annoying pop ups

[John White]

Jonathan Kays description of how to suppress pop ups is
inadequate. In XP the steps are as follows:
1. Click Start>Control Panel
2. Click Performance & Maintenance
3. Click Admin Tools
4. Double Click services.
S. Scroll to Messenger and Highlight
6. Right click on Highlight and choose Properties
7. Click on Stop and select disable in the start up type
scroll box
8. Click OK.
It seems to work, is simple and, as far as I know, was
originally devised by the University of Virginia. Don't
be conned into paying 30$ blackmail fee to the pop up ad
kings.
John White
>-----Original Message-----
>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.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>how do i stop MESSENGER SERVICE from popping up all the
>>time?
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Mame du Bois]

His instructions are perfectly adequate.

"John White" > wrote in message
...
> Jonathan Kays description of how to suppress pop ups is
> inadequate. In XP the steps are as follows:
> 1. Click Start>Control Panel
> 2. Click Performance & Maintenance
> 3. Click Admin Tools
> 4. Double Click services.
> S. Scroll to Messenger and Highlight
> 6. Right click on Highlight and choose Properties
> 7. Click on Stop and select disable in the start up type
> scroll box
> 8. Click OK.
> It seems to work, is simple and, as far as I know, was
> originally devised by the University of Virginia. Don't
> be conned into paying 30$ blackmail fee to the pop up ad
> kings.
> John White
> >-----Original Message-----
> >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.
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>how do i stop MESSENGER SERVICE from popping up all the
> >>time?
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >

[Mame du Bois]

Jonathon Kay's replies are based on people asking how to stop the Messenger
Service popups and NOT about overall internet security. He is answering
these questions perfectly well. If people want advice on internet security
then they can see the related newsgroups or consult a proffesional.

I think you should also just take a look at how many replies Mr Kay has to
issue a day and NOT just in this newsgroup. Instead of bitching about his
replies...how about dropping him a friendly line for him to add a footnote
about firewalls.

MdB

"John White" > wrote in message
...
> Jonathan Kays description of how to suppress pop ups is
> inadequate. In XP the steps are as follows:
> 1. Click Start>Control Panel
> 2. Click Performance & Maintenance
> 3. Click Admin Tools
> 4. Double Click services.
> S. Scroll to Messenger and Highlight
> 6. Right click on Highlight and choose Properties
> 7. Click on Stop and select disable in the start up type
> scroll box
> 8. Click OK.
> It seems to work, is simple and, as far as I know, was
> originally devised by the University of Virginia. Don't
> be conned into paying 30$ blackmail fee to the pop up ad
> kings.
> John White
> >-----Original Message-----
> >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.
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>how do i stop MESSENGER SERVICE from popping up all the
> >>time?
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >