Re: Annoying Pop ups

Greetings Kasmin,

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.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Kasmin Jefferson" <Kasmin@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:015101c352e3$6f657600$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Is there any way to eliminate the messenger service pop
> ups? The only way to eliminate them is to disconnect my
> DSL connection. Kasmin

Yeh! And Microsoft can't control allowing pop-ups to be
disabled with IE 6! What a joke they could easily remove
them by coming out with a new version of IE like the
superior Mozilla, and Opera browsers have. But we will
probably have to wait 2 more f...g years for that to
happen!. Because MS "allows" companies to put pop-ups in
the browser to annoy us IE users!. And hey what a better
reason to upgrade to the next operating system coming out
in 2005 to get the new IE with a built in pop-up
remover!. Another great way to make a buck!.
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Kasmin,
>
>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.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Kasmin Jefferson" <Kasmin@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:015101c352e3$6f657600$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Is there any way to eliminate the messenger service pop
>> ups? The only way to eliminate them is to disconnect
my
>> DSL connection. Kasmin
>
>
>.
>

Maybe you should do a little research before opening your mouth. This has nothing to do with pop-up
web pages in Internet Explorer.

Andrew

"John" <john@aol.com> wrote in message news:046301c35343$12e0c320$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> Yeh! And Microsoft can't control allowing pop-ups to be
> disabled with IE 6! What a joke they could easily remove
> them by coming out with a new version of IE like the
> superior Mozilla, and Opera browsers have. But we will
> probably have to wait 2 more f...g years for that to
> happen!. Because MS "allows" companies to put pop-ups in
> the browser to annoy us IE users!. And hey what a better
> reason to upgrade to the next operating system coming out
> in 2005 to get the new IE with a built in pop-up
> remover!. Another great way to make a buck!.
>
> > Greetings Kasmin,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > "Kasmin Jefferson" <Kasmin@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:015101c352e3$6f657600$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >
> > > Is there any way to eliminate the messenger service pop
> > > ups? The only way to eliminate them is to disconnect
> > > my
> > > DSL connection. Kasmin

Jonathan --

Can you clarify your response. These popups are from the
Messenger service "which spammers are exploiting". You
mean that spammers exploit this "service", not Windows
Messenger, right?

Just curious--since both are MS-written software, I take
it. I'm disabling it, whatever it is!

Thanks.

RL
>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Kasmin,
>
>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.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Kasmin Jefferson" <Kasmin@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:015101c352e3$6f657600$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Is there any way to eliminate the messenger service pop
>> ups? The only way to eliminate them is to disconnect
my
>> DSL connection. Kasmin
>
>
>.
>

Hi RL,

Yes, this is the 'Messenger Service' -- not Windows Messenger. This particular 'Messenger
Service' has been in existence since Windows NT (as such, is in both Windows 2000 and XP as
well) and it's sole purpose just to send informative messages to users over local networks.
It's only this past year that it's actually started to be exploited.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

<raymondlyons@msn.com> wrote in message news:01d401c353c9$f3d880d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Jonathan --
>
> Can you clarify your response. These popups are from the
> Messenger service "which spammers are exploiting". You
> mean that spammers exploit this "service", not Windows
> Messenger, right?
>
> Just curious--since both are MS-written software, I take
> it. I'm disabling it, whatever it is!
>
> Thanks.
>
> RL
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Kasmin,
> >
> >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.
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >"Kasmin Jefferson" <Kasmin@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >news:015101c352e3$6f657600$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Is there any way to eliminate the messenger service pop
> >> ups? The only way to eliminate them is to disconnect
> my
> >> DSL connection. Kasmin
> >
> >
> >.
> >