How do I eliminate message pop-ups

[mrmoose]

>-----Original Message-----
>How do I eliminate the annoying, unsolicitated message
>pop-ups that frequently inhabit my screen via the
>Messenger Service? I just purchased my computer and am
>deeply unhappy to be receiving messages from spammers
>such as messengerbuster.com and killmessenger.com
selling
>products meant to prevent the very types of messages
that
>these companies are delivering. This amounts to
>blackmail, and I am very displeased that Windows XP
would
>permit this to happen.
>.Go into Services and double click Messenger service and
disable it. Also be sure to click on the Stop tab before
you exit Services.

Services is located: Control Panel -> Performance &
Maintenance -> Administrative Tools -> Services

Hope this helps...
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