Windows messenger

[tigerclaws]

PLease can someone help me. Each time i connect to the
internet windows messenger 4.7 starts up. I have looked in
the components box on add/remove programs and it is not
ticked. I cannot locate it anywhere else on my computer. I
am running msn messenger 6.2 and do not wish to use
windows messenger. Can someone please tell me how to stop
this from happening? Thank you in advance.

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

You'll just need to disable Windows Messenger. To disable Windows Messenger, open it up
(click Start, then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK), click Tools, Options, Preferences tab
and uncheck 'Run this Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows
starts' (depending on version) as well as 'Allow this program to run in the background' or
'Allow Windows Messenger to run in the background' (depending on version). This won't remove
Windows Messenger, so features like Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and Application Sharing
will continue to work, but it will let it stay out of your way.

Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent versions of Norton Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can conflict with Messenger and cause it to
also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN Instant Messenger and click OK.
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[Guest]

Hello, thank you for the help. I did what you asked me to do but everything is unticked already and it is still running. I cant seem to get it to stop.