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[kittykat]

Hi

How can I get rid of messenger

Marion

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

You can remove Windows Messenger, but if you do, you will be preventing Remote Assistance,
Whiteboard, Application Sharing and any other applications that utilize Messenger from
working (or loading without problems). You can just disable Windows Messenger by opening it
up, 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, but
it will let it stay out of your way

Besides the drawbacks above however, if you really want to remove it completely, for Windows
Messenger 4.7, close down Messenger if it's running (right click the messenger icon in the
notification area/system tray and click close). Then click the start button, then click Run
and type in (copy-paste if you like):
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

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

For Windows Messenger 5, close down Messenger if it's running (right click the messenger icon
in the notification area/system tray and click close). Then click the start button, then
click Run and type in (copy-paste if you like):
msiexec.exe /x {ABEB838C-A1A7-4C5D-B7E1-8B4314B10138}
and then click OK.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[F. Taylor]

I've followed all these steps and my computer claims
Messenger is not installed. Yet I continue to get the
annoying pop-ups. I'm afraid to edit my registry, as I've
killed my computer doing this in the past.

Any suggestions?

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

You can remove Windows Messenger, but if you do, you will

be preventing Remote Assistance,

Whiteboard, Application Sharing and any other

applications that utilize Messenger from

working (or loading without problems). You can just

disable Windows Messenger by opening it

up, 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, but

it will let it stay out of your way

Besides the drawbacks above however, if you really want

to remove it completely, for Windows

Messenger 4.7, close down Messenger if it's running

(right click the messenger icon in the

notification area/system tray and click close). Then

click the start button, then click Run

and type in (copy-paste if you like):
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir% \INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK.
Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed

instructions and screenshots, go to,

http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7

For Windows Messenger 5, close down Messenger if it's

running (right click the messenger icon

in the notification area/system tray and click close).

Then click the start button, then

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Do these "pop-ups" that are appearing have "Messenger Service" in their titlebar? If so, what
you're seeing is the Messenger service built-in to Windows, *not* Windows Messenger (which
are two different things) which spammers are exploiting -- this is not Microsoft, nor can
Microsoft control them anymore then they can control spam to your e-mail inbox.

To get rid of these pop ups, you'll need to disable the "Messenger Service", click Start,
then Run, enter "services.msc"and click OK. Scroll down to "Messenger", select it,
right-click and then choose Properties. Under startup type, choose 'Disabled' and then
choose the 'Stop' button. After the service is stopped, click OK. Nothing in Windows or any
real third-party applications should be effected by this.

Just as a little reminder, make sure you've protected yourself against the latest security
issues by visiting WindowsUpdate and installing the security patches:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
(This isn't related to the Messenger Service in any way, just a reminder)
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com