Messenger PopUps

[Dauna]

I've tried the methods in three MS articles to disable
Messenger including altering the register to disable it.
I continue to get unsolicited advertising popups thru
Messenger. As far as I can tell, it seems that Outlook
Express is the source at this point. I can't find a way
to configure without cutting off my access to email.
HELP???? I don't want to give in to the blackmail that a
good portion of the popups are using to get a buyer of
their product to stop the popups. Many thanks for any
insight.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Do these "pop-ups" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in their titlebar? If so, 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