Help

[Carol Wells]

Ho. I keep getting a microsoft pop up whenever I
initially switch on my PC. It appears to relate to
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03 - 043.

It refers me to www.windows- patch. net and then I'm
asked to pay for the patch is this correct ?


thanks to anyone who tries to help

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Carol,

No, you do *not* need to pay to correct this. To correct this, firstly, 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.

Then be sure to visit WindowsUpdate to get all the necessary critical patches (for free!)
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com