how to disable messenger

[Jonathan]

I have windows xp and would like to disable messenger. I
dont want my daughter to be able to use it or to be able
to turn it on. Is there a way?

[Captain]

Greetings Jonathan,
Install SP1 and remove messenger from the windows components list. It will
do the job for you.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Jonathan,

Assuming her account is set to 'Limited User', download and run this .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/disablewindowsmessenger_user.reg

This will prevent Windows Messenger from being executed in any way (removing it just from the
components list will not actually disable the program, it's still there).

Note: this does not effect MSN Messenger 6, so if your daughter has an Administrative account
in Windows XP, she could still install MSN Messenger 6 to get around this (there is a
solution for that as well if you're using Windows XP Professional, I won't bother posting it
at this point, because I don't think it probably applies to your situation).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Jonathan" > wrote in message
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>
> I have windows xp and would like to disable messenger. I
> dont want my daughter to be able to use it or to be able
> to turn it on. Is there a way?