What you are getting is a service message.

to disable it do the following:

Click on START- administration Tools
Open up SERVICES
scroll till you see MESSENGER
Right click on it
Choose PROPERTIES
Where it says START UP TYPE, choose DISABLED
click APPLY

and voila, no more pop ups.

Hope this helps

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Kevin Johnston
MediActive Solutions
www.mediactivesolutions.com
"NiceGuy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> OK, here's the deal. I had "98 with cable internet and never got these "
> messenger service" pop-ups with the browser turned off (closed). Now, with
> the new Comp and XP, with the browser closed, I get these pop-ups. They
say
> messenger service on top and look suspiciously like a MS window. Does this
> have anything to do with the Windows messenger program that is part of XP?
I
> don't really want to get a pop-up killer or install a firewall. I
shouldn't
> have to. Is there a way to completely close Windows messenger or should I
> delete it. Any help would be appreciated. Please respond to author. Thanks
> Bill
>
>

More Specific: OPen Start-Menu, Settings, Control-
Panel,and then "Administrative Tools"

Here you will find Services. Open it, scroll to Messenger
Service and disable it like described below.

Niel

>-----Original Message-----
>What you are getting is a service message.
>
>to disable it do the following:
>
>Click on START- administration Tools
>Open up SERVICES
>scroll till you see MESSENGER
>Right click on it
>Choose PROPERTIES
>Where it says START UP TYPE, choose DISABLED
>click APPLY
>
>and voila, no more pop ups.
>
>Hope this helps
>
>--
>Kevin Johnston
>MediActive Solutions
>www.mediactivesolutions.com
>"NiceGuy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> OK, here's the deal. I had "98 with cable internet and
never got these "
>> messenger service" pop-ups with the browser turned off
(closed). Now, with
>> the new Comp and XP, with the browser closed, I get
these pop-ups. They
>say
>> messenger service on top and look suspiciously like a
MS window. Does this
>> have anything to do with the Windows messenger program
that is part of XP?
>I
>> don't really want to get a pop-up killer or install a
firewall. I
>shouldn't
>> have to. Is there a way to completely close Windows
messenger or should I
>> delete it. Any help would be appreciated. Please
respond to author. Thanks
>> Bill
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>