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How do I get rid of Messenger (AGAIN)???
oI have read the posts here and did the download program to remove Messenger.
However after reboot and connecting to MSN, Messenger re-installed it self! I have no use for Messenger, I do not want it, I wish it would go away, etc!!! When I deleted it MSN told me it could not find my log-on info, it then connected me to MSN but would not allow e-mail etc. I rebotted again and got logged on okay but there was messenger again. I have it set up so I never appear on-line but it signs itself in, I sign out and 5 min later it signs itself back in again. Does anyone know how to bury this program forever, without screwing up other functions? I do not use outlook eithere. Dave |
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How do I get rid of Messenger (AGAIN)???
Greetings,
If you're using MSN (I assume you mean MSN Explorer or MSN Premium), it will automatically reinstall Messenger when you run it. This is by design. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "Dave K" wrote in message ... oI have read the posts here and did the download program to remove Messenger. However after reboot and connecting to MSN, Messenger re-installed it self! I have no use for Messenger, I do not want it, I wish it would go away, etc!!! When I deleted it MSN told me it could not find my log-on info, it then connected me to MSN but would not allow e-mail etc. I rebotted again and got logged on okay but there was messenger again. I have it set up so I never appear on-line but it signs itself in, I sign out and 5 min later it signs itself back in again. Does anyone know how to bury this program forever, without screwing up other functions? I do not use outlook eithere. Dave |
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How do I get rid of Messenger (AGAIN)???
Dave K wrote: oI have read the posts here and did the download program to remove Messenger. However after reboot and connecting to MSN, Messenger re-installed it self! I have no use for Messenger, I do not want it, I wish it would go away, etc!!! When I deleted it MSN told me it could not find my log-on info, it then connected me to MSN but would not allow e-mail etc. I rebotted again and got logged on okay but there was messenger again. I have it set up so I never appear on-line but it signs itself in, I sign out and 5 min later it signs itself back in again. Does anyone know how to bury this program forever, without screwing up other functions? I do not use outlook eithere. Dave try to uninstall msn messenger http://www.cezeo.com/tips-and-tricks/windows-messenger/ |
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How do I get rid of Messenger (AGAIN)???
I tried that before I made the post. It does remove it but when I start up
MSM preimum again it reinstalls itself. Is there no way to get around this M$ default? Why do we have to put up with these things without being given a cholice? Dave "psokolov" wrote: Dave K wrote: oI have read the posts here and did the download program to remove Messenger. However after reboot and connecting to MSN, Messenger re-installed it self! I have no use for Messenger, I do not want it, I wish it would go away, etc!!! When I deleted it MSN told me it could not find my log-on info, it then connected me to MSN but would not allow e-mail etc. I rebotted again and got logged on okay but there was messenger again. I have it set up so I never appear on-line but it signs itself in, I sign out and 5 min later it signs itself back in again. Does anyone know how to bury this program forever, without screwing up other functions? I do not use outlook eithere. Dave try to uninstall msn messenger http://www.cezeo.com/tips-and-tricks/windows-messenger/ |
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How do I get rid of Messenger (AGAIN)???
Dave K wrote: I tried that before I made the post. It does remove it but when I start up MSM preimum again it reinstalls itself. Is there no way to get around this M$ default? Why do we have to put up with these things without being given a cholice? if there is no option in MSN Premium to disable MSN, it will be hard to disable it. Try to find the msn installation package ( where MSN premium takes it ) and delete it. --- Pavel Sokolov Instant Messaging software http://www.cezeo.com |
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How do I get rid of Messenger (AGAIN)???
It'll just download it again.
-- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "psokolov" wrote in message oups.com... if there is no option in MSN Premium to disable MSN, it will be hard to disable it. Try to find the msn installation package ( where MSN premium takes it ) and delete it. --- Pavel Sokolov Instant Messaging software http://www.cezeo.com |
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How do I get rid of Messenger (AGAIN)???
You could also use the Windows Explorer and go into c, program file,
messenger and then rename msmsgs.exe to msmsgs.exe.old or anything else to care to call it. Windows can't find it and does not start it up and it doesn't try to re-install either. Al "Dave K" wrote in message ... I tried that before I made the post. It does remove it but when I start up MSM preimum again it reinstalls itself. Is there no way to get around this M$ default? Why do we have to put up with these things without being given a cholice? Dave "psokolov" wrote: Dave K wrote: oI have read the posts here and did the download program to remove Messenger. However after reboot and connecting to MSN, Messenger re-installed it self! I have no use for Messenger, I do not want it, I wish it would go away, etc!!! When I deleted it MSN told me it could not find my log-on info, it then connected me to MSN but would not allow e-mail etc. I rebotted again and got logged on okay but there was messenger again. I have it set up so I never appear on-line but it signs itself in, I sign out and 5 min later it signs itself back in again. Does anyone know how to bury this program forever, without screwing up other functions? I do not use outlook eithere. Dave try to uninstall msn messenger http://www.cezeo.com/tips-and-tricks/windows-messenger/ |
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How do I get rid of Messenger (AGAIN)???
