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Messenger Service
I continue to receive irritating 'Messenger Service' pop-
ups, usually from the same sender, when logged on to the net. Is there any way of turning these off? |
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Messenger Service
Greetings Jon,
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 "jon fell" wrote in message ... I continue to receive irritating 'Messenger Service' pop- ups, usually from the same sender, when logged on to the net. Is there any way of turning these off? |
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Messenger Service
Jonathan, I did what you said to do to get rid of the
annoying pop-ups from Messenger service but believe it or not i just now got one and i turned it off a couple of hours ago.....Now what? Any suggestions to why that happened? -----Original Message----- Greetings Jon, 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 "jon fell" wrote in message ... I continue to receive irritating 'Messenger Service' pop- ups, usually from the same sender, when logged on to the net. Is there any way of turning these off? |
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