Windows messenger

[Andre De Clercq]

I run XPSP2 and I want to get rid of Windows Messenger and its unwanted
prompts. Do I have to sign-out everytime I start my computer, or can I
remove this program permanently. Thanks for any advise.

 

[Guest]

Check out this site about disable and removal of Windows Messenger.

http://www.petri.co.il/disable_windows_messenger_in_windows_xp.htm
http://www.petri.co.il/uninstall_windows_messenger_in_windows_xp.htm

Hope this Helps!

 

[Guest]

go to administrative tools, then component services, then local services,
scroll down till you get to messenger, and disable it

 

[Squire]

Go to Start, Run and type the following:

rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %WinDir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then hit return

Reboot

 

[Larry Samuels]

Start | Run | "RunDLL32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection
%windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove" (without the quotes)

Command line courtesy of Aaron Bertrand.


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[kurttrail]

I run XPSP2 and I want to get rid of Windows Messenger and its
unwanted prompts. Do I have to sign-out everytime I start my
computer, or can I remove this program permanently. Thanks for any
advise.

There is no such thing as permanently when it comes to uninstalling
Windows Messenger, as MS uses security updates to reinstall it on
occasion.

To uninstall it between those updates:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_messenger_remove.htm

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[Bruce Chambers]

There is no such thing as permanently when it comes to uninstalling
Windows Messenger, as MS uses security updates to reinstall it on
occasion.

How curious. I've never seen Windows Messenger reinstalled on any of
the hundreds of machines (all with current security updates)I oversee on
a daily basis.


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[Bruce Chambers]

Easiest way would be to open msconfig and stop it starting on boot then
never go near it again............

That doesn't remove Windows Messenger, and it results in an annoying
"You've started the computer in diagnostic mode" warning.


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[kurttrail]

How curious. I've never seen Windows Messenger reinstalled on any of
the hundreds of machines (all with current security updates)I oversee
on a daily basis.

It hasn't happened in a while, but I've seen it.

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[Bruce Chambers]

It hasn't happened in a while, but I've seen it.

Are you sure it wasn't an update to Windows Messenger that was
installed, rather than a _Windows_ security update? I could understand
Messenger being reinstalled in such an instance.


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Visit my website http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Click the Win XP Faq
button and take a look at question 15


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[kurttrail]

Are you sure it wasn't an update to Windows Messenger that was
installed, rather than a _Windows_ security update? I could
understand Messenger being reinstalled in such an instance.

Since it is a part of windows, and Windows Messenger updates appear on
Windows Update, you are making a distinction that most people wouldn't
realize.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Since it is a part of windows, and Windows Messenger updates appear on
Windows Update, you are making a distinction that most people wouldn't
realize.

Perhaps, but it's a perfectly valid distinction. If people continue to
practice willful ignorance and refuse to learn anything about their own
computers, and the software thereon, they will always have problems.
People need to learn to fend for themselves, rather than blindly relying
upon some anonymous and distant corporate, in this case, or government
entity to look after their best interests.



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[kurttrail]

Perhaps, but it's a perfectly valid distinction. If people continue
to practice willful ignorance and refuse to learn anything about
their own computers, and the software thereon, they will always have
problems. People need to learn to fend for themselves, rather than
blindly relying upon some anonymous and distant corporate, in this
case, or government entity to look after their best interests.

I agree, in principle, but that doesn't change the fact that most people
still would understand the fine line you are talking about, even if they
happened to read this one thread out of trillions of newsgroup threads.

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[Guest]

You're thinking of safe mode.. I think that solution would be 100% fine.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

To 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.

Next, open Outlook Express and from the Toolbar select
Tools > Options and under the General tab uncheck
"Automatically log on to Windows Messenger" and click
APPLY.

Alternatives:

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]

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| I run XPSP2 and I want to get rid of Windows Messenger and its unwanted
| prompts. Do I have to sign-out everytime I start my computer, or can I
| remove this program permanently. Thanks for any advise.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Bruce Chambers wrote:

I agree, in principle, but that doesn't change the fact that most people
still would understand the fine line you are talking about, even if they
happened to read this one thread out of trillions of newsgroup threads.

Sadly, you're quite correct, in this.


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[kurttrail]

Sadly, you're quite correct, in this.

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin"

That's one of my most favorite political quotes of all time, and
especially apropos in these times.

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