How do I turn off the Windows Messenger for good.

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You can uninstall Windows Messenger in the Control Panel/Add-Remove
Programs/Add-Remove Windows Components.

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Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
"David Lawson" <davidlawson@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Windows Messenger had not been a problem I would simply "exit" after a
> reboot and never saw it until the next reboot. Now, ever since I had a
> wireless network set up Messenger pops up all the time. I don't like that.
> Please help.
>
> Thank You
> David
>

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David Lawson wrote:
> Windows Messenger had not been a problem I would simply "exit" after a
> reboot and never saw it until the next reboot. Now, ever since I had a
> wireless network set up Messenger pops up all the time. I don't like that.
> Please help.

Colin has told you how to uninstall Messenger. If you're getting a lot
of pop ups from out on the net however that's also a sign that you've
got poor security. You need to run a firewall with a network that other
people have access to.

Good luck....

Bill

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Colin's solution will only remove the Windows Messenger icon from the
desktop.

To completely remove Windows Messenger,
1) Exit from Windows Messenger
2) Paste the command below into the "Start|Run..." box

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

(Don't include the caret when you copy the command above)

Donald L McDaniel
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If you want to to dsable, but not uninstall it, you can toggle it on ot off
with Run/msmsgs


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johnf

> You can uninstall Windows Messenger in the Control Panel/Add-Remove
> Programs/Add-Remove Windows Components.
>
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> Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
> "David Lawson" <davidlawson@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:U7FHd.21179$c%.7783@okepread05...
>> Windows Messenger had not been a problem I would simply "exit" after a
>> reboot and never saw it until the next reboot. Now, ever since I had a
>> wireless network set up Messenger pops up all the time. I don't like
>> that. Please help.
>>
>> Thank You
>> David