Query regarding pop up message RE: Windows XP/Messenger

[Simpson Say]

yeah, thats spam. I get them ALL the time and I HAVE NO
IDEA HOW TO STOP IT. its not MSN Messenger, its like an
internal messaging service, made for computers within in
a network to talk to each other, or something like that.
Whatever, it's annoying and Microsoft hasn't given us a
way of blocking that yet. You'll get pop ups that'll tell
you to goto the site and download a program to block it,
but you have to pay money. Miscrosoft SHOULD help us with
this problem, because it is growing larger by the day.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

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


"Simpson Say" > wrote in message
...
> yeah, thats spam. I get them ALL the time and I HAVE NO
> IDEA HOW TO STOP IT. its not MSN Messenger, its like an
> internal messaging service, made for computers within in
> a network to talk to each other, or something like that.
> Whatever, it's annoying and Microsoft hasn't given us a
> way of blocking that yet. You'll get pop ups that'll tell
> you to goto the site and download a program to block it,
> but you have to pay money. Miscrosoft SHOULD help us with
> this problem, because it is growing larger by the day.