Blocking pop ups

[jean]

I followed the directions for blocking internet pop ups,
installed Windows XP Service Pack 1 & confirmed that it
was there. Went to Network connections & clicked on
Network connections & AOL & Properties & Advanced, but
there was no listing under that that read "Protect my
computer by limiting access, etc." Can someone help? My
computer has been flooded with those annoying pop ups.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Jean,

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.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"jean" > wrote in message ...
> I followed the directions for blocking internet pop ups,
> installed Windows XP Service Pack 1 & confirmed that it
> was there. Went to Network connections & clicked on
> Network connections & AOL & Properties & Advanced, but
> there was no listing under that that read "Protect my
> computer by limiting access, etc." Can someone help? My
> computer has been flooded with those annoying pop ups.

[Lisa]

If I follow these directions to disable the pop-ups, will
I be disabling Windows Messenger as well? Please clarify.

Thanks

Lisa

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Jean,
>
>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.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"jean" > wrote in message
...
>> I followed the directions for blocking internet pop
ups,
>> installed Windows XP Service Pack 1 & confirmed that it
>> was there. Went to Network connections & clicked on
>> Network connections & AOL & Properties & Advanced, but
>> there was no listing under that that read "Protect my
>> computer by limiting access, etc." Can someone help? My
>> computer has been flooded with those annoying pop ups.
>
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Lisa,

No, not at all. Windows Messenger (and everything else in Windows) will continue to operate
normally.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Lisa" > wrote in message ...
> If I follow these directions to disable the pop-ups, will
> I be disabling Windows Messenger as well? Please clarify.
>
> Thanks
>
> Lisa
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Jean,
> >
> >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.
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >"jean" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I followed the directions for blocking internet pop
> ups,
> >> installed Windows XP Service Pack 1 & confirmed that it
> >> was there. Went to Network connections & clicked on
> >> Network connections & AOL & Properties & Advanced, but
> >> there was no listing under that that read "Protect my
> >> computer by limiting access, etc." Can someone help? My
> >> computer has been flooded with those annoying pop ups.
> >
> >
> >.
> >