MESSENGER!!!!

[Charlie]

I, too am tired of the "MESSEMGER" messages that pop up
indiscriminantly on my screen. I don't believe I should
have to make a $5 "donation" or spend from $20 - $70 to
put an end to this problem. Does anybody out there have
a solution? How about someone from Microsoft?

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Charlie,

Do these "pop-ups" 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

"Charlie" > wrote in message
...
> I, too am tired of the "MESSEMGER" messages that pop up
> indiscriminantly on my screen. I don't believe I should
> have to make a $5 "donation" or spend from $20 - $70 to
> put an end to this problem. Does anybody out there have
> a solution? How about someone from Microsoft?

[Andy]

Jonathan,

I have to say you are a very patient man. You answer the same questions over
and over again, and you don't even get upset about it (or do you? :) I hope
MS is paying you for this.

Thanks you and keep up the good work!

Andy

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings Charlie,
>
> Do these "pop-ups" 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
>
> "Charlie" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I, too am tired of the "MESSEMGER" messages that pop up
> > indiscriminantly on my screen. I don't believe I should
> > have to make a $5 "donation" or spend from $20 - $70 to
> > put an end to this problem. Does anybody out there have
> > a solution? How about someone from Microsoft?
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi Andy,

Patience is something I'm quite good at =). However, no, I'm not being paid to do this.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Andy" > wrote in message
...
> Jonathan,
>
> I have to say you are a very patient man. You answer the same questions over
> and over again, and you don't even get upset about it (or do you? :) I hope
> MS is paying you for this.
>
> Thanks you and keep up the good work!
>
> Andy
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Greetings Charlie,
> >
> > Do these "pop-ups" 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
> >
> > "Charlie" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I, too am tired of the "MESSEMGER" messages that pop up
> > > indiscriminantly on my screen. I don't believe I should
> > > have to make a $5 "donation" or spend from $20 - $70 to
> > > put an end to this problem. Does anybody out there have
> > > a solution? How about someone from Microsoft?
> >
> >
>
>