MS Messenger - KILL the Messenger!!

[cutie_pyie]

AM running Win-ME on a P4 @ 1.3GHz, I.E. 5.50.4807.2300 SP2.

Have turned off "starting of MSM when Windows starts" in the program itself. have deleted entries in registry. but:

while I am surfing the darn thing starts up itself and shows up in task bar and also in Task Manager. Some times it dissappears by itself while surfing to other web sites, other times the pgm stays active in backgrnd. How can I get rid of it so it will NOT start unless I want it to??

TIA - CT

[muchmark]

You can try this and see if it works, reinstall MSN Messanger then go to Control Panel Add/Remove Software and uninstall it from there. BTW why are you running WinMe on a P4 @ 1.3GHz?

[Bsamuels]

just goto run, type msconfig, select the `startup` tab from the menu, and UNcheck msn messenger.. Hope this helps





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[Fatal_Exception]

As most of you may already know, Microsoft has issued a security fix for its Universal Plug and Play within XP. Depending on what you’ve read, it will be the end of the world, or it’s the greatest thing since cottage cheese! To me it is an unnecessary intrusion into our computer, and one such intrusion is Microsoft’s Messenger, which utilizes UpnP.


So, how do we remove Messenger from XP. It’s not listed in the ADD/REMOVE programs Control Panel under Windows Components?
Find the file named sysoc.inf. It’s in your Windows\inf folder. Open it with notepad. You may want to make a backup copy first before editing. Go down to this line:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

Remove the word “hide” but leave the commas in place like this:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7

Save your file as sysoc.inf.

Go to the ADD/REMOVE programs in the Control Panel; navigate to Windows Components and select Windows Messenger to remove, click and it’s gone!

Microsoft makes it sound as though you have to utilize Messenger because it is part of XP. But we have a choice. You’re prompted to sign up for MS’s Passport, and they make unsuspecting customers feel as though it’s a necessity, but it really isn’t.