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windows xp messanger

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ive just brought a copy of xp home and installed it
and whilst online been getting them anyoying adds that tell you to goto there sight and get buy some protection
how do you turn of the messanger in xp that allows this i have been watching my firewall logs but cant catch him lol
 
the messenger service I assume??

go to run and type services.msc. Find the one that says Messenger and disable it. That should stop random popup messages.
 
Start...Control Panel...Administrative Tools...Services...(find,right click on)Messenger...Stop...Properties...(in 'Start Up Type')...Disable.

Let me know if you need any help.
 
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