I want messenger dead

[James Hardy]

I thought I got rid of windows messenger on my XP run computer, but it the
last couple days every time I log onto the internet I get a pop up box
saying I need to upgrade my messenger for security reasons, it's beginning
to be a hassle and extra click every time I jump on the internet. How do I
KILL the damn thing? thank you

[020401]

So do I, and also the Windows movie maker?


dy" > wrote in message
...
> I thought I got rid of windows messenger on my XP run computer, but it the
> last couple days every time I log onto the internet I get a pop up box
> saying I need to upgrade my messenger for security reasons, it's beginning
> to be a hassle and extra click every time I jump on the internet. How do I
> KILL the damn thing? thank you
>
>

[Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP \(Shell/User\)]

To remove Windows Messenger from OE:
In OE:
Click on Tools/Options--on the general tab uncheck Automatically log on to
Windows Messenger

bye-bye Messenger!!


And if you'd really like to be rid of it, try this:

Start | Run | "RunDLL32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection
%windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove" (without the quotes)
which should uninstall Messenger entirely

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Associate Expert
Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"James Hardy" > wrote in message
...
> I thought I got rid of windows messenger on my XP run computer, but it the
> last couple days every time I log onto the internet I get a pop up box
> saying I need to upgrade my messenger for security reasons, it's beginning
> to be a hassle and extra click every time I jump on the internet. How do I
> KILL the damn thing? thank you
>
>

[Comp Guy]

Note: Removing Windows Messenger will cause Whiteboard, Remote Assistance,
and Application Sharing to operate improperly, and may cause them to fail
altogether.

My fix: Go to Add/Remove Programs, and uncheck Windows Messenger from
there. Next, got to Set Program Access and Defaults, and uncheck, "Allow
Access to this Program" for Windows Messenger.

Hope this helps.

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Please be polite.
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"Larry Samuels MS-MVP XP (Shell/User)" > wrote in message
...
> To remove Windows Messenger from OE:
> In OE:
> Click on Tools/Options--on the general tab uncheck Automatically log on to
> Windows Messenger
>
> bye-bye Messenger!!
>
>
> And if you'd really like to be rid of it, try this:
>
> Start | Run | "RunDLL32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection
> %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove" (without the quotes)
> which should uninstall Messenger entirely
>
> --
> Larry Samuels MS-MVP (Windows-Shell/User)
> Associate Expert
> Unofficial FAQ for Windows Server 2003 at
> http://home.earthlink.net/~larrysamuels/WS2003FAQ.htm
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> "James Hardy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I thought I got rid of windows messenger on my XP run computer, but it
the
> > last couple days every time I log onto the internet I get a pop up box
> > saying I need to upgrade my messenger for security reasons, it's
beginning
> > to be a hassle and extra click every time I jump on the internet. How do
I
> > KILL the damn thing? thank you
> >
> >
>
>