Windows Messenger

[Charlie H.]

How do I prevent Windows Messenger from loading during
Windows startup? The icon is always displayed in the
notification area of the taskbar, even though I never use
it.

 

[PA Bear]

Start here: http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/win_mess.htm
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[Charlie H]

Thanks for the link. I used the messenger.msn.com link,
went to help, and it said to uncheck the "run this program
while window starts". This looks like it worked here at
the office on a XP Pro machine, I'll have to try this on
my XP home machine back at the house to see if it's the
same.

 

[PA Bear]

Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger are *not* the same application.

Disabling either can have adverse effects on Outlook Express (slow to load)
if used.[/QUOTE]

 

[Charlie H]

I didn't know that. I basically just didn't want to wait
for Windows Messenger to load during bootup. I currently
don't use Outlook Express, just Juno and yahoo email
services. So, is it alright that I unchecked the box so
that it won't load during startup?

 

[sli]

Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger are *not* the same application.

Disabling either can have adverse effects on Outlook Express (slow to
load) if used.

An easy way to do disable or remove it and prevent this slowdown to OE, is
to use the script from Doug Knox's site.
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_messenger_remove.htm

 

[sli]

Thanks for the website. I assume if I run this script it's
gone forever. If I ever needed or wanted to reinstall
Windows Messenger, can a full version be downloaded?

Use his script to disable, if you'd rather, and keep the enable script
handy. http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_messenger_autorun.htm