messenger service [Archive]

Nick Haury

April 15th 03, 09:31 PM

What is this, Messenger Service< and how do I get rid of
it?
Nick

steve.uk

April 15th 03, 10:38 PM

do you mean pop up messengers that appear uninvited on your screen?

"Nick Haury" > wrote in message
...
> What is this, Messenger Service< and how do I get rid of
> it?
> Nick

Jonathan Kay [MVP]

April 15th 03, 10:43 PM

Greetings Nick,

What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, *not* Windows Messenger
(which are two different things) which spammers are exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor
can Microsoft control them anymore then they can control spam to your e-mail inbox.

To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable the "Messenger Service", 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.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Nick Haury" > wrote in message
...
> What is this, Messenger Service< and how do I get rid of
> it?
> Nick

Nick Haury

April 15th 03, 10:59 PM

Thanks a Bunch, again!
Nick
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Nick,
>
>What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to
Windows, *not* Windows Messenger
>(which are two different things) which spammers are
exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor
>can Microsoft control them anymore then they can control
spam to your e-mail inbox.
>
>To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable
the "Messenger Service", 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.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Nick Haury" > wrote in message
...
>> What is this, Messenger Service< and how do I get rid
of
>> it?
>> Nick
>
>
>.
>

Jonathan Kay [MVP]

April 15th 03, 11:18 PM

Hi Nick,

Glad to be of assistance =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Nick Haury" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks a Bunch, again!
> Nick
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Nick,
> >
> >What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to
> Windows, *not* Windows Messenger
> >(which are two different things) which spammers are
> exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor
> >can Microsoft control them anymore then they can control
> spam to your e-mail inbox.
> >
> >To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable
> the "Messenger Service", 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.
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >"Nick Haury" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> What is this, Messenger Service< and how do I get rid
> of
> >> it?
> >> Nick
> >
> >
> >.
> >

DreamWalker

April 16th 03, 05:18 PM

Jonthan, greetings!
You were a life saver with this post I was so po'ed I was
going to activate an alternate OS! I just wanted to say
thanks. ~~ DreamWAlker ~~
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Nick,
>
>What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to
Windows, *not* Windows Messenger
>(which are two different things) which spammers are
exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor
>can Microsoft control them anymore then they can control
spam to your e-mail inbox.
>
>To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable
the "Messenger Service", 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.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Nick Haury" > wrote in message
...
>> What is this, Messenger Service< and how do I get rid
of
>> it?
>> Nick
>
>
>.
>

Jonathan Kay [MVP]

April 16th 03, 05:23 PM

Hi,

Glad to be of assistance =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"DreamWalker" > wrote in message
...
> Jonthan, greetings!
> You were a life saver with this post I was so po'ed I was
> going to activate an alternate OS! I just wanted to say
> thanks. ~~ DreamWAlker ~~
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Nick,
> >
> >What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to
> Windows, *not* Windows Messenger
> >(which are two different things) which spammers are
> exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor
> >can Microsoft control them anymore then they can control
> spam to your e-mail inbox.
> >
> >To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable
> the "Messenger Service", 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.
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >"Nick Haury" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> What is this, Messenger Service< and how do I get rid
> of
> >> it?
> >> Nick
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Liam Devlin

April 17th 03, 06:52 AM

Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> Glad to be of assistance =).

I'd like to add my thanks to this issue - very annoying until I found
these posts.

Jonathan Kay [MVP]

April 17th 03, 07:06 AM