Hi Sue
Assuming you have admin rights on your Comp do the following :
1. In Control Panel, go to Administrative Tools.
2. Once inside Administrative Tools, go to Services.
3. In Services, scroll down some until you see "Messenger" - you'll want to
right-click on that and hit Properties.
4. Before you do anything else in that box, go to the Dependencies tab. It
will take a few seconds, but verify that nothing currently installed
requires that service to run. Any dependencies for other programs will be in
the bottom; ignore the top pane.
5. Chances are you won't have any dependencies; if this is indeed the case,
your next step will be to go to the General tab.
6. First, stop the service by clicking "Stop."
7. Give Windows a few seconds to shut down the service.
8. Then, in the dropdown list labelled "Startup type," select the Disabled
option.
9. Click OK. At this point, you should have no more of those annoying
popups.
Paul
