
> discussion forum)
>
> THank you
> Bishop

[Bishop Berkeley]

>Is this a relatively new installation of Windows XP?
>
>New installs of XP typically suggest obtaining a
Passport. These
>suggestions go away after a while, however.
>
>Later,
>Neb

Yes, i had installed XP on a new hard drive several weeks
back. Maybe that could be the reason, but then that means
i would have had been getting these requests for a
passport at the very beginning, not a month later. What
gives?

Bishop

[Charles Tomaras]

"Bishop Berkeley" > wrote in message
...
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Why M$? If you are going to insult a company why are you
> using their free
> >newsgroups? I think you should free yourself from
> Microsoft and use a
> >different OS.
>
> Force of habit. And I do not see that abbr. as an insult,
> so it's your problem.

It's definately an insult if not the most established insult towards
Microsoft on the internet. I suppose some of your best friends work at
Microsoft so it's ok! If you have a habit of calling racial groups by
derogatory names is it their problem as well?

Do you have anything to contribute
> to my current dilemma beyond petty symbolism?

Nope...I think letting you see yourself in the mirror is enough.

[Bishop]

>It's definately an insult if not the most established
insult towards Microsoft on the internet.

Then it remains your problem of reification, not mine.
Your demand that the symbol M$ necessarily expresses a
negative meaning is hilarious.

I suppose some of your best friends work at
>Microsoft so it's ok!

Irrelevant.

If you have a habit of calling racial groups by
>derogatory names is it their problem as well?

Bad analogy. M$ is not the equivalent of a truly
derogatory term, unless you think you can share your
cognitive dissonance.

>Nope...I think letting you see yourself in the mirror is
enough.

my my what a cheap imitation of a snap. I'm sure that took
you a long time to type, eh? Or was that your best shot?
*smile*