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How do I turn off the Windows Messenger for good.

 
 
David Lawson
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      20th Jan 2005
Windows Messenger had not been a problem I would simply "exit" after a
reboot and never saw it until the next reboot. Now, ever since I had a
wireless network set up Messenger pops up all the time. I don't like that.
Please help.

Thank You
David


 
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Colin Barnhorst
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      20th Jan 2005
You can uninstall Windows Messenger in the Control Panel/Add-Remove
Programs/Add-Remove Windows Components.

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"David Lawson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Windows Messenger had not been a problem I would simply "exit" after a
> reboot and never saw it until the next reboot. Now, ever since I had a
> wireless network set up Messenger pops up all the time. I don't like that.
> Please help.
>
> Thank You
> David
>



 
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Bill Martin -- (Remove NOSPAM from address)
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      20th Jan 2005
David Lawson wrote:
> Windows Messenger had not been a problem I would simply "exit" after a
> reboot and never saw it until the next reboot. Now, ever since I had a
> wireless network set up Messenger pops up all the time. I don't like that.
> Please help.


Colin has told you how to uninstall Messenger. If you're getting a lot
of pop ups from out on the net however that's also a sign that you've
got poor security. You need to run a firewall with a network that other
people have access to.

Good luck....

Bill
 
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johnf
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      20th Jan 2005
If you want to to dsable, but not uninstall it, you can toggle it on ot off
with Run/msmsgs


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> You can uninstall Windows Messenger in the Control Panel/Add-Remove
> Programs/Add-Remove Windows Components.
>
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> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> "David Lawson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:U7FHd.21179$c%.7783@okepread05...
>> Windows Messenger had not been a problem I would simply "exit" after a
>> reboot and never saw it until the next reboot. Now, ever since I had a
>> wireless network set up Messenger pops up all the time. I don't like
>> that. Please help.
>>
>> Thank You
>> David



 
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Donald McDaniel
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      20th Jan 2005
Colin's solution will only remove the Windows Messenger icon from the
desktop.

To completely remove Windows Messenger,
1) Exit from Windows Messenger
2) Paste the command below into the "Start|Run..." box

>RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove


(Don't include the caret when you copy the command above)

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