disabling messenger

How do I disable messenger on start up?

I have tried all the normal ways, through control panel etc. but messenger
doesn't show up in services.
I can't even seem to unistall it - it doesn't appear as a listed program.
I'm using xp pro.

tia
r

r wrote:
> How do I disable messenger on start up?
>
> I have tried all the normal ways, through control panel etc. but messenger
> doesn't show up in services.
> I can't even seem to unistall it - it doesn't appear as a listed program.
> I'm using xp pro.
>
> tia
> r


read, carefully -> http://www.pchell.com/support/removemessenger.shtml
best wishes!
(xp pro)
--
www.mozilla.org

To disable the windows messenger, right click on your
task bar and select "Task Manager". In the Task Manager
you will see at the top several tabs, open the tab named
"Processes". In the big list look the the "Image Name"
colum, and find the name "msmsgs.exe". If you find this
file, just right click on it and select "End process" and
click "Yes".
You had to do it to remove the messenger
from the memory so you would be able to disable it.

Now go to the directory of "C:\Program Files\Messenger"
and change the name of the file "msmsgs.exe" to any other
name that you want, for example "msmsgs_old.exe". It would
prevent from loading this messenger.

>-----Original Message-----
>How do I disable messenger on start up?
>
>I have tried all the normal ways, through control panel
etc. but messenger
>doesn't show up in services.
>I can't even seem to unistall it - it doesn't appear as
a listed program.
>I'm using xp pro.
>
>tia
>r
>
>
>.
>

Greetings,

To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click Start, then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK),
click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this Program when Windows starts' or
'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on version) as well as 'Allow this
program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger to run in the background'
(depending on version). This won't remove Windows Messenger, so features like Remote
Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will continue to work, but it will let it stay
out of your way.

Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with Messenger and cause it to
also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"r" <zen20935@zen.co.uk> wrote in message news:40b24669$0$4574$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
> How do I disable messenger on start up?
>
> I have tried all the normal ways, through control panel etc. but messenger
> doesn't show up in services.
> I can't even seem to unistall it - it doesn't appear as a listed program.
> I'm using xp pro.
>
> tia
> r
>
>

I have the same problem. I tried your suggestions below but Messenger still
minimizes to the Taskbar. I right-click and try to Exit - I get a message
that it can't exit because other applications like Outlook, Outlook Expressd
or Internet Explorer are using features of it. I'm using XP Pro SP1. I also
use OE and IE 6 SP1. Until I started using XP Pro (previously I was using
2000 Pro), OE and IE never required Messenger to run. I don't want Messenger
to run at all, and it obviously isn't necessary for OE/IE. How do I stop it
(short of the other poster's suggestion of renaming the executable)?

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
news:%232zVAsdQEHA.3524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Greetings,
>
> To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click Start, then Run, type
"msmsgs" and click OK),
> click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this Program when
Windows starts' or
> 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on version) as well
as 'Allow this
> program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger to run in
the background'
> (depending on version). This won't remove Windows Messenger, so features
like Remote
> Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will continue to work, but
it will let it stay
> out of your way.
>
> Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton
Antivirus added a
> new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with
Messenger and cause it to
> also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the
Norton Antivirus
> icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open
Norton Antivirus'),
> click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger
and click OK.
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>
> "r" <zen20935@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
news:40b24669$0$4574$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
> > How do I disable messenger on start up?
> >
> > I have tried all the normal ways, through control panel etc. but
messenger
> > doesn't show up in services.
> > I can't even seem to unistall it - it doesn't appear as a listed
program.
> > I'm using xp pro.
> >
> > tia
> > r
> >
> >
>
>

Please disregard. I just got my answer by reading a previous post (thank you
Gary Tsang!).

"Ron Hinds" <billg@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:uOpgm6gQEHA.252@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I have the same problem. I tried your suggestions below but Messenger
still
> minimizes to the Taskbar. I right-click and try to Exit - I get a message
> that it can't exit because other applications like Outlook, Outlook
Expressd
> or Internet Explorer are using features of it. I'm using XP Pro SP1. I
also
> use OE and IE 6 SP1. Until I started using XP Pro (previously I was using
> 2000 Pro), OE and IE never required Messenger to run. I don't want
Messenger
> to run at all, and it obviously isn't necessary for OE/IE. How do I stop
it
> (short of the other poster's suggestion of renaming the executable)?
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
> news:%232zVAsdQEHA.3524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Greetings,
> >
> > To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click Start, then Run, type
> "msmsgs" and click OK),
> > click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this Program when
> Windows starts' or
> > 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on version) as
well
> as 'Allow this
> > program to run in the background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger to run in
> the background'
> > (depending on version). This won't remove Windows Messenger, so features
> like Remote
> > Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing will continue to work,
but
> it will let it stay
> > out of your way.
> >
> > Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton
> Antivirus added a
> > new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with
> Messenger and cause it to
> > also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on
the
> Norton Antivirus
> > icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open
> Norton Antivirus'),
> > click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger
> and click OK.
> > ____________________________________________
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> > Associate Expert
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> > Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >
> > "r" <zen20935@zen.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:40b24669$0$4574$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk...
> > > How do I disable messenger on start up?
> > >
> > > I have tried all the normal ways, through control panel etc. but
> messenger
> > > doesn't show up in services.
> > > I can't even seem to unistall it - it doesn't appear as a listed
> program.
> > > I'm using xp pro.
> > >
> > > tia
> > > r
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

Thanks for the replies everyone - great help, looks like I'll get it sorted
now.
At least I can stop those brown nag boxes on the task bar trying to contact
my daughter when I want to use the pc!

r


"YYZ" <yyz@webmail.co.za> wrote in message
news:d_ssc.23686$tb4.654997@news20.bellglobal.com...
> r wrote:
> > How do I disable messenger on start up?
> >
> > I have tried all the normal ways, through control panel etc. but
messenger
> > doesn't show up in services.
> > I can't even seem to unistall it - it doesn't appear as a listed
program.
> > I'm using xp pro.
> >
> > tia
> > r
>
>
> read, carefully -> http://www.pchell.com/support/removemessenger.shtml
> best wishes!
> (xp pro)
> --
> www.mozilla.org