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Hi Jonathan
I followed you suggestion after reading another post and that has eliminated the messenger service pop-ups, but I also receive a lot of messages right in the Messenger it's self. They are usually porn related and others are also in the conversation responding to the original porn message. I have blocked those in the group that are responding, but can never catch it fast enough to block the original. Any suggestions as how to stop this. I no longer allow messenger to load, but I would like to load it if I can figure out how to stop the unsolicited porn requests. Thanks Bob "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message ... Greetings Jim, What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, not MSN/Windows Messenger (which are two different things) which spammers are exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor can Microsoft control them anymore then they can control spam to your e-mail inbox. The "Messenger Service" was designed to send quick messages (like you're seeing) across local networks -- but since the Internet is one large network, it's been exposed to everyone. To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable the "Messenger Service", click Start, then Run, enter "services.msc"and click OK. Scroll down to "Messenger", select it, right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup type, choose 'Disabled' and then choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped, click OK. Nothing in Windows or any real third-party applications should be effected by this. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Windows MVP, Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Jim" wrote in message ... I get pop up like advertisements in a screen labeled "Messenger Service"...... what are these? Are they using a windows xp functionality? |
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