Messenger Service

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Oops, pasted wrong thing.
Solution to messenger service pop ups...
Windows 2000:
Click: Start/Settings/Control Panel
Open: Administrative Tools
Open: Services
Open: 'Messenger' Service
Click: Stop button
Change 'Startup Type' to DISABLE
Click OK to close everything

Windows XP:
Right-click: 'My Computer' icon and select 'Manager'
Open: Services and Applications
Open: Services
Open: 'Messenger' Service
Click: Stop button
Change 'Startup Type' to DISABLE
Click OK to close everything
>-----Original Message-----
>I have no idea where to turn off XP Messenger Service. I
>get pop up grey text messages all day long and no one
>seems to know what I'm talking about. They keep telling
>me to check my task bar and turn Microsoft Messenger
>off. Well that would be gret if that is what I had but
>this is some XP program that came with my Dell and its
>program structure is apparently hidden from my view. I'm
>new to XP so this may sound like kid stuff....but I'm
>just now getting used to it. Any help would be greatly
>appreciated by me and my score on DAy of Defeat since
>messenger constantly kicks me out.
>
>Thanks
>Frank
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