-----Original Message-----
I want to get rid of msn messenger it pops up
everytime i start my computer. I already have gone to
start>run msconfig and eliminated it from my startup
but it keeps coming back!!!!!Hope some can help.
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Along with few other things this software can disable or
remove msn messenger.
www.xp-antispy.org/
From Kellys site:
www.kellys-korner.com
Remove Messenger from XP
Start/Run/RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%
\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
Stop Windows Messenger from Auto-Starting
Simply delete the following Registry Key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\Run\MSMSGS
Uninstall Messenger
You have to edit sysoc.inf (located in /WINDOWS/inf).
Under [Components] you should see the following line:
msmsgs=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7. Take the
word 'hide' out of the line, and it should look like this:
msmsgs=ocgen.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7. Exit and save.
Go to Add or Remove Programs, and click on Add/Remove
Windows Components. There you should now be able to
uncheck the MSN Messenger Service, and by clicking Next
it will uninstall
Remove MSN Messenger from Outlook Express
Start/Run/Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express.
Value Name: Hide Messenger, Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD
Value), Value Data: (2 = remove messenger). Create a new
DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'Hide
Messenger' and set the value to 2.
Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of
Windows for the change to take effect.