"Al Kaufmann" wrote:
You could also use the Windows Explorer and go into c, program file, messenger and then rename msmsgs.exe to msmsgs.exe.old or anything else to care to call it. Windows can't find it and does not start it up and it doesn't try to re-install either. Think your wrong there, if you delete it, it can't find it and it will go get it again. So if you rename it, it won't find it and it will get it again. If you can't get rid of it. Get a firewall with program level controls and don't allow it access to the net, it will never sign in then |
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How do I get rid of Messenger (AGAIN)???
Hi,
Actually, that'll stop Windows Messenger from loading, assuming we're talking about MSN Explorer 9.x, it will be reinstalling MSN Messenger, not Windows Messenger so that won't have any effect either. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "Bring it" wrote in message ... "Al Kaufmann" wrote: You could also use the Windows Explorer and go into c, program file, messenger and then rename msmsgs.exe to msmsgs.exe.old or anything else to care to call it. Windows can't find it and does not start it up and it doesn't try to re-install either. Think your wrong there, if you delete it, it can't find it and it will go get it again. So if you rename it, it won't find it and it will get it again. If you can't get rid of it. Get a firewall with program level controls and don't allow it access to the net, it will never sign in then |
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How do I get rid of Messenger (AGAIN)???
Windows Messenger 4.5 or later versions on a Windows XP Home
Edition-based computer or on a Windows XP Professional-based computer Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. Note This method prevents programs that use the Messenger APIs from using Windows Messenger. Outlook 2002, Outlook Express 6, and the Remote Assistance feature in Windows XP are examples of programs that use these APIs and that depend on Windows Messenger. 1. Start Registry Editor. To do this, click Start, click Run, type regedit.exe, and then click OK. If the following registry subkey already exists, go to step 6: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mes senger\Client 2. Click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft 3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key. Type Messenger for the name of the new registry key, and then press ENTER. 4. Click the following registry subkey: key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mes senger 5. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key. Type Client for the name of the new registry key, and then press ENTER. 6. Click the following registry subkey: key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mes senger\Client 7. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. Type PreventRun for the name of the new DWORD value and then press ENTER. 8. Right-click the PreventRun value that you created in step 7, and then click Modify. In theValue data box, type 1, and then click OK. 9. Quit Registry Editor. Dave K wrote: I tried that before I made the post. It does remove it but when I start up MSM preimum again it reinstalls itself. Is there no way to get around this M$ default? Why do we have to put up with these things without being given a cholice? -- Pavel Sokolov Instant Messaging Software for Business http://www.cezeo.com |
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How do I get rid of Messenger (AGAIN)???
Hi,
Again, those are for Windows Messenger. We're talking about MSN Premium and MSN Messenger here -- these policies have no affect on that. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2006 Jonathan Kay. You *must* contact me for redistribution rights. -- "psokolov" wrote in message oups.com... Windows Messenger 4.5 or later versions on a Windows XP Home Edition-based computer or on a Windows XP Professional-based computer Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk. Note This method prevents programs that use the Messenger APIs from using Windows Messenger. Outlook 2002, Outlook Express 6, and the Remote Assistance feature in Windows XP are examples of programs that use these APIs and that depend on Windows Messenger. 1. Start Registry Editor. To do this, click Start, click Run, type regedit.exe, and then click OK. If the following registry subkey already exists, go to step 6: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mes senger\Client 2. Click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft 3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key. Type Messenger for the name of the new registry key, and then press ENTER. 4. Click the following registry subkey: key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mes senger 5. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key. Type Client for the name of the new registry key, and then press ENTER. 6. Click the following registry subkey: key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Mes senger\Client 7. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value. Type PreventRun for the name of the new DWORD value and then press ENTER. 8. Right-click the PreventRun value that you created in step 7, and then click Modify. In theValue data box, type 1, and then click OK. 9. Quit Registry Editor. Dave K wrote: I tried that before I made the post. It does remove it but when I start up MSM preimum again it reinstalls itself. Is there no way to get around this M$ default? Why do we have to put up with these things without being given a cholice? -- Pavel Sokolov Instant Messaging Software for Business http://www.cezeo.com |
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