How do I turn off Messenger Service

[Cliff]

I just installed XP. I don't have a messenger icon in
the status area.

[Jonathan Kay]

Are you trying to turn off the service that is popping up
"Messenger Service" windows? If so, 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 third-party
application should be effected by this.
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Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

>-----Original Message-----
>I just installed XP. I don't have a messenger icon in
>the status area.
>.
>

[Liam Devlin]

Jonathan Kay wrote:
> Are you trying to turn off the service that is popping up
> "Messenger Service" windows? If so, 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 third-party
> application should be effected by this.

If Messenger isn't part of Windows, what the devil is it?

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

I didn't say it wasn't part of Windows, I said nothing in Windows would be effected by
turning off this service.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Liam Devlin" > wrote in message ...
> Jonathan Kay wrote:
> > Are you trying to turn off the service that is popping up
> > "Messenger Service" windows? If so, 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 third-party
> > application should be effected by this.
>
> If Messenger isn't part of Windows, what the devil is it?
>