messenger service

[Mary]

How do I get rid of the pop-ups on my screen. The title
of these messages is Messenger Service. Where are they
coming from and how can I stop them. Anyone who knows,
please help me stop these annoying pop-ups.
Thanks.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Mary,

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

"Mary" > wrote in message ...
> How do I get rid of the pop-ups on my screen. The title
> of these messages is Messenger Service. Where are they
> coming from and how can I stop them. Anyone who knows,
> please help me stop these annoying pop-ups.
> Thanks.