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"Messenger Service" - How do I stop it?
Help!
I just spent about a full day reinstalling Windows XP on a Sony laptop, reloading all my software, preferences, etc. Now, whenever I go on-line I continually get these pop-ups with "Messenger Service" in the header and messages usually about pornography, drugs, etc. I never got these before. I hope I'm in the right newsgroup and someone can help me. I cannot find any software or settings to stop this. Nor can I find anything in "Add/Remove" indicating any kind of messenger service that I can delete. I also downloaded Tweak XP Pro 3 as someone told me I can delete Messenger with that. When I try, I get an error message that says "Error registering the OCX 16422". Someone, please help me with these annoying pop-ups. |
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"Messenger Service" - How do I stop it?
Greetings Ralph,
What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, *not* 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. 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. Just as a little reminder, make sure you've protected yourself against the latest security issues by visiting WindowsUpdate and installing the security patches: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com (This isn't related to the Messenger Service in any way, just a reminder) ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Ralph Tomaccio" wrote in message ... Help! I just spent about a full day reinstalling Windows XP on a Sony laptop, reloading all my software, preferences, etc. Now, whenever I go on-line I continually get these pop-ups with "Messenger Service" in the header and messages usually about pornography, drugs, etc. I never got these before. I hope I'm in the right newsgroup and someone can help me. I cannot find any software or settings to stop this. Nor can I find anything in "Add/Remove" indicating any kind of messenger service that I can delete. I also downloaded Tweak XP Pro 3 as someone told me I can delete Messenger with that. When I try, I get an error message that says "Error registering the OCX 16422". Someone, please help me with these annoying pop-ups. |
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"Messenger Service" - How do I stop it?
Greetings Ralph,
What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, *not* 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. 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. Just as a little reminder, make sure you've protected yourself against the latest security issues by visiting WindowsUpdate and installing the security patches: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com (This isn't related to the Messenger Service in any way, just a reminder) ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Ralph Tomaccio" wrote in message ... Help! I just spent about a full day reinstalling Windows XP on a Sony laptop, reloading all my software, preferences, etc. Now, whenever I go on-line I continually get these pop-ups with "Messenger Service" in the header and messages usually about pornography, drugs, etc. I never got these before. I hope I'm in the right newsgroup and someone can help me. I cannot find any software or settings to stop this. Nor can I find anything in "Add/Remove" indicating any kind of messenger service that I can delete. I also downloaded Tweak XP Pro 3 as someone told me I can delete Messenger with that. When I try, I get an error message that says "Error registering the OCX 16422". Someone, please help me with these annoying pop-ups. |
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