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More info?)
Hi,
No XP-installable version has ever supported this.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
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"kevin" <kmitchell34@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:28a401c4a84b$859a1de0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> All of this is very true and you're right. Messenger
> cannot be taken out through msconfig. I really wasn't
> sure which version he was running anywho, so I guess I
> shouldn't really be giving advise until I have all the
> facts.
> It's been a while since I've done much trouble shooting.
> I used to frequent this place often for valuable info and
> to help out if I could. Were there ever any versions of
> messenger you could disable this way, or that you had to?
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Greetings Torgar,
>>
>>You'll simply need to disable Windows Messenger. To do
> so, open it up (click Start, then
>>Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK), click Tools, Options,
> Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this
>>Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger
> when Windows starts' (depending on
>>version) as well as 'Allow this program to run in the
> background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger
>>to run in the background' (depending on version). This
> won't remove Windows Messenger, so
>>features like Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and
> Application Sharing will continue to work,
>>but it will let it stay out of your way.
>>
>>Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent
> versions of Norton Antivirus added a
>>new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can
> conflict with Messenger and cause it to
>>also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus
> (Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
>>icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the
> clock), choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
>>click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN
> Instant Messenger and click OK.
>>____________________________________________
>>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) 2004
> Jonathan