Emile
April 14th 04, 05:57 PM
I had the exact same problem...disabling Windows
Messenger here and there. And the stupid thing would
still load. I am pretty good at searching and finding
solutions on the internet...but this one had me. So
here's what I did:
1. Start Windows in Safe Mode (usually holding down F8
key on reboot. Your computer may be different. Then
choosing "Safe Mode" in the startup options.)
2. Go To Start> Run> type "C:\Program Files\Messenger"
(default path) without the quotes and press "OK".
3. Find "msmsgs.exe" or "msmsgs" (depending on how your
folder settings are), right click on it and
press "rename". I renamed mine as "msmsgs1".
4. Reboot. Good to go.
>-----Original Message-----
>How can I stop windows messenger from starting up with
my
>computer? I've already gone into "services" with
>Administrator.. and "disabled" messenger yet it
continues
>to start up. Just to try one other thing, I went into
>Control Panel, windows components, and unchecked
>messenger. No help. Thanks
>.
>
Messenger here and there. And the stupid thing would
still load. I am pretty good at searching and finding
solutions on the internet...but this one had me. So
here's what I did:
1. Start Windows in Safe Mode (usually holding down F8
key on reboot. Your computer may be different. Then
choosing "Safe Mode" in the startup options.)
2. Go To Start> Run> type "C:\Program Files\Messenger"
(default path) without the quotes and press "OK".
3. Find "msmsgs.exe" or "msmsgs" (depending on how your
folder settings are), right click on it and
press "rename". I renamed mine as "msmsgs1".
4. Reboot. Good to go.
>-----Original Message-----
>How can I stop windows messenger from starting up with
my
>computer? I've already gone into "services" with
>Administrator.. and "disabled" messenger yet it
continues
>to start up. Just to try one other thing, I went into
>Control Panel, windows components, and unchecked
>messenger. No help. Thanks
>.
>