What are the pluses and minus of deleating messenger?

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Patrick

If I whipe window messenger off forever what will I be
giving up. I mean besides the constant annoying messeges
it sends.
 
Greetings Patrick,

Windows Messenger does not send annoying messages -- do these "annoying messages" 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, 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
 
Ya im in the process of cleaning up my spyware problems.
So what purpose does the messenger serve except updates.
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Greetings Patrick,

Windows Messenger does not send annoying messages -- do
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these "annoying messages" 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
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Messenger (which are two different
things) which spammers are exploiting -- this is not
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Microsoft, nor can Microsoft control
them anymore then they can control spam to your e-mail inbox.

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

Just as a little reminder, make sure you've protected
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yourself against the latest security
 
Hi,

It doesn't serve updates -- the "Messenger Service" in this case is/was designed for sending
quick messages to other computers on local networks. Unfortunately the Internet is just one
large network, and as such, has been exploited.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
 
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