get rid of messenger 4.7

[Jerry Purdy]

I want to get rid of 4.7 and cant. How do I go about
getting rid of this? I dont want or need 2 messengers
running or being able to run. I have 5.0 and I can not
find on XP a way to get rid of this one. Any help or
ideas?
Thanks Jerry

[Gary Tsang]

Take a look at Doug Knox's Website at this link for detailed instructions on
how to disable your Windows Messenger.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_messenger.htm

When you do this your Windows Messenger won't show up in your taskbar
anymore

However if you want to completely remove/uninstall Windows Messenger from
Windows XP can be found at this website made by Jonathan Kay.
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7

Follow the steps and the pictures that the website has and you shouldn't
have anymore problems. Uninstalling Windows Messenger can disable some of
the messenger features such as Whiteboard Sharing, and others on MSN
Messenger if you're using that.

--
Gary Tsang


"Jerry Purdy" > wrote in message
...
> I want to get rid of 4.7 and cant. How do I go about
> getting rid of this? I dont want or need 2 messengers
> running or being able to run. I have 5.0 and I can not
> find on XP a way to get rid of this one. Any help or
> ideas?
> Thanks Jerry

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Jerry,

You can remove Windows Messenger 4.7, but if you do, you will be preventing Remote
Assistance, Whiteboard, Application Sharing and any other applications that utilize Messenger
from working (or loading without problems). You can just disable Windows Messenger 4.7, by
opening it up, click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and unchecking 'Run this program when
Windows starts'. This won't stop it from being loaded by some other application though. As
well, you can disable it further by going to Start, Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs,
Add/Remove Windows Components on the left, uncheck Windows Messenger in the components list
and click Next >. Note: this is only available if you've installed Windows XP Service Pack
1 -- if you haven't, visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. This won't remove Windows
Messenger, but it will let it stay out of your way, and allow MSN Messenger 5 to work
properly.

Also see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330117 for more information on Windows Messenger 4.7 and MSN
Messenger 5.0.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Jerry Purdy" > wrote in message
...
> I want to get rid of 4.7 and cant. How do I go about
> getting rid of this? I dont want or need 2 messengers
> running or being able to run. I have 5.0 and I can not
> find on XP a way to get rid of this one. Any help or
> ideas?
> Thanks Jerry