disabling windows messinger

[Sue]

How do i disable windows messinger (windows xp
professional) without modifying the registry?

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Sue,

Well, you can just uninstall it (and reinstall it at any time) by closing 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

Otherwise, you can download and run this .reg file (this will modify the registry, but you
don't actually have to go into it):
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/disablewindowsmessenger_user.reg
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Sue" > wrote in message
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> How do i disable windows messinger (windows xp
> professional) without modifying the registry?