Uninstall Messenger Pop ups

[MELVYN DAY]

Like others here in this group, I am begining to regret
that I ever bought Windows XP because of the popup ads
coming in over Messenger. I can find no way to disable
the thing, I have uninstalled and deleted loads of times
but it still keeps POPPING BACK !! Any help would be
appreciated.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Do these "instant 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.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"MELVYN DAY" > wrote in message
...
> Like others here in this group, I am begining to regret
> that I ever bought Windows XP because of the popup ads
> coming in over Messenger. I can find no way to disable
> the thing, I have uninstalled and deleted loads of times
> but it still keeps POPPING BACK !! Any help would be
> appreciated.