James said:
"I HEAR YA,... I HEAR YA..."
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL THIS MESSENGER SERVICE PROGRAM
REALLY IS, BUT I'VE READ ATLEAST A DOZEN ARTICLES IN PC
ORIENTED MAGAZINES STATING THAT BILLY (SQUEAKY)GATES &
MICKEYSOFT HAD THIS PROGRAM EMBEDDED WITHIN WINDOWS 2000
& WINDOWS XP... AND I WHOLE HEARTEDLY AGREE WITH THEM.
AND I HAVE THE PERFECT TEST TO PROVE IT.
1) DO A COMPLETE FORMAT AND REINSTALLATION OF 2000/XP.
2) SETUP YOUR INTERNET SETTINGS.
3) PLACE YOUR SYSTEM ONLINE, ASSUMING THAT YOUR ON A
DSL/BROADBAND CONNECTION.(always on)
4) NOW JUST LEAVE IT THERE "WITHOUT" INTERNET EXPLORER
OPEN... JUST SIT THERE AT YOUR DESKTOP OR GO AWAY AN
COMEBACK LATER.
5) NOW JUST COUNT HOW MANY POPUPS YOU'VE GOTTEN VIA THIS
SO CALLED "MESSENGER SERVICE"
6) NOW ASK YOURSELF... DID YOU INSTALL ANYTHING THAT
MIGHT HAVE HAD THIS PIECE OF SHIT PROGRAM EMBEDDED IN
IT..? NO..? THEN I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD HAVE HAD
TO ALREADY BEEN THERE INORDER FOR IT TO HAVE BEEN
INSTALLED,... RIGHT...?
NOW INCASE YOUR THINKING TO YOURSELF, "HEY, IT COULD HAVE
BEEN SPYWARE... WELL I WENT OUT OF MY WAY AND PURCHASED
A "NETGEAR ROUTER", AND CALLED THEM WHEN I HOOKED IT UP
AND HAD THEM HELP ME SET IT UP WITH FULL FIREWALL
PROTECTION... AND THE POPUPS WERE SHOWING UP WITHIN 5
MINUTES OF PLACING MY SYSTEM ONLINE,... DIRECTLY THROUGH
A "FULLY" FIREWALLED ROUTER...
BUT THEN AGAIN,... I'VE BEEN USING XP NOW FOR ALMOST 6
MONTHS... AND ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS MORE APPEALING... IT IS A
TOTAL "JOKE" OF AN OPERATING SYSTEM, WITH TOTALLY FAULSE
ADVERTISED FEATURES. BECAUSE I HAVE MORE PROGRAM LOCKUPS
& CRASHES WITH XP THAN I EVERY DID WITH 95/98/NT/2000.
AND YOU "DO" LOOSE YOUR WORK,... THERE IS NO SAVING OF
ANYTHING...PERIOD. XP IS A TOTAL JOKE. BUT THEN AGAIN IF
YOU THINK ABOUT IT... BILLY BOY WOULDN'T BE MAKING AS
MUCH MULLA OF SELLING NEW OPERATING SYSTEMS IF HE
ACTUALLY CAME OUT WITH ONE THAT DID EVERYTHING THAT IT
WAS BRAGGED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO... NOW WOULD HE...?
THINK ABOUT IT.
I have been running XP Pro since it hit the market, before that I ran ME. I
have had one, just one BSD in that time. I play with adding and removing
components, software and different internet connections. This particular box
has had in it at various time CPUs, 1.7 Cel, 1.8 Cel, now 2.4 PIV, 1 x 256
DDR 266, 2x 256 DDR 266, 2 x 512 DDR 266 ram, now 1 x 512 DDR 333 ram. It
has had four different modems, two different network cards, three different
Home free phone line cards plus still having the onboard NIC 10/100 at all
times enabled. I have used the onboard AC 97 sound, had a creative Sound
Blaster value, Pine cheapo sound card and now the Creative 5.1 Sound blaster
OEM. I have had four different burners through the box, Mutsumi, Matsashita
and 2 x LGs. This is the second hard drive. Now trying swapping all those
components in and out with ME with out doing a format. It will not be done
cleanly.
Now to your original rant, turn off the Messenger service, if you are not
using it to send messages on your LAN/Network why have it running? Go to
control panel, administrative tools, services, scroll down to Messenger
service and disable through the properties.
