Messenger Services

[Liz Caldwell]

Hello

If anyone could help me I would really appreciate it.

messages keep on coming through from MSN Messenger, I am
trying to delete on a permanent basis as it is a pain in
the butt, please can somebody out there help me. These
messages keep popping up and I would appreciate not to
get them. When I go to delete/add hardware I cannot see
MSN Messenger so I am unable to delete this permanently

Cheers

Liz

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Liz,

I assume you mean Windows Messenger, since MSN Messenger 5/6 would be in the Add or Remove
Programs list. Firstly, do these "messages" 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.

If these are actual Messenger conversations you're seeing (with "Conversation" in the
titlebar), you can remove Windows Messenger by doing the following, close down Messenger
(right click the messenger icon in the notification area/system tray and click close). Then
click the start button, then click Run and type in (copy-paste if you like):

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK.
Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed instructions and screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Liz Caldwell" > wrote in message
...
> Hello
>
> If anyone could help me I would really appreciate it.
>
> messages keep on coming through from MSN Messenger, I am
> trying to delete on a permanent basis as it is a pain in
> the butt, please can somebody out there help me. These
> messages keep popping up and I would appreciate not to
> get them. When I go to delete/add hardware I cannot see
> MSN Messenger so I am unable to delete this permanently
>
> Cheers
>
> Liz