Disable windows mesenger pop-ups

[Guest]

How do you stop the pop-up windows that show up out of no where on your
computer? I don't mean the ones that pop-up while you're surfing. I'm
talking about the ones that just pop-up out of no where that are beige in
color and try to advertise products or services. I can close up all my
browsers and go to bed and in the morning here is this ad sitting on my desk
top. Of course I have a broadband connection so I'm always connected to the
Internet as long as my computer is on. But it's real annoying. I even get
the pop-ups now that advertise how to get rid of the pop-ups "forever" for a
fee. Go figure.

ns

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings ns,

What you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, *not* Windows Messenger
(which are two different things) which spammers are exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor
can Microsoft control them anymore then they can control spam to your e-mail inbox.

To get rid of these pop ups, 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.
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Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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