Get rid of Messenger

A granddaughter used our computer and started using
Messenger. We had never used it and don't want to. Now
we get these annoying msgs from her friends and from the
system - always popping up on the screen. How can we get
Messenger out of the system entirely or shut it off so we
see nothing of it?

Hi,

Your grand daughter must have saved her Passport.Net password on your
machine.
To get rid of that entry go to your Start -> Control Panel -> User Accounts.
Then click on your user account and then on the top left corner there'll be
an option called Manage my network passwords.
Click on that and then you'll see a list of stored usernames and passwords.
Select your grand daughter's accounts and any other accounts you might not
want and then click on the remove button. Then click on Close.

Now if you want to remove Windows Messenger

Go to the below website for the steps.

To Prevent Windows Messenger from Running on a Windows XP-Based Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...Product=WinMsgr

When you do this your Windows Messenger won't show up in your taskbar
anymore

However if you want to completely remove/uninstall Windows Messenger from
Windows XP can be found at this website made by Jonathan Kay.
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7

Follow the steps and the pictures that the website has and you shouldn't
have anymore problems. Uninstalling Windows Messenger can disable some of
the messenger features such as Whiteboard Sharing, and others on MSN
Messenger if you're using that.


--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp


"Shirley" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:10def01c440ef$e9db47c0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>A granddaughter used our computer and started using
> Messenger. We had never used it and don't want to. Now
> we get these annoying msgs from her friends and from the
> system - always popping up on the screen. How can we get
> Messenger out of the system entirely or shut it off so we
> see nothing of it?

>-----Original Message-----
>A granddaughter used our computer and started using
>Messenger. We had never used it and don't want to. Now
>we get these annoying msgs from her friends and from the
>system - always popping up on the screen. How can we get
>Messenger out of the system entirely or shut it off so
we
>see nothing of it?
>
>
Windows Messenger Is A Very Annoying Program Indeed.


It is complex to remove Windows Messenger (Chat Program)
From Windows XP because it is actually embedded in XP
but there is an easy work around as follows:

1 - Open Windows Messenger

2 - Go to "Tools/Options/Privacy" and block all in "My
Allow List"(Left Column) by moving them to to "My Block
List" (Right Column) (Just highlight the name and click
on "Block".)

3) Move "All Other Users" to "My Block List" the same way.

This then means then that only people that you allow by
placing them in your "My Allow List" can contact you on
Windows Messenger