How to Remove Messenger

[EM]

This weekend I had to reinstall Windows XP from my four year-old system
disks. I previously removed Messenger, but it was so long ago, I have no
idea how I did it. Can anyone tell me how to do it?

Thanks

[Moose]

I use "XPAntispy" to uninstall Messenger and change a few settings in XP.
Can be done without "XPAntispy" but is easier this way.
It's freeware.
"EM" > wrote in message
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>
> This weekend I had to reinstall Windows XP from my four year-old system
> disks. I previously removed Messenger, but it was so long ago, I have no
> idea how I did it. Can anyone tell me how to do it?
>
> Thanks

[Sunny]

"EM" > wrote in message
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> This weekend I had to reinstall Windows XP from my four year-old system
> disks. I previously removed Messenger, but it was so long ago, I have no
> idea how I did it. Can anyone tell me how to do it?

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_messenger_remove.htm.

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Windows Messenger can be removed by clicking the Start button, then click Run and type in
(copy-paste if you like):
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK.
Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed instructions and screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7

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"EM" > wrote in message
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>
> This weekend I had to reinstall Windows XP from my four year-old system
> disks. I previously removed Messenger, but it was so long ago, I have no
> idea how I did it. Can anyone tell me how to do it?
>
> Thanks