Pop ups on Windows Messenger

[Glen]

Pls refer to 6/4/03 e-mail from Kirk. We are having the
same problem re: unwanted pop-ups on Windows Messenger. I
do not use Messenger at all and have tried to remove it,
but it still lingers. I tried Kirk's method of removal
also , but not luck. Please help remove this "stuff" from
my computer. thank you. Glen from Atlanta GA.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Glen,

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


"Glen" > wrote in message ...
> Pls refer to 6/4/03 e-mail from Kirk. We are having the
> same problem re: unwanted pop-ups on Windows Messenger. I
> do not use Messenger at all and have tried to remove it,
> but it still lingers. I tried Kirk's method of removal
> also , but not luck. Please help remove this "stuff" from
> my computer. thank you. Glen from Atlanta GA.