get rid of messenger

[CarolF]

I am having nothing but challenges with messenger. I
want to uninstall it. The instructions I get is go to
add/remove. IT is not listed there. I look into
uninstalling windows components. What I have is listed
there so I uncheck messenger and it says it will remove
it from my start menu. I want the sucker out of my
machine. I have these weird emails comes through from
people I don't know and suspect are porn emails as they
are all Yahoo and you can't bounce because they don't
exist. Also had a unknown log on suddenly appear on my
computer. It is too bizarre for me and I want no part of
it. I can see the program in my computer, but no way of
eliminating it. Can anyone help me? Messenger help
website has been of no help. Thanks.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Carol,

To remove Windows Messenger, 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

"CarolF" > wrote in message ...
> I am having nothing but challenges with messenger. I
> want to uninstall it. The instructions I get is go to
> add/remove. IT is not listed there. I look into
> uninstalling windows components. What I have is listed
> there so I uncheck messenger and it says it will remove
> it from my start menu. I want the sucker out of my
> machine. I have these weird emails comes through from
> people I don't know and suspect are porn emails as they
> are all Yahoo and you can't bounce because they don't
> exist. Also had a unknown log on suddenly appear on my
> computer. It is too bizarre for me and I want no part of
> it. I can see the program in my computer, but no way of
> eliminating it. Can anyone help me? Messenger help
> website has been of no help. Thanks.

[Mary Hearn]

I have tried uninstalling from the "Add or Remove
Programs" utility, using that in Knowledge Base Article
302089 and your suggestion below. I still got pop-ups
after the 1st 2 options and when I follow your
instructions I get "Error in registering the OCX16422".

HELP!!

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Carol,
>
>To remove Windows Messenger, 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
>
>"CarolF" > wrote in message
...
>> I am having nothing but challenges with messenger. I
>> want to uninstall it. The instructions I get is go to
>> add/remove. IT is not listed there. I look into
>> uninstalling windows components. What I have is listed
>> there so I uncheck messenger and it says it will remove
>> it from my start menu. I want the sucker out of my
>> machine. I have these weird emails comes through from
>> people I don't know and suspect are porn emails as they
>> are all Yahoo and you can't bounce because they don't
>> exist. Also had a unknown log on suddenly appear on my
>> computer. It is too bizarre for me and I want no part
of
>> it. I can see the program in my computer, but no way
of
>> eliminating it. Can anyone help me? Messenger help
>> website has been of no help. Thanks.
>
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Mary,

This just means that you haven't closed Messenger yet. If you think you do have it closed,
and if you have Norton Antivirus 2003 installed, Norton added a new "instant messaging
scanning" feature to Norton Antivirus 2003, which can keep Windows Messenger loaded. To stop
it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus icon in the System
Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'), click Options, then
Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Mary Hearn" > wrote in message
...
> I have tried uninstalling from the "Add or Remove
> Programs" utility, using that in Knowledge Base Article
> 302089 and your suggestion below. I still got pop-ups
> after the 1st 2 options and when I follow your
> instructions I get "Error in registering the OCX16422".
>
> HELP!!
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Carol,
> >
> >To remove Windows Messenger, 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
> >
> >"CarolF" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I am having nothing but challenges with messenger. I
> >> want to uninstall it. The instructions I get is go to
> >> add/remove. IT is not listed there. I look into
> >> uninstalling windows components. What I have is listed
> >> there so I uncheck messenger and it says it will remove
> >> it from my start menu. I want the sucker out of my
> >> machine. I have these weird emails comes through from
> >> people I don't know and suspect are porn emails as they
> >> are all Yahoo and you can't bounce because they don't
> >> exist. Also had a unknown log on suddenly appear on my
> >> computer. It is too bizarre for me and I want no part
> of
> >> it. I can see the program in my computer, but no way
> of
> >> eliminating it. Can anyone help me? Messenger help
> >> website has been of no help. Thanks.
> >
> >
> >.
> >