Removing Messenger XP

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?)

Greetings,

The sysoc.inf trick is unnecessary and rather pointless. If you really want to completely
disable Windows Messenger, you can simply uninstall it but by doing so, Application Sharing,
Whiteboard and Remote Assistance (within MSN Messenger) will no longer function.

If this is fine with you, just remove Windows Messenger again by closing down Messenger if
it's running (right click the messenger icon in the notification area/system tray and click
close). Then click the start button, then click Run and type in (copy-paste if you like):
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Then click OK.
Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed instructions and screenshots, go to,
http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Joseph Hume" <"moscowhippy at adelphia.net"> wrote in message
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> Before service pack 2 you could remove the hide from %systemroot%\inf\sysoc.inf and
> unistall the xp messenger. Since 'upgrading' to service pack 2 xp messenger has been
> reinstalled and I can't quite seem to get rid of it...
>
> Removing the hide from the sysoc.inf file produces two messenger icons in add/remove
> windows components but it still won't uninstall...
>
> Any Idea's or pointers?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?)

Other components are dependent on Windows Messenger being on the computer
(see Jonathan's posting as he explains it rather well).

--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp


"Joseph Hume" <"moscowhippy at adelphia.net"> wrote in message
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> Fantastic. Why it couldn't be / isn't in the control panel add - remove
> standard windows components is beyond me. Don't happen to have something
> like that up your sleeve for media player and / or movie maker as well???
>
> Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> The sysoc.inf trick is unnecessary and rather pointless. If you really
>> want to completely disable Windows Messenger, you can simply uninstall it
>> but by doing so, Application Sharing, Whiteboard and Remote Assistance
>> (within MSN Messenger) will no longer function.
>>
>> If this is fine with you, just remove Windows Messenger again by closing
>> down Messenger if
>> it's running (right click the messenger icon in the notification
>> area/system tray and click
>> close). Then click the start button, then click Run and type in
>> (copy-paste if you like):
>> RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
>>
>> Then click OK.
>> Messenger will then be uninstalled. For more detailed instructions and
>> screenshots, go to,
>> http://messenger.jonathankay.com/problem.aspx?ID=7
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>
>> "Joseph Hume" <"moscowhippy at adelphia.net"> wrote in message
>> news:ea2kKoqmFHA.708@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Before service pack 2 you could remove the hide from
>>>%systemroot%\inf\sysoc.inf and unistall the xp messenger. Since
>>>'upgrading' to service pack 2 xp messenger has been reinstalled and I
>>>can't quite seem to get rid of it...
>>>
>>>Removing the hide from the sysoc.inf file produces two messenger icons in
>>>add/remove windows components but it still won't uninstall...
>>>
>>>Any Idea's or pointers?
>>
>>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?)

Outlook 2003's Messenger contact display in the from field is one example.
Anything else that ties into Windows Messenger APIs.

--
Gary Tsang
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Shell/User
http://www.microsoft.com/mvp


"Joseph Hume" <"moscowhippy at adelphia.net"> wrote in message
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> Gary
>
> Reading his earlier reply to my post "Application Sharing,
> Whiteboard and Remote Assistance (within MSN Messenger)" is functionality
> I can well live without...
>
> Other than that, what other components are dependent on windows messenger
> being installed and operational on the host computer?
>
> Joseph
>
> Gary Tsang wrote:
>> Other components are dependent on Windows Messenger being on the computer
>> (see Jonathan's posting as he explains it rather well).

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?)

Hi Joseph,

There aren't any others, or else I would've mentioned them
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2005 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Joseph Hume" <"moscowhippy at adelphia.net"> wrote in message
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> That's a program that will never grace my computers. Anything else?
>
> Gary Tsang wrote:
>> Outlook 2003's Messenger contact display in the from field is one example.
>> Anything else that ties into Windows Messenger APIs.
>>