removing messenger

[Guest]

How do I remove MSN messenger from my computer? I have attempted to remove through control panel. I have also gone into msconfig and unclicked it from launching when the computer is rebooted. But every time I launch Outlook it reappears

Thank
Jim

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

There are actually two (2) different "Messengers" and they function
differently:

How are MSN Messenger and Windows Messenger different?
http://messenger.msn.com/Help/#LQ3

You can easily uninstall "MSN MESSENGER" via the Add/Remove Programs
applet in your Control Panel.

Or you can disable "Windows Messenger":

Open "Windows Messenger" and from the Toolbar select
Tools > Options > Preferences and uncheck:

"Run this program when Windows starts" and
"Allow this program to run in the background", then
click OK.

Prevent Windows Messenger from automatically running
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_messenger_autorun.htm

or

Remove Windows Messenger
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_messenger_remove.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| How do I remove MSN messenger from my computer? I have attempted to remove through control panel. I have
also gone into msconfig and unclicked it from launching when the computer is rebooted. But every time I
launch Outlook it reappears.
|
| Thanks
| Jim

 

[milton]

there are volumes written on this here in the newsgroups and on the WWW...do
some searches and read about it..
reading is good....