how to disable xp messenger???

[woods]

I was in the middle of a game ofc/s and got this message about diplomas! It totlally screwed my game and turned of the sound! How do I disable that lovely feature?

 

[Maximouse]

Try going into the add/remove components in the control panel.

I disabled it on mine that way, unchecked the box for it

 

[woods]

I did not mean msm messenger. The one I am talking about is the internal one. it is a built in feature of xp.

 

[Maximouse]

Sorry, My mixup

Cant get rid of that one. Need it for Email

 

[woods]

I know there is a way to do it because I saw it on the screensavers but I cant find the link on their site. People are starting to use it for spaming.

 

[Maximouse]

Is this the site you mean?

http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/index.html/

 

[Maximouse]

Got this from that site.


Windows XP

Click Start->Control Panel
Click Performance and Maintenance
Click Administrative Tools
Double click Services
Scroll down and highlight "Messenger"
Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
Click the STOP button.
Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK


There ya go. No more unwanted spam.


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[Re-Volt]

Click START
Then RUN
Then type this in and hit enter:


RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove



easy cheese

 

[PsycoPhreak]

Fastest way, without deleting or otherwise removing files and such...


go to START..

click on RUN...

type in "services.msc"...

then just find the service called "messenger" (ironic huh?...lol) and set it to "Disabled"...

OOF: no more messenger...

 

[turbodiesel]

This is the best way, I use it everytime I reformat and have to set up XP all over again. It seems to get rid of it better than other ways.. Highly recommended if Messenger is bugging you.

Click START
Then RUN
Then type this in and hit enter:


RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove



easy cheese

 

[woods]

thank you for the responses. I just now got back up and running after my hdd started to jump around inside my case!!!! got it running again.