3 questions about Win XP

[Diane]

I recently upgraded from ME to XP and I have 3 questions:
1. How do I disable Windows Messenger and keep it from
showing in my start up - system tray. I go to start, run,
msconfig, start-up, disable it, but it keeps coming back
up every time. 2. How do I disable Sound Max from my
system tray? I don't know how it is listed in the start up
to disable it. 3.Could you tell me what is suppossed to
be in my start-up for my system to operate correctly?

 

[Kelly]

Hi Diane,

Disable Messenger also from OE (Line 59)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Disable Messenger from Outlook (Line 193)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Check for an option to not having the icon load in the System Tray via the
program(s) in question.

Other options for removal:

Go to Start/Run and type in: msconfig. Go to the Startup Tab and uncheck
accordingly. Then run this script to remove the disabled items from the
registry.

Clear Disabled Items from Msconfig Startup (Line 148)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Or...remove the runkeys from here: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Troubleshooting, Removing and/or Cleaning Add or Remove Programs
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_a.htm#addremove

Repair/Customize Quick Launch, Taskbar and Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

Troubleshooting the Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm#na

 

[Vikram Verma]

1. To disable messenger from starting up go to c:\Program
Files\Messenger\msmsgs (Rename this to msmsgsold or
msmsgsoff - whatever you like)Also change the Messenger
Folder to "MessengerOff" without the quotes. This should
do it.

 

[Vikram Verma]

SoundMax: Having SoundMax in the system tray on start up
does not actually matter.