BEFORE you ask how to stop pop ups go to F a Q

[Dick]

Mel, Old novice couldn't find that info In FAQ. how does
one stop those instant Windows XP Messages from popping
up?? Dick
>-----Original Message-----
>BEFORE you ask how to stop pop ups go to F asked Q you
>should find the answer there, I posted my question then
I
>went to F asked Q done the remove shown in about 20
>seconds and I have not had a pop up for at least 20 mins.
>
>Looks promising.
>
>Mel Day
>.
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

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

"Dick" > wrote in message ...
> Mel, Old novice couldn't find that info In FAQ. how does
> one stop those instant Windows XP Messages from popping
> up?? Dick
> >-----Original Message-----
> >BEFORE you ask how to stop pop ups go to F asked Q you
> >should find the answer there, I posted my question then
> I
> >went to F asked Q done the remove shown in about 20
> >seconds and I have not had a pop up for at least 20 mins.
> >
> >Looks promising.
> >
> >Mel Day
> >.
> >