Greetings Bruce,
You can remove Windows Messenger 4.7, but if you do, you will be preventing Remote
Assistance, Whiteboard, Application Sharing and any other applications that utilize Messenger
from working (or loading without problems). You can just disable Windows Messenger 4.7 (and
keep full functionality), by opening it up, click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and
unchecking 'Run this program when Windows starts'. This won't stop it from being loaded by
some other application though. As well, you can disable it further by going to Start, Control
Panel, Add or Remove Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components on the left, uncheck Windows
Messenger in the components list and click Next >. Note: this is only available if you've
installed Windows XP Service Pack 1 -- if you haven't, visit
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. This won't remove Windows Messenger, but it will let it
stay out of your way, and allow MSN Messenger to work properly.
To add MSN Messenger 6 to the Internet Explorer toolbar, close all your Internet Explorer
windows, then download and run this .reg file:
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/downloads/msn6_ietoolbar.reg
You'll need to the edit the file in notepad and change the drive letter if your MSN Messenger
is not located in C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger.
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Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources -
http://messenger.jonathankay.com