Get rid of it

[peterg]

Windows Messenger loads everytime I boot up. I have it
disable in Control Panel, and can't find anywhere else
that it is activated. How can I stop it from opening on
boot up?? Thanks

 

[Terabyte]

disable it in the registry

open the registry (click start then run)
type in: regedit
and press enter

navigate to this locaiton on the left hand side
H_key_current_users/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current
Version/Run

look for somthing called windows messenger or somthing
along those lines in the right hand side
rightclick and delete

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Peter,

To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click Start, then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK),
click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and unchecking 'Run this Program when Windows starts'
or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending on version). 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
completely, but it will let it stay out of your way. Do *not* just remove Windows Messenger
(as others will tell you to do), by doing so you will disable a number of features both in
Windows and MSN Messenger, including Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing.

Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with Messenger and cause it to
also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[peterg]

Thanks... I did all of the things below, disabled it (it
wasn't enabled) in Norton, and I still have the problem.
Also, under TOOLS -> OPTIONS -> Preferences, there is NO
option to 'Run this Program when Windows starts'! I have
version 4.7.2.. thanks.. (btw - I already removed it in
Control Panel/windows components)

-----Original Message-----
Greetings Peter,

To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click Start,

then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK),

click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and

unchecking 'Run this Program when Windows starts'

or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts'

(depending on version). 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
completely, but it will let it stay out of your way. Do

*not* just remove Windows Messenger

(as others will tell you to do), by doing so you will

disable a number of features both in

Windows and MSN Messenger, including Remote Assistance,

Whiteboard and Application Sharing.

Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent

versions of Norton Antivirus added a

new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can

conflict with Messenger and cause it to

also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus

(Right-click on the Norton Antivirus

icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the

clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),

click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN

Instant Messenger and click OK.