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Windows Messenger CONTINUALLY pops up "Display Name"
I don't use WM. I never have. I never will. I don't even want to enter a name
to display to anyone. I've lived 70 years without using it, and would be more than content to never use it. I suppose I could enter a user name just to shut it up, but then someone might see that I was on-line in WM and try to communicate with me. I don't want that. How do I turn this thing off.....permanently? Currently, it pops up about every 5 minutes if my computer is idle; if I click cancel, and let it be idle again, it'll pop up again. |
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Windows Messenger CONTINUALLY pops up "Display Name"
Greetings,
Just pop open the main Messenger window by double-clicking on its icon in the notification area, or click Start, then Run, enter "msmsgs" and click OK. Then click the Tools menu, click the Preferences tab, and uncheck 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts'. Click OK, and then right-click the Messenger icon in the notification area and choose Exit (or just kill the msmsgs.exe process). Now if you really want it *gone* for good, you can actually uninstall it. To do that, click Start, then Run, and paste in the following: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Then click OK. Note that on your next visit to Windows Update, you'll probably see Windows Messenger as recommended download, just select to hide that update if it bothers you there. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "czechmate" wrote in message news I don't use WM. I never have. I never will. I don't even want to enter a name to display to anyone. I've lived 70 years without using it, and would be more than content to never use it. I suppose I could enter a user name just to shut it up, but then someone might see that I was on-line in WM and try to communicate with me. I don't want that. How do I turn this thing off.....permanently? Currently, it pops up about every 5 minutes if my computer is idle; if I click cancel, and let it be idle again, it'll pop up again. |
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Windows Messenger CONTINUALLY pops up "Display Name"
Greetings,
Just pop open the main Messenger window by double-clicking on its icon in the notification area, or click Start, then Run, enter "msmsgs" and click OK. Then click the Tools menu, click the Preferences tab, and uncheck 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts'. Click OK, and then right-click the Messenger icon in the notification area and choose Exit (or just kill the msmsgs.exe process). Now if you really want it *gone* for good, you can actually uninstall it. To do that, click Start, then Run, and paste in the following: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Then click OK. Note that on your next visit to Windows Update, you'll probably see Windows Messenger as recommended download, just select to hide that update if it bothers you there. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "czechmate" wrote in message news I don't use WM. I never have. I never will. I don't even want to enter a name to display to anyone. I've lived 70 years without using it, and would be more than content to never use it. I suppose I could enter a user name just to shut it up, but then someone might see that I was on-line in WM and try to communicate with me. I don't want that. How do I turn this thing off.....permanently? Currently, it pops up about every 5 minutes if my computer is idle; if I click cancel, and let it be idle again, it'll pop up again. |
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Windows Messenger CONTINUALLY pops up "Display Name"
Johathan,
Thanks for the information on how to uninstall Windows Messenger; however, I (and a few dozen of my co-workers) actually use Windows Messenger 5x daily and would very much like to know how to completely resolve this relatively new "Display Name" pop up problem. I have tried the solution provided in a previous post; updating profile information at https://accountservices.msn.com/editprof.srf did not resolve the problem for everyone in the company with this problem. Please provide KB article-type information such as cause and resolution. Thanks, Jerry "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: Greetings, Just pop open the main Messenger window by double-clicking on its icon in the notification area, or click Start, then Run, enter "msmsgs" and click OK. Then click the Tools menu, click the Preferences tab, and uncheck 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts'. Click OK, and then right-click the Messenger icon in the notification area and choose Exit (or just kill the msmsgs.exe process). Now if you really want it *gone* for good, you can actually uninstall it. To do that, click Start, then Run, and paste in the following: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Then click OK. Note that on your next visit to Windows Update, you'll probably see Windows Messenger as recommended download, just select to hide that update if it bothers you there. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "czechmate" wrote in message news I don't use WM. I never have. I never will. I don't even want to enter a name to display to anyone. I've lived 70 years without using it, and would be more than content to never use it. I suppose I could enter a user name just to shut it up, but then someone might see that I was on-line in WM and try to communicate with me. I don't want that. How do I turn this thing off.....permanently? Currently, it pops up about every 5 minutes if my computer is idle; if I click cancel, and let it be idle again, it'll pop up again. . |
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Windows Messenger CONTINUALLY pops up "Display Name"
Johathan,
Thanks for the information on how to uninstall Windows Messenger; however, I (and a few dozen of my co-workers) actually use Windows Messenger 5x daily and would very much like to know how to completely resolve this relatively new "Display Name" pop up problem. I have tried the solution provided in a previous post; updating profile information at https://accountservices.msn.com/editprof.srf did not resolve the problem for everyone in the company with this problem. Please provide KB article-type information such as cause and resolution. Thanks, Jerry "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote: Greetings, Just pop open the main Messenger window by double-clicking on its icon in the notification area, or click Start, then Run, enter "msmsgs" and click OK. Then click the Tools menu, click the Preferences tab, and uncheck 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts'. Click OK, and then right-click the Messenger icon in the notification area and choose Exit (or just kill the msmsgs.exe process). Now if you really want it *gone* for good, you can actually uninstall it. To do that, click Start, then Run, and paste in the following: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Then click OK. Note that on your next visit to Windows Update, you'll probably see Windows Messenger as recommended download, just select to hide that update if it bothers you there. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "czechmate" wrote in message news I don't use WM. I never have. I never will. I don't even want to enter a name to display to anyone. I've lived 70 years without using it, and would be more than content to never use it. I suppose I could enter a user name just to shut it up, but then someone might see that I was on-line in WM and try to communicate with me. I don't want that. How do I turn this thing off.....permanently? Currently, it pops up about every 5 minutes if my computer is idle; if I click cancel, and let it be idle again, it'll pop up again. . |
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