Messenger Service

[Chris]

>-----Original Message-----
>HELP! Can anyone tell me how to get rid of those
>annoying "Messenger Service" pop up ads? When I came to
>my computer this morning, I had to "x" out of 34 of them.
>.
>
Me too..... someone out there please help with this dam
annoying and intrusive advertising on my pc...besides if
im on line playing a game it crashes me out.someone please
please help..

Chris

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Chris,

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


"Chris" > wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >HELP! Can anyone tell me how to get rid of those
> >annoying "Messenger Service" pop up ads? When I came to
> >my computer this morning, I had to "x" out of 34 of them.
> >.
> >
> Me too..... someone out there please help with this dam
> annoying and intrusive advertising on my pc...besides if
> im on line playing a game it crashes me out.someone please
> please help..
>
> Chris