keeping msn ditching windows messenger

[Petebert]

ever since the 6.0 msn messenger beta ive had both msn and windows, I like
to think of these as the same program, 6.0 being the upgrade, and being an
upgrade I thought windows messenger 4.7 or whatever it is, maybe 5.7 wouldnt
load but they both like to load, how can I get rid of Windows messenger, I
tried unintalling msn messenger going into add/remove programs, windows
setup and removing windows messengers then I reinstalled msn 6.0 that
recently came out and windows messenger popped up again

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

You can remove Windows Messenger 4.7, but if you do, you will be preventing Remote
Assistance, Whiteboard, Application Sharing and any other applications that utilize Messenger
from working (or loading without problems). You can just disable Windows Messenger 4.7 (and
keep full functionality), by opening it up, click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and
unchecking 'Run this program when Windows starts'. This won't stop it from being loaded by
some other application though. As well, you can disable it further by going to Start, Control
Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components on the left, uncheck Windows
Messenger in the components list and click Next >. Note: this is only available if you've
installed Windows XP Service Pack 1 -- if you haven't, visit
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. This won't remove Windows Messenger, but it will let it
stay out of your way, and allow MSN Messenger to work properly.

Also see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330117 for more information on Windows Messenger 4.7 and MSN
Messenger.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com