disable windows messenger 4.7

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this is how I stopped windows messenger 4.7 from loading-from techtv tips

Dave from Spencer, Massachusetts called asking how to disable the Messenger
built into XP. He's getting screen spam every time he goes online.

Microsoft includes Messenger as a feature of Windows 2000 and XP.
Unfortunately, spammers have figured out how to use it to their advantage.
Here's how to turn it off in XP.

Right-click My Computer and click Manage.
Fold out the Services and Applications option and click Services.
Right-click the Messenger entry, select Properties, and choose Disable under
Startup Type.
Click OK.
Don't touch anything else in the Services menu unless you know what you're
doing
 
NOTE THAT I DID EXACTLY AS YOU SAID. I CONFIRMED START
UP WAS DISABLED.
WITHIN A SHORT TIME I GOT ANOTHER POPUP.

DOES THIS ABOMINATION TURN ITSELF ON?
DOES ANYONE KNOW? I TRIED TO GET HELP FROM MICROSOFT BUT
THEY WANT MONEY FOR ANY TYPE OF HELP OTHER THAN THIS
NEWSGROUP.

ANY HELP??

THANKS,

RUDY
 
You disabled the Messenger service, not Windows Messenger. They are two
completely separate things.
 
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