how to remove Microsoft Messenger for good?

[Tony Young]

Hi,

I use startman.exe to remove some programs which are automatically
started during a Windows reboot. But even after I remove Microsoft
Messenger, it will show up again next time the Windows reboot. None of
other programs have this behavior. I don't find it in my XP's "Add or
Remove programs" tool. So I cannot uninstall it either. Can someone
show me how to remove it for good? Thanks for any information.

Tony

 

[RobertVA]

Hi,

I use startman.exe to remove some programs which are automatically
started during a Windows reboot. But even after I remove Microsoft
Messenger, it will show up again next time the Windows reboot. None of
other programs have this behavior. I don't find it in my XP's "Add or
Remove programs" tool. So I cannot uninstall it either. Can someone
show me how to remove it for good? Thanks for any information.

Tony

You may need to turn the option for Windows Messenger to launch on OS
startup in the instant messenger's own menu system.

Some antivirus programs have features to scan material received through
Windows Messenger. In some cases you will have to configure the
antivirus to NOT scan Windows Messenger content, as that option launches
the instant messenger when the antivirus launches.

 

[Guest]

if u google startman u will find many sites that say starteman is
spyware...if u go to snapfiles u can download xp antispy...this thing
lets u get rid of messager, it lets u turn off wins xp firewll...if u get
spybot its free, it looks for virus + click tools IT NOT ONLY SHOWS U
THE START MENU (lets u turn off stuff) BUT CKS IT FOR VIRUS!!! when ur at
the start menu drag the bar thats on the right 40% left then u see virus that
are in start + there's also a sherdder !! + a host file thing..+....

 

[John John]

See MVP Doug Knox's Site for removal script:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_messenger_remove.htm
http://www.dougknox.com/index.html

John

 

[Ian D]

You were almost there. Go to the "Add or Remove Programs"
window. To the left you will see "Add, Remove Windows Components". Scroll
down to Windows Messenger and
untick the selection box. It will be removed for good.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

StartMan is *NOT* spyware. I use it all of the time. And highly recommend
it.

[[StartMan is an extended 'msconfig' Startup Manager, designed to take
control of all those pesky programs and background services that load and
run at logon - most of which you probably don't need. As well as providing
the usual trouble-shooting options to enable or disable startups, StartMan
also permits the removal of startups.
Duplicate Detection and Removal, a unique feature of StartMan, can be
configured to remove all duplicates automatically, with or without
prompting.
Orphan Detection and Removal. As above, for orphaned startups.
Executable Detection and Removal. As above, for executables.
Includes a full range of sorting options to make it easier to locate a
specific startup - by name, by filename - even by command line parameter! ]]

StartMan v1.3.96
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/desc/startman.html

StartMan v1.3.96 Direct download
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/files/utils/startman10396.exe



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Hope this helps. Let us know.

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Phil Weldon]

'janfeb' wrote, in part:
| if u google startman u will find many sites that say starteman is
| spyware...
_____

There is a difference between the title of a program and an executable name.
'StartMan' is a widely available and useful program. Evidently
'startman.exe' is the name of a file that is part of a malware. Plenty of
malware has files that have the same names (or very similar names) as
legitimate files, even operating system files. I thing if you will read the
cites from your google search you will find two different kinds -
descriptions of the utility 'StartMan' and descriptions of the
'startman.exe' that is part of a malware. Or try searching for [ startman
utility ].

Phil Weldon

| if u google startman u will find many sites that say starteman is
| spyware...if u go to snapfiles u can download xp antispy...this thing
| lets u get rid of messager, it lets u turn off wins xp firewll...if u get
| spybot its free, it looks for virus + click tools IT NOT ONLY SHOWS U
| THE START MENU (lets u turn off stuff) BUT CKS IT FOR VIRUS!!! when ur at
| the start menu drag the bar thats on the right 40% left then u see virus
that
| are in start + there's also a sherdder !! + a host file thing..+....
|
|
| "Tony Young" wrote:
|
| > Hi,
| >
| > I use startman.exe to remove some programs which are automatically
| > started during a Windows reboot. But even after I remove Microsoft
| > Messenger, it will show up again next time the Windows reboot. None of
| > other programs have this behavior. I don't find it in my XP's "Add or
| > Remove programs" tool. So I cannot uninstall it either. Can someone
| > show me how to remove it for good? Thanks for any information.
| >
| > Tony
| >

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi,

I use startman.exe to remove some programs which are automatically
started during a Windows reboot. But even after I remove Microsoft
Messenger, it will show up again next time the Windows reboot. None of
other programs have this behavior. I don't find it in my XP's "Add or
Remove programs" tool. So I cannot uninstall it either. Can someone
show me how to remove it for good? Thanks for any information.

Tony

Modify C:\Windows\Inf\Sysoc.inf to remove the word "Hide" from
the pertinent Windows Components entries. Be sure to leave the two
surrounding commas in place. (Iow, change the line
"AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,hide,7" to read
"AccessUtil=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,accessor.inf,,7"), and then go to Control
Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Add/Remove Windows Components. Windows
Messenger will now appear among the list of Windows components that can
be removed.


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[Ken Blake, MVP]

StartMan is *NOT* spyware. I use it all of the time. And highly
recommend it.

Ditto. And Peter Forrest, its author, is a friend of mine. I can't imagine
that he would release spyware.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

[[StartMan is an extended 'msconfig' Startup Manager, designed to take
control of all those pesky programs and background services that load
and run at logon - most of which you probably don't need. As well as
providing the usual trouble-shooting options to enable or disable
startups, StartMan also permits the removal of startups.
Duplicate Detection and Removal, a unique feature of StartMan, can be
configured to remove all duplicates automatically, with or without
prompting.
Orphan Detection and Removal. As above, for orphaned startups.
Executable Detection and Removal. As above, for executables.
Includes a full range of sorting options to make it easier to locate a
specific startup - by name, by filename - even by command line
parameter! ]]

StartMan v1.3.96
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/desc/startman.html

StartMan v1.3.96 Direct download
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/files/utils/startman10396.exe




In

if u google startman u will find many sites that say starteman is
spyware...if u go to snapfiles u can download xp antispy...this thing
lets u get rid of messager, it lets u turn off wins xp firewll...if
u get spybot its free, it looks for virus + click tools IT NOT ONLY
SHOWS U THE START MENU (lets u turn off stuff) BUT CKS IT FOR
VIRUS!!! when ur at the start menu drag the bar thats on the right
40% left then u see virus that are in start + there's also a
sherdder !! + a host file thing..+....

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hi Ken,

No kidding, you know Peter Forrest?

He hasn't been heard from online for quite some time. Years actually.

In fact my version of startman.exe 1.3.0.96 Copyright ©2002, PCForrest.

I have a learned a lot from startman.chm.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

StartMan is *NOT* spyware. I use it all of the time. And highly
recommend it.

Ditto. And Peter Forrest, its author, is a friend of mine. I can't imagine
that he would release spyware.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

[[StartMan is an extended 'msconfig' Startup Manager, designed to take
control of all those pesky programs and background services that load
and run at logon - most of which you probably don't need. As well as
providing the usual trouble-shooting options to enable or disable
startups, StartMan also permits the removal of startups.
Duplicate Detection and Removal, a unique feature of StartMan, can be
configured to remove all duplicates automatically, with or without
prompting.
Orphan Detection and Removal. As above, for orphaned startups.
Executable Detection and Removal. As above, for executables.
Includes a full range of sorting options to make it easier to locate a
specific startup - by name, by filename - even by command line
parameter! ]]

StartMan v1.3.96
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/desc/startman.html

StartMan v1.3.96 Direct download
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/files/utils/startman10396.exe




In

if u google startman u will find many sites that say starteman is
spyware...if u go to snapfiles u can download xp antispy...this thing
lets u get rid of messager, it lets u turn off wins xp firewll...if
u get spybot its free, it looks for virus + click tools IT NOT ONLY
SHOWS U THE START MENU (lets u turn off stuff) BUT CKS IT FOR
VIRUS!!! when ur at the start menu drag the bar thats on the right
40% left then u see virus that are in start + there's also a
sherdder !! + a host file thing..+....


:

Hi,

I use startman.exe to remove some programs which are automatically
started during a Windows reboot. But even after I remove Microsoft
Messenger, it will show up again next time the Windows reboot.
None of other programs have this behavior. I don't find it in my
XP's "Add or Remove programs" tool. So I cannot uninstall it
either. Can someone show me how to remove it for good? Thanks for
any information.

Tony

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi Ken,

No kidding, you know Peter Forrest?

Never met him personally (he's in Scotland) but we used to know each other
from alt.windows98, and we used to correspond by E-mail now and then.

If you remember my story about the e-zine that published, under someone
else's name, a complete message of mine that I had many times published to
the newsgroups, and how I (and someone else who I had given permission to
put on his web site) got paid instead of the supposed author, that "someone
else" was Peter.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

He hasn't been heard from online for quite some time. Years actually.

In fact my version of startman.exe 1.3.0.96 Copyright ©2002,
PCForrest.

I have a learned a lot from startman.chm.


In

StartMan is *NOT* spyware. I use it all of the time. And highly
recommend it.

Ditto. And Peter Forrest, its author, is a friend of mine. I can't
imagine that he would release spyware.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

[[StartMan is an extended 'msconfig' Startup Manager, designed to
take control of all those pesky programs and background services
that load and run at logon - most of which you probably don't need.
As well as providing the usual trouble-shooting options to enable
or disable startups, StartMan also permits the removal of startups.
Duplicate Detection and Removal, a unique feature of StartMan, can
be configured to remove all duplicates automatically, with or
without prompting.
Orphan Detection and Removal. As above, for orphaned startups.
Executable Detection and Removal. As above, for executables.
Includes a full range of sorting options to make it easier to
locate a specific startup - by name, by filename - even by command
line parameter! ]]

StartMan v1.3.96
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/desc/startman.html

StartMan v1.3.96 Direct download
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/files/utils/startman10396.exe




In janfeb <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
if u google startman u will find many sites that say starteman is
spyware...if u go to snapfiles u can download xp antispy...this
thing lets u get rid of messager, it lets u turn off wins xp
firewll...if u get spybot its free, it looks for virus + click
tools IT NOT ONLY SHOWS U THE START MENU (lets u turn off stuff)
BUT CKS IT FOR VIRUS!!! when ur at the start menu drag the bar
thats on the right 40% left then u see virus that are in start +
there's also a sherdder !! + a host file thing..+....


:

Hi,

I use startman.exe to remove some programs which are automatically
started during a Windows reboot. But even after I remove
Microsoft Messenger, it will show up again next time the Windows
reboot.
None of other programs have this behavior. I don't find it in my
XP's "Add or Remove programs" tool. So I cannot uninstall it
either. Can someone show me how to remove it for good? Thanks
for any information.

Tony

 

[Wesley Vogel]

LOL I do remember that story, Ken.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Hi Ken,

No kidding, you know Peter Forrest?

Never met him personally (he's in Scotland) but we used to know each other
from alt.windows98, and we used to correspond by E-mail now and then.

If you remember my story about the e-zine that published, under someone
else's name, a complete message of mine that I had many times published to
the newsgroups, and how I (and someone else who I had given permission to
put on his web site) got paid instead of the supposed author, that
"someone else" was Peter.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

He hasn't been heard from online for quite some time. Years actually.

In fact my version of startman.exe 1.3.0.96 Copyright ©2002,
PCForrest.

I have a learned a lot from startman.chm.


In

Wesley Vogel wrote:

StartMan is *NOT* spyware. I use it all of the time. And highly
recommend it.



Ditto. And Peter Forrest, its author, is a friend of mine. I can't
imagine that he would release spyware.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


[[StartMan is an extended 'msconfig' Startup Manager, designed to
take control of all those pesky programs and background services
that load and run at logon - most of which you probably don't need.
As well as providing the usual trouble-shooting options to enable
or disable startups, StartMan also permits the removal of startups.
Duplicate Detection and Removal, a unique feature of StartMan, can
be configured to remove all duplicates automatically, with or
without prompting.
Orphan Detection and Removal. As above, for orphaned startups.
Executable Detection and Removal. As above, for executables.
Includes a full range of sorting options to make it easier to
locate a specific startup - by name, by filename - even by command
line parameter! ]]

StartMan v1.3.96
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/desc/startman.html

StartMan v1.3.96 Direct download
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/files/utils/startman10396.exe




In janfeb <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
if u google startman u will find many sites that say starteman is
spyware...if u go to snapfiles u can download xp antispy...this
thing lets u get rid of messager, it lets u turn off wins xp
firewll...if u get spybot its free, it looks for virus + click
tools IT NOT ONLY SHOWS U THE START MENU (lets u turn off stuff)
BUT CKS IT FOR VIRUS!!! when ur at the start menu drag the bar
thats on the right 40% left then u see virus that are in start +
there's also a sherdder !! + a host file thing..+....


:

Hi,

I use startman.exe to remove some programs which are automatically
started during a Windows reboot. But even after I remove
Microsoft Messenger, it will show up again next time the Windows
reboot.
None of other programs have this behavior. I don't find it in my
XP's "Add or Remove programs" tool. So I cannot uninstall it
either. Can someone show me how to remove it for good? Thanks
for any information.

Tony