Don't Use Messenger

[Bill H.]

I don't use Messenger and it annoys me always popping up. Can I remove/unload it?

[The Tool]

In MSN Messenger,
Tools > Options > Preferences > Un-tick Run this program when Windows starts.

In Outlook Express,
Tools > Options > Under General Un-tick Automatically log on to Windows Messenger.

[ESALADUANE]

It's Windows Messenger Service that's being used for pop-ups not Messenger.



For 2000, first, go to Start, Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, and Services. Next, select Messenger from the list and right-click; then select Properties. Last, select the Stop button and then Startup Type and finally Disable.

Windows XP users wishing to turn off Windows Messenger service should go to Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance and select Administrative Tools.

Next, follow the same steps as you would with 2000 and select Messenger from the list. Right-click and select Properties. Select the Stop button, choose Startup Type, and then pick Disable.

[dunce3000]

It's driving me nuts. How do they think they have the right to do this. LETS HEAR THE WAY OUT>PLEASE...

[The Tool]

Originally posted by dunce3000
It's driving me nuts. How do they think they have the right to do this. LETS HEAR THE WAY OUT>PLEASE...

It is just like email spam.

[ESALADUANE]

I may have made a hasty (false) assumption that Bill H. was referring to advertising pop-ups. I disabled Windows Messenger so long ago that I had forgotten that it uses pop-ups too. I also forgot something that happened more recently (SP1). Now you can disable Messenger (without removing it) through the new "Set Access and Defaults" feature that came with the Service Pack.

Start>All Programs>Set Access and Defaults>Custom then scroll down and uncheck Messenger.