disenabling windows messenger...HELP

[Guest]

can anyone help???
EVERY time i log onto the net, i get a window pop up
telling me i need to update windows messenger....it's
driving me crazy.....i have followed the instructions on
the microsoft website to disenable messenger...but i dont
think thats the same as windows messnger....so it's made
not an ounce of difference...
i tired to uninstal it via gpeidt.msc, as suggested on
here, but windows did not recognise the file..
please please can anyone assist me....i don't use windows
messnger, i don't need windows messenger, and i dont want
it...
thanks in advance for your help

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Firstly, remove your saved Passport login in Windows XP, so it can't automatically sign you
in to the service (you can readd this back in the future if you like), click the Start
Button, then click the Control Panel. Then, click User Accounts in the Control Panel. Select
your account name, and then on the left side of the screen, under Related Tasks, click
'Manage my Network Passwords'. In the window that opens, click the Passport.Net\* (Passport)
entry and click 'Remove'.

If the window is still open with the upgrade question, say No, it should now stop trying.

Then open up Windows Messenger (click Start, then click Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK),
choose the Tools menu, then Options, then Preferences tab, uncheck 'Run this Program when
Windows starts', 'Allow this program to run in the background' and click OK. Then
right-click on its icon in the notification area/system tray (by the clock) and click Exit.

It shouldn't bother you again.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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