Re: how do I uninstall windows messenger?

Greetings Wayne,

Firstly, do these "pop-ups" and "warnings" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in
their titlebar? If so, what you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, *not*
Windows Messenger (which are two different things) which spammers are exploiting -- this is
not Microsoft, nor can Microsoft control them anymore then they can control spam to your
e-mail inbox.

To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable the "Messenger Service", click Start,
then Run, enter "services.msc"and click OK. Scroll down to "Messenger", select it,
right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup type, choose 'Disabled' and then
choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped, click OK. Nothing in Windows or any
real third-party applications should be effected by this.

If you really want to remove Windows Messenger, close down Messenger if it's running (right
click the messenger icon in the notification area/system tray and click close). Then click
the start button, then click Run and type in (copy-paste if you like):

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

Then click OK.
Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed instructions and screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"wayne" <figuredane@aol.com> wrote in message news:0ed501c351ed$2788ed90$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I am running a Windows XP home OS. I downloaded windows
> messenger and now I can't believe all the pop up ads! AND
> security warnings! I want to uninstall windows messenger,
> but it doesn't appear in control panel/add&remove
> programs. There is no unistall menu option when I right
> click on the messenger icon. Help!