Windows Instant Messaging

As a recent purchaser of a laptop loaded with Windows XP -
- I seem to have missed an earlier discussion on how to
disable Instant Messaging.
Please re-post.
As someone not interested in learning how to enlarge any
body parts, I find these messages invasive.
Please help. Thank you.

Greetings Dottie,

If you're just trying to disable Messenger remove the "Messenger Service" popups, do the
following: 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.

To actually remove Windows Messenger, the easiest way is just to uninstall it (you can
reinstall it whenever you'd like), to do so:
close down Messenger (right click the messenger icon in the notification area/system tray and
click close). Then click the start button, then click Run and type in (copy-paste if you
like):
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK. Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed instructions and
screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Dottie" wrote in message ...
As a recent purchaser of a laptop loaded with Windows XP -
- I seem to have missed an earlier discussion on how to
disable Instant Messaging.
Please re-post.
As someone not interested in learning how to enlarge any
body parts, I find these messages invasive.
Please help. Thank you.

Thanks.
You will be my friend forever.
-----Original Message-----
Greetings Dottie,

If you're just trying to disable Messenger remove
the "Messenger Service" popups, do the
following: 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.

To actually remove Windows Messenger, the easiest way is
just to uninstall it (you can
reinstall it whenever you'd like), to do so:
close down Messenger (right click the messenger icon in
the notification area/system tray and
click close). Then click the start button, then click
Run and type in (copy-paste if you
like):
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%
\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK. Messenger will then be uninstalled. For
more detailed instructions and
screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Dottie" wrote in message
...
As a recent purchaser of a laptop loaded with Windows
XP -
- I seem to have missed an earlier discussion on how to
disable Instant Messaging.
Please re-post.
As someone not interested in learning how to enlarge
any
body parts, I find these messages invasive.
Please help. Thank you.


.

Hi,

Glad to be of assistance =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Dottie" wrote in message ...
Thanks.
You will be my friend forever.
-----Original Message-----
Greetings Dottie,

If you're just trying to disable Messenger remove
the "Messenger Service" popups, do the
following: 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.

To actually remove Windows Messenger, the easiest way is
just to uninstall it (you can
reinstall it whenever you'd like), to do so:
close down Messenger (right click the messenger icon in
the notification area/system tray and
click close). Then click the start button, then click
Run and type in (copy-paste if you
like):
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%
\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK. Messenger will then be uninstalled. For
more detailed instructions and
screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Dottie" wrote in message
...
As a recent purchaser of a laptop loaded with Windows
XP -
- I seem to have missed an earlier discussion on how to
disable Instant Messaging.
Please re-post.
As someone not interested in learning how to enlarge
any
body parts, I find these messages invasive.
Please help. Thank you.


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