Shadowfactor Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 I just reformatted and windows messanger is coming up ( I HAte it) My friends is away he did it before , any body know how to get rid of it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangar Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 Look in "services" and try disabling it there, there is a service called "messanger" DONT TOUCH THAT ONE, look for "Windows Messanger". I think thats how it shows up. The other one I mentioned ...Transmits net send and Alerter service messages between clients and servers. This service is not related to Windows Messenger. If this service is stopped, Alerter messages will not be transmitted. If this service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some_Guy_ Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 Ummm, I think the "messenger" service is one that should be disabled, or else you get popup spam messages through it. The Windows Messenger isn't a service (not that I've seen, anyway). You can stop it from loading by disabling msmsgs.exe in the startup section, and/or renaming Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe to something else, so the file won't be found, and won't start. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActivated Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 here..i hade this before ..i got rid of it thx to Sykocus.. Start----->Run--------> type this in the "run" box without quotes.. "RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove" you will maybe get an error..press ok or whatever ..and reboot.. voila.. Thank Sykocus, Not me...!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangar Posted April 18, 2004 Posted April 18, 2004 Seems to work.... Thanks to both of you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_oakey Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 I read somewhere that once you kill msmsgs.exe, change the Messenger directory in Program Files to MessengerOFF..... windows messenger won't start up anymore after that. Doesn't totally get rid of it obviously, but stops it from starting, which is what I hate. I did this and it does the trick for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYoKoNA Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 Just though I might point this out because I have seen the topic plenty of times... http://forums.overclockersclub.com/?showto...hl=windows+mess http://forums.overclockersclub.com/?showto...hl=windows+mess http://forums.overclockersclub.com/?showto...hl=windows+mess Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardnerr2001 Posted April 26, 2004 Posted April 26, 2004 I did the add/remove windows components thing and got rid of it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bboy Satch Posted April 26, 2004 Posted April 26, 2004 To get rid of Windows Messenger Permenatly. Run>gpedit.msc>Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components>Windows Messenger>and enable both on the right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted April 26, 2004 Posted April 26, 2004 To get rid of Windows Messenger Permenatly.Run>gpedit.msc>Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>Windows Components>Windows Messenger>and enable both on the right. that's exactly what i've done on all my comps, but that's NOT permanent, that is temporary, as you can always just go back and enable it. But that's the reason i chose to do it that way...just in case i ever wanted it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravy Posted April 26, 2004 Posted April 26, 2004 here..i hade this before ..i got rid of it thx to Sykocus.. Start----->Run--------> type this in the "run" box without quotes.. "RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove" you will maybe get an error..press ok or whatever ..and reboot.. voila.. Thank Sykocus, Not me...!! this is the best way, it actually gets rid of it, besides, you can re-install it from windows update if you want it back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades25 Posted April 27, 2004 Posted April 27, 2004 and agin no one ever does this...but you can just del the messenger folder from Program Files oh yeah and what Ayokona said Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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