Get rid of Messenger

-----Original Message-----
A granddaughter used our computer and started using
Messenger. We had never used it and don't want to. Now
we get these annoying msgs from her friends and from the
system - always popping up on the screen. How can we get
Messenger out of the system entirely or shut it off so
we
see nothing of it?


Windows Messenger Is A Very Annoying Program Indeed.


It is complex to remove Windows Messenger (Chat Program)
From Windows XP because it is actually embedded in XP
but there is an easy work around as follows:

1 - Open Windows Messenger

2 - Go to "Tools/Options/Privacy" and block all in "My
Allow List"(Left Column) by moving them to to "My Block
List" (Right Column) (Just highlight the name and click
on "Block".)

3) Move "All Other Users" to "My Block List" the same way.

This then means then that only people that you allow by
placing them in your "My Allow List" can contact you on
Windows Messenger