msmsgs.exe - Messenger

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Win XP Home...

How can I stop this exe from getting launched ?

It's like that robot in the "Terminator"......
I'd kill it in Task Manager, minutes later it's there again......

It's not a "absolutely required" piece for XP to function, is it ?
Why then does MS insists on running it w/o asking the user then ????

Thanks
 
Robert C said:
How can I stop this exe from getting launched ?
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Start the Messenger and in Tools > Options disable "Run this program
when Windows starts" and "Allow this program to run in the
background". Close the Messenger.
Run REGEDIT.EXE and navigate to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express. Insert a new
DWORD entry
Hide Messenger
here and set it to a value of
2
 
Prevent Windows Messenger from Running on a Windows XP-Based Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302089


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Win XP Home...

How can I stop this exe from getting launched ?

It's like that robot in the "Terminator"......
I'd kill it in Task Manager, minutes later it's there again......

It's not a "absolutely required" piece for XP to function, is it ?
Why then does MS insists on running it w/o asking the user then ????

Thanks
 
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