Turn Messenger Off??

[peterg]

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

[YYZ]

peterg wrote:
> 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


-> http://www.pchell.com/support/removemessenger.shtml
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arrau / gilels / gould / richter
-> www.mozilla.org <-

[YYZ]

peterg wrote:
> 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


-> http://www.pchell.com/support/removemessenger.shtml
--
arrau / gilels / gould / richter
-> www.mozilla.org <-

[YYZ]

peterg wrote:
> 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


-> http://www.pchell.com/support/removemessenger.shtml
--
arrau / gilels / gould / richter
-> www.mozilla.org <-

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Peter,

To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click Start, then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK),
click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this Program when Windows starts' or
'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on version) as well as 'Allow this
program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger to run in the background'
(depending on version). This won't remove Windows Messenger, so features like Remote
Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will continue to work, but it will let it stay
out of your way.

Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with Messenger and cause it to
also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"peterg" > wrote in 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

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Peter,

To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click Start, then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK),
click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this Program when Windows starts' or
'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on version) as well as 'Allow this
program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger to run in the background'
(depending on version). This won't remove Windows Messenger, so features like Remote
Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will continue to work, but it will let it stay
out of your way.

Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with Messenger and cause it to
also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"peterg" > wrote in 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

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Peter,

To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click Start, then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK),
click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this Program when Windows starts' or
'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on version) as well as 'Allow this
program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger to run in the background'
(depending on version). This won't remove Windows Messenger, so features like Remote
Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will continue to work, but it will let it stay
out of your way.

Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with Messenger and cause it to
also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"peterg" > wrote in 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

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Peter,

To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click Start, then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK),
click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this Program when Windows starts' or
'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on version) as well as 'Allow this
program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger to run in the background'
(depending on version). This won't remove Windows Messenger, so features like Remote
Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will continue to work, but it will let it stay
out of your way.

Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with Messenger and cause it to
also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"peterg" > wrote in 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