Removing Windows messenger

[George H]

Would you share when you get the info? Thanks, gh
>-----Original Message-----
>Can anyone tell me how to remove windows messenger off
my
>computer, the pop ups are driving me nuts!! any help
>would be great.
>
> Thank You
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings George,

Firstly, if these "popups" that appeared had "Messenger Service" in their titlebar, 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

"George H" > wrote in message
...
> Would you share when you get the info? Thanks, gh
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Can anyone tell me how to remove windows messenger off
> my
> >computer, the pop ups are driving me nuts!! any help
> >would be great.
> >
> > Thank You
> >.
> >