windows messenger

[sgopus]

How do I stop this blasted thing again.
The service is disabled but it still keeps trying to load, I had it stopped
for quite a while, and something activated it again.
I see the messenger icon sitting in the task bar.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

See:
http://kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_messenger.htm

And:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/disabmes.htm

 

[Daave]

How do I stop this blasted thing again.
The service is disabled but it still keeps trying to load, I had it
stopped for quite a while, and something activated it again.
I see the messenger icon sitting in the task bar.

Just to be clear...

Are you referring to Windows Messenger or XP's Messenger Service? See:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302089

and

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/stopspam.mspx