windows xp home edition

[Larry]

After loading xp i have started getting text popup
messeges when i'm on-line. How do i stop them.

[Karen Albrecht [MSFT]]

Hi Larry -

If the messages are comming from Windows Messenger you can configure your
messenger to stop it from displaying pop-ups. To do this:
1. Open Windows Messenger and select Tools -> Options
2. Select the preferences tabl and disable the checkboxes in the Alerts
section.

Karen
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"Larry" > wrote in message
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> After loading xp i have started getting text popup
> messeges when i'm on-line. How do i stop them.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Larry,

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

"Larry" > wrote in message
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> After loading xp i have started getting text popup
> messeges when i'm on-line. How do i stop them.