Windows Messenger

[GrayPilgrim]

A couple of months ago John Reece asked how to disable Windows Messenger. I did it then but have just reloaded Woindows and need to do it again. Could someone please remind me how to disable it :gpl:

[dizzle]

Me too!!!

[Yog^sothoth]

click on one of the ads that they show. or simply look up

disable windows messenger on google.

Simple!

:shocked:

[Em7add11]

1. Right click on My Computer and go to Manage.
2. Click the + next to Services and Applications
3. Select Services
4. In the right pane, double-click Messenger
5. Click the stop button and change startup type to Manual
6. Click OK

And you're done.

[GrayPilgrim]

Thanks! I new it was something like that but I forgot the manage button.:gpl:

[Em7add11]

This is, of course, all contingent on running Win2K or WinXP.

[prgmrdave]

Today @ 05:19 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=131922#post131922)
Em7add11:

1. Right click on My Computer and go to Manage.
2. Click the + next to Services and Applications
3. Select Services
4. In the right pane, double-click Messenger
5. Click the stop button and change startup type to Manual
6. Click OK

And you're done.

www.byebyeads.com charges $24.95 for this service :hrm:

[CobraA1]

That's highway robbery! Just shut it down or block the ports it uses.

[Em7add11]

People charge for that? :hrm:

I just fished around in the services screen and figured it out after about 15-20 minutes.

[yxboom]

You realize you could just go into Windows Messenger window. Click Options >
Preferences >
uncheck:
Run this program when Windows starts
Allow this program to run in the background


That'll do it free of charge.

[prgmrdave]

Today @ 03:29 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=132618#post132618)
Em7add11:

People charge for that? :hrm:

I just fished around in the services screen and figured it out after about 15-20 minutes.

I got that web site name from a Messenger popup...

"Do you hate these popup ads? Go to www.byebyeads.com now! Write down this web site! Clicking OK will not take you to www.byebyeads.com!"

[prgmrdave]

You realize you could just go into Windows Messenger window. Click Options >
Preferences >
uncheck:
Run this program when Windows starts
Allow this program to run in the background


That'll do it free of charge.

That's a different program, the MS Messenger (pre-XP) IM client. This is the Windows Messenger service, originally intended for network printers to notify you when print jobs are done, and for network admins to announce network shutdowns and the like.

[Em7add11]

Yesterday @ 05:35 PM post located here (http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=132623#post132623)
yxboom:

You realize you could just go into Windows Messenger window. Click Options >
Preferences >
uncheck:
Run this program when Windows starts
Allow this program to run in the background


That'll do it free of charge.

I think you are referring to MSN Messenger, which isn't the same thing.

[Patroclus]

I think you are referring to MSN messenger which isn't... Oh wait, this has already been repeated once.

[$cirisme]

You realize you could just go into Windows Messenger window. Click Options >
Preferences >
uncheck:
Run this program when Windows starts
Allow this program to run in the background

That'll do it free of charge.

I like messenger service, I got an mass-port tester and found thousands of IPs with that open. Spam away, baby! :teeth:

Getting back to Windows Messenger, that didn't help me. :hrm: I would always go in and tell it not to run; it runs anyway! So frustrating.

But here's something you can do, if you kill off all instances, and rename the messenger folder; it will never run again!

:yipee: :yipee: :yipee: :yipee: :yipee:

[yxboom]

Anyone know if 2000 Pro has the windows messenger :huh:? Before XP Pro I had 2000 Pro, and I don't recall having that nifty little program.

[$cirisme]

Messenger service is in Win2kPro, but MSN Messenger(renamed Windows Messnger) was not built into Win.

[Em7add11]

2000 and XP both have it. It's ostensibily another way to report messages to workstations in a corporate environment. In practice, it's just more ways to get spammed.

[$cirisme]

Stop confusing Windows messenger with messenger service!

:argh: :argh: :argh:

[Em7add11]

I'm not, I'm talking about messenger service. :teeth:

[GrayPilgrim]

Either way it took up so much ram and often time I would have to wait for it to calm down to log into my computer, but since disabling it (again) I haven't ahd that problem.

GP :gpl: