I like windows live messenger. It is tied to my Xbox Live account and thats
cool.

But after a recent Windows (actually Microsoft) update I now have this crude
Messenger program running all the time and starting automatically at start up

I want to get rid of it or stop it from starting. I much rather like Live
Messenger. I don't know if Live messenger needs Messenger or not but how do I
stop it?

Greetings,

I assume you're referring to the old Windows Messenger that's part of XP.

To remove it, you'll need to click the Start button, then click Run and enter:
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
Then click OK.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
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"Nyte Munkey" <Nyte (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:56909610-6E6B-4F89-8CB4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I like windows live messenger. It is tied to my Xbox Live account and thats
> cool.
>
> But after a recent Windows (actually Microsoft) update I now have this crude
> Messenger program running all the time and starting automatically at start up
>
> I want to get rid of it or stop it from starting. I much rather like Live
> Messenger. I don't know if Live messenger needs Messenger or not but how do I
> stop it?

Yeah the old school Windows Messenger. I got rid of it a while ago but I
think when I DL'ed SP3 it included some newer or beta version of Messenger
which I thought was Live! Messenger. So far your fix seems to have worked.
Thanks.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I assume you're referring to the old Windows Messenger that's part of XP.
>
> To remove it, you'll need to click the Start button, then click Run and enter:
> RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
> Then click OK.
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
> --
>
>
> "Nyte Munkey" <Nyte (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:56909610-6E6B-4F89-8CB4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I like windows live messenger. It is tied to my Xbox Live account and thats
> > cool.
> >
> > But after a recent Windows (actually Microsoft) update I now have this crude
> > Messenger program running all the time and starting automatically at start up
> >
> > I want to get rid of it or stop it from starting. I much rather like Live
> > Messenger. I don't know if Live messenger needs Messenger or not but how do I
> > stop it?
>
>

Hi,

You're welcome. That should do it until you install another service pack (it is considered
part of Windows after all) or manually install from Windows Update.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--


"Nyte Munkey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:B12B3278-17A9-4C8B-9D62-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yeah the old school Windows Messenger. I got rid of it a while ago but I
> think when I DL'ed SP3 it included some newer or beta version of Messenger
> which I thought was Live! Messenger. So far your fix seems to have worked.
> Thanks.
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I assume you're referring to the old Windows Messenger that's part of XP.
>>
>> To remove it, you'll need to click the Start button, then click Run and enter:
>> RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
>> Then click OK.
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
>> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
>> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
>> --
>>
>>
>> "Nyte Munkey" <Nyte (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:56909610-6E6B-4F89-8CB4-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I like windows live messenger. It is tied to my Xbox Live account and thats
>> > cool.
>> >
>> > But after a recent Windows (actually Microsoft) update I now have this crude
>> > Messenger program running all the time and starting automatically at start up
>> >
>> > I want to get rid of it or stop it from starting. I much rather like Live
>> > Messenger. I don't know if Live messenger needs Messenger or not but how do I
>> > stop it?
>>
>>