Windows msngr

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I posted this to XP General before I realized there was a specific msmgs group.
I cannot remove MS Messenger [msmsgs] from my System startup. I never use
it so it’s just taking space and slowing me down. When I open Startup
[Run/MSconfig/Startup] and uncheck the msmsgs box I get an error message that
says “An Access Denied error was returned while attempting to change a
service. You may need to log on using an Administrator account to make the
specified changes.†Since I’m the only person on this machine there’s only
one user defined [me] and there is no log on.. I am the designated
Administrator.

How do I get past this “Access Denied or turn it off?†I use Outlook
[e-mail] and Outlook Express [Newsgroups] and don’t know how they will be
affected but I sure would like to get that little Windows Messenger icon out
of my desktop icon bar. Anybody know what I’m talking about? Thanks, Denzil.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Denzil,

Actually, just using msconfig to disable Messenger will not work, it will load up anyway.

The easiest thing to do is just to uninstall it entirely. To do so, click the Start button,
then click Run and copy/paste the following:
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK.
Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed instructions and screenshots on this,
go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7

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