Windows Messenger

[Jacob Frazier]

I just installed Windoxs XP Pro and now I have these
stupied pop-ups that keep coming up through Windows
Messenger. I went to add/remove programs and could not
find it there. Where do I go and how to do I get rid of
this stupid annoyance. This is very frustrating. I am
really liking XP, but I have dealing with this crap! Can
anyone help me out. Please e-mail me at

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Jacob,

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.

If you really want 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

"Jacob Frazier" > wrote in message
...
> I just installed Windoxs XP Pro and now I have these
> stupied pop-ups that keep coming up through Windows
> Messenger. I went to add/remove programs and could not
> find it there. Where do I go and how to do I get rid of
> this stupid annoyance. This is very frustrating. I am
> really liking XP, but I have dealing with this crap! Can
> anyone help me out. Please e-mail me at
>