Messenger Service Popups

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Paula Ev

Can anyone tell me how to stop the Windows Messenger
Service Popups. They are driving me mad, as I can't
clear them from my screen. Even after logging off, they
are still there! I never used to get them when I run
Windows messenger on my old computer. Why now?
 
Messenger Menu - Tools - Options - Preferences - uncheck all the display
alert check boxes.
 
Greetings Paula,

Do these "popups" 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, 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.
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