Please explain this... In the past I was able to disable "messenger", now it
automatically starts and places an icon on the status bar on every re-boot,
restart. Is there a registry Hack or configuration that will prevent it from
starting?.
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message
...
Greetings Tetawon,

Actually Messenger on its own won't do this. Do you have Norton Antivirus
installed? Recent
versions of Norton Antivirus added a new "instant messaging scanning"
feature, which can
conflict with Windows Messenger and cause it to display this behavior. 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


"Tetawon" wrote in message
...
I have XP Home and Windows Messenger 4.7.0041. I
discovered that messenger does not actually uninstall in
the add/remove option, as just removes the selection from
the startup menu.

The problem is that messenger continually attempts
accessing the internet, filling up my firewall alert
activity logs. How do I stop this constant attempt by
messenger to access the internet or remove messenger from
my pc?

Thanks,






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