Windows Messenger

[Dean Ulrich]

Like everyone else, I am trying to stop those annoying
pop up ads that come from Windows Messenger.

Has anyone figured out how to stop them?

I would appreciate it if you could pass along the secret,
and I will do the same.

Thank You,

Dean.
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Dean,

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.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

 

[J LANE]

GO TO WWW.MICROSOFT.COM/WINDOWSXP/ TPYE POP UPS IN SEARCH
WINDOW CHECK SEARCH RESULTS AND FIND REFERENCE TO
MESSENGER POP UPS