Pop ups on messenger

[Bob M]

Reading thru the posts, I dont seem to be alone in
wanting to get rid of these pop ups. I get 20 a day and
some are way past good taste. How do you stop them?
HELP!!!!!!

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Bob,

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

"Bob M" > wrote in message ...
> Reading thru the posts, I dont seem to be alone in
> wanting to get rid of these pop ups. I get 20 a day and
> some are way past good taste. How do you stop them?
> HELP!!!!!!