Popups

[glenn smith]

does anyone know how to stop those pesky popup ads?

 

[Paul]

this question must have been answer hundreds of times,
and three times on this page at the time im messaging
this. So plz, to prevent all these pop-up questions,
quickly check the newsgroup for ur answer, one answer is
only 8 posts down. Please tell people (if they are
posting a repeatidly answered question) to at least
quickly skim through the first page or two of the
newsgroup before posting the message.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Glenn,

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

 

[mikem]

-----Original Message-----
this question must have been answer hundreds of times,
and three times on this page at the time im messaging
this. So plz, to prevent all these pop-up questions,
quickly check the newsgroup for ur answer, one answer is
only 8 posts down. Please tell people (if they are
posting a repeatidly answered question) to at least
quickly skim through the first page or two of the
newsgroup before posting the message.
.
This one is for Paul. This is a public forum. People

have the right to ask whatever question they feel is
pertinant. It is not your place to criticize them for
asking any question. If you don't like it then don't
read the post!