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I am looking to completely kill, wipe out, destroy, burn, pillage, and remove MSN Messenger in windows xp pro. Does anyone know how to get rid of it for good?
 
Greetings,

To remove Windows Messenger, close down Messenger if it's running (right click the messenger
icon in the notification area/system tray and click close). Then click the start button,
then click Run and type in (copy-paste if you like):

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK.
Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed instructions and screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

I am looking to completely kill, wipe out, destroy, burn, pillage, and remove MSN Messenger
in windows xp pro. Does anyone know how to get rid of it for good?
 
Jonathan, to clarify the information you provided to the
question below; will this completely eliminate Messenger
Pop-ups?
Mark
-----Original Message-----
Greetings,

To remove Windows Messenger, close down Messenger if
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it's running (right click the messenger
icon in the notification area/system tray and click
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close). Then click the start button,
then click Run and type in (copy-paste if you like):

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir% \INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK.
Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed
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instructions and screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

I am looking to completely kill, wipe out, destroy,
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burn, pillage, and remove MSN Messenger
 
Hi Mark,

It depends what you mean by popups, if you mean, "pop-ups" that are appearing with "Messenger
Service" in their titlebar, then no, as this 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.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
 
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