"messanger service" turn off

[Joe]

is there any way to stop those annoying pop-ups that
say "Messanger Service". They have my IP address i have
no idea how. Is there anyway to block that without paying
for a program. Thank you.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Joe,

What you're seeing 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

 

[Dave]

-----Original Message-----
is there any way to stop those annoying pop-ups that
say "Messanger Service". They have my IP address i have
no idea how. Is there anyway to block that without paying
for a program. Thank you.
.
Open messenger 2 click icon lower right corner(the two

people) click tools then options then preferences tab and
uncheck "Run this program when windows starts" This should
stop them. Aol and some others offer free turn offs
from their setting/preferences....Hope this helps

 

[crystal]

-----Original Message-----
is there any way to stop those annoying pop-ups that
say "Messanger Service". They have my IP address i have
no idea how. Is there anyway to block that without paying
for a program. Thank you.
.