Is Windows Messenger good?

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Ben Stevenson

My computer recently crashed and I lost ALL my data.
Had to call in the shop technician for a reformat and reinstall.
My MSN Messenger is gone and I have Windows Messenger instead.
I am told that Windows Messenger is not good and should be
deleted/uninstalled, and MSN Messenger should be downloaded and installed.
I would appreciate some advise on this.
TIA
 
Ben said:
My computer recently crashed and I lost ALL my data.
Had to call in the shop technician for a reformat and reinstall.
My MSN Messenger is gone and I have Windows Messenger instead.
I am told that Windows Messenger is not good and should be
deleted/uninstalled, and MSN Messenger should be downloaded and
installed. I would appreciate some advise on this.
TIA
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Windows Messenger is part of the operating system. You can download and
install MSN Messenger if you prefer it.

http://messenger.msn.com/

Malke
 
Thanks for your prompt response.
If I install MSN Messenger, then I will have two, including the Windows
Mesenger, and I would not want Windows Mesenger in my Startup, taking up
resources. How would I remove it?
 
Ben said:
Thanks for your prompt response.
If I install MSN Messenger, then I will have two, including the
Windows Mesenger, and I would not want Windows Mesenger in my Startup,
taking up resources. How would I remove it?
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You can have several instant messaging clients installed and not have a
problem with resources. XP isn't Windows 95, you know. :-) Some
examples of instant messaging clients are Yahoo Instant Messenger, MSN
Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), as well as Trillian and Gaim.
There is nothing to prevent you from having all of these!

If you really want to disable Windows Messenger, use this free little
utility by MVP Doug Knox:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_mess_disable.htm

Malke
 
Windows Messenger vs MSN Messenger: What's the Difference?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...09-D143-45CA-9A1C-7636A7CBCA9E&displaylang=en

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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| My computer recently crashed and I lost ALL my data.
| Had to call in the shop technician for a reformat and reinstall.
| My MSN Messenger is gone and I have Windows Messenger instead.
| I am told that Windows Messenger is not good and should be
| deleted/uninstalled, and MSN Messenger should be downloaded and installed.
| I would appreciate some advise on this.
| TIA
 
To disable Windows Messenger from start-up programs ->
Open Windows Messenger-> Tools-> Options -> "Preferencies" tab
Now uncheck the option for start up.

Panda_man
 
To stop Windows Messenger from appearing at startup.

1. Open Windows Messenger.
2. Click on the tools menu and select options.
3. Click the preferences tab.
4. Untick 'run windows messenger when windows starts'.
5. Untick 'allow windows messenger to run in the background'.

Now visit http://messenger.msn.com and install MSN Messenger.

Hope that helps ?

Andy W
 
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