pop up messages - help

[Todd]

Ever since I upgraded to Win XP I keep getting these
annoying pop up messanges. How to I disable this or get
rid of them compleltey.

Thanks.

 

[dev]

/Todd/ said:

Ever since I upgraded to Win XP I keep getting these
annoying pop up messanges. How to I disable this or get
rid of them completely?

If these are "Messenger" pop-ups, they can be banished by enabling the XP
built-in firewall (which should be done anyway). See HELP & SUPPORT for
easy instructions.

If this is a program that has been inadvertently installed on your PC,
running ADAware may enable its removal. http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Read the instructions, download, install and run the program. The basic
utility is free. Or try Spybot from http://www.safer-networking.org/

If the pop-ups are site-related - the page that is being visited - then a
pop-up blocker may help. http://google.com Search for "ad blocker".
Or install and use a new-generation browser that has pop-up blocking,
such as the Mozilla suite from http://mozilla.org.

It will selectively block pop-ups and images, and is much more customizable
than I.E. For more, check in with these groups…

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[Matt]

Go to start -> control panel -> classic view -> admin tools
->services -> find the messenger service and disable it

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Bad idea. If they are messenger popups (and I'm not sure that they are),
then enable the system firewall.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Windows
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone