Delete Messenger NOT Live! Messenger?

[Nyte Munkey]

I like windows live messenger. It is tied to my Xbox Live account and thats
cool.

But after a recent Windows (actually Microsoft) update I now have this crude
Messenger program running all the time and starting automatically at start up

I want to get rid of it or stop it from starting. I much rather like Live
Messenger. I don't know if Live messenger needs Messenger or not but how do I
stop it?

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

I assume you're referring to the old Windows Messenger that's part of XP.

To remove it, you'll need to click the Start button, then click Run and enter:
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
Then click OK.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation

 

[Nyte Munkey]

Yeah the old school Windows Messenger. I got rid of it a while ago but I
think when I DL'ed SP3 it included some newer or beta version of Messenger
which I thought was Live! Messenger. So far your fix seems to have worked.
Thanks.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

You're welcome. That should do it until you install another service pack (it is considered
part of Windows after all) or manually install from Windows Update.

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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation