Im sure this has been discussed before, if not beat to death, but what is the deal with popups on windows xp...not for myself, but a friend of mine has a version of XP that came loaded on his Dell computer....whenever a game is being played it gets minimized to make way for these crappy popups(not even from browsing the net), they are many and often, how may they be disabled?
If you are not using the MSN Messenger you can completely remove it by clicking the Start button > Run > then paste this single line in the command box:
I find its easy to turn it off at the taskbar, then browse to Program Files\Messenger and rename the folder to Messengerold . No bootup delays and no MSMSGS.
How many times does it have to be said...over and over....in thread after thread....that messenger services (and pop-ups associated with that service being turned on) has nothing to do with WINDOWS MESSENGER?
Why do people keep posting instuctions on how to remove/disable Windows Messenger over and over again in these kinds of threads?
Originally posted by mpc2 How many times does it have to be said...over and over....in thread after thread....that messenger services (and pop-ups associated with that service being turned on) has nothing to do with WINDOWS MESSENGER?
Why do people keep posting instuctions on how to remove/disable Windows Messenger over and over again in these kinds of threads?
People read a little too quickly sometimes. We've all done it and get a little egg on our faces.
Ok here it goes....MSN Messenger is an internet relay chat program, messenger service is a hidden server compliments of Microsoft that by default is ON.....
Kudos Rob R.! I am sure most people familiar with Sys Opt have figured out the trick to "killing the Messenger" (pun intended), I myself figured it out before I found Sys Opt (renamed the file folder) and was very proud of myself. I have not used the Shoot the Messenger program but it is a very informative site and I will spread the word to anyone in need.
Windows Messenger Service simply notifies the user of Windows Events when it is on. The behavior is different between Win2k and WinXP.
MS Messenger is an Internet chat software.
We originally discussed turing off the messenger service (See picture) which appears to be what the author of this thread needed. Removing MS Messenger is something different.