Is this pop-up window the bad joke of the century? It would appear
that its very existence and ability to appear within seconds of
logging on, and the fact that the O.K. button may as well say,
'Sucker' - leads me to ask why it is left to the frustrated general
public to bandy about a handful of tried and failed solutions to a
problem that somebody MUST have a definitive answer to. NO I don't
suspect an incoming call the minute I log on, and YES I have disabled
'Call Waiting'. Does anyone know the source for this pop-up? Is it a
legitimate Windows feature or some sort of smart virus?
My computer (Packard Bell imeda 5106 / Windows XP Home Edition) was at
least 8 months old before the 'event' first occurred, and since then,
fairly infrequently. For some reason since the beginning of this month
(July 03), it has happened every time I log on to the Internet. It
regularly appears twice in succession within a 30 second period,
mostly breaking my Internet connection after its second appearance,
though it seems to get bored after six attempts, leaving me
trouble-free for the rest of the duration. If this IS such a handy
feature, why can't it be disabled? Then again, if it were, I suppose
Windows 'Help and Support' would tell me how, and the O.K. button
would live up to its name!

Grrr, dont you hate that? Well I think I might have your
answer. Right click my computer and go to Manage, then
expand "Serives and Applications", then click
on "Services" scroll down and find the "Messenger"
service. Double click it and set the startup type
to "Disabled", then click stop to kill the application (Or
reboot, same thing).

That should stop those annoying exploits, that MS should
plug up.


Hope this was your solution.


>-----Original Message-----
>Is this pop-up window the bad joke of the century? It
would appear
>that its very existence and ability to appear within
seconds of
>logging on, and the fact that the O.K. button may as well
say,
>'Sucker' - leads me to ask why it is left to the
frustrated general
>public to bandy about a handful of tried and failed
solutions to a
>problem that somebody MUST have a definitive answer to.
NO I don't
>suspect an incoming call the minute I log on, and YES I
have disabled
>'Call Waiting'. Does anyone know the source for this pop-
up? Is it a
>legitimate Windows feature or some sort of smart virus?
>My computer (Packard Bell imeda 5106 / Windows XP Home
Edition) was at
>least 8 months old before the 'event' first occurred, and
since then,
>fairly infrequently. For some reason since the beginning
of this month
>(July 03), it has happened every time I log on to the
Internet. It
>regularly appears twice in succession within a 30 second
period,
>mostly breaking my Internet connection after its second
appearance,
>though it seems to get bored after six attempts, leaving
me
>trouble-free for the rest of the duration. If this IS
such a handy
>feature, why can't it be disabled? Then again, if it
were, I suppose
>Windows 'Help and Support' would tell me how, and the
O.K. button
>would live up to its name!
>.
>

Thanks for that, John (my first Google message too). If it doesn't
work I'll be back. So here's to you, and an optimistic farewell!