Unsolicited Messages

[Ruth Smith]

Please can someone tell me how to stop these Messenger
Service Messages from popping up on my screen ad nauseum,
every time I am on the Internet. I am at the point of
chucking the pc out of the window!!!
I somehow have managed to delete Windows Messenger, but
still they appear.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Ruth,

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

"Ruth Smith" > wrote in message
...
> Please can someone tell me how to stop these Messenger
> Service Messages from popping up on my screen ad nauseum,
> every time I am on the Internet. I am at the point of
> chucking the pc out of the window!!!
> I somehow have managed to delete Windows Messenger, but
> still they appear.

[Fred Graves]

Thank you Jonathan what a relief this is. Like Alka
Seltzer's old chime; "Oh what a relief it is."

Thanks again Jonathan,

Fred Graves

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Ruth,
>
>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
>
>"Ruth Smith" > wrote in
message
...
>> Please can someone tell me how to stop these Messenger
>> Service Messages from popping up on my screen ad
nauseum,
>> every time I am on the Internet. I am at the point of
>> chucking the pc out of the window!!!
>> I somehow have managed to delete Windows Messenger, but
>> still they appear.
>
>
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Fred,

You're very welcome =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Fred Graves" > wrote in message
...
> Thank you Jonathan what a relief this is. Like Alka
> Seltzer's old chime; "Oh what a relief it is."
>
> Thanks again Jonathan,
>
> Fred Graves
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Ruth,
> >
> >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
> >
> >"Ruth Smith" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> Please can someone tell me how to stop these Messenger
> >> Service Messages from popping up on my screen ad
> nauseum,
> >> every time I am on the Internet. I am at the point of
> >> chucking the pc out of the window!!!
> >> I somehow have managed to delete Windows Messenger, but
> >> still they appear.
> >
> >
> >.
> >