avoid that a messenger user can send me a message

[robert]

I noted that even when i dont have messenger installed but have logged
on the internet the person that i ghave okayed on msn messneger can
sent me a message. This flashes up on the screen also when not me but
someone ales is using the computer (in my profile), I also get the
message that I have so and so many unread emails at hotmail at the xp
log on screen.
How can I avoid all this, can some one please help me?
Thanks

Robert

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Robert,

Firstly, Do these "popups" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in their titlebar? If
so, 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.

Secondly, to turn off the unread e-mails on the welcome screen, download the TweakUI
powertoy:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp (see on the right).

After you have TweakUI installed, click Start, All Programs, Powertoys for Windows XP, and
choose TweakUI for Windows XP. In the TweakUI window, on the left, click the '+' next to
Logon, and choose Unread Mail. Uncheck 'Show unread mail on Welcome screen' and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"robert" > wrote in message
om...
> I noted that even when i dont have messenger installed but have logged
> on the internet the person that i ghave okayed on msn messneger can
> sent me a message. This flashes up on the screen also when not me but
> someone ales is using the computer (in my profile), I also get the
> message that I have so and so many unread emails at hotmail at the xp
> log on screen.
> How can I avoid all this, can some one please help me?
> Thanks
>
> Robert

[robert]

Jonathan,

Thanks very much for your quick reply, i followed your instructions
and it should be ok now,

Thanks again for the effort,

Robert

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Robert,

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

"robert" > wrote in message
om...
> Jonathan,
>
> Thanks very much for your quick reply, i followed your instructions
> and it should be ok now,
>
> Thanks again for the effort,
>
> Robert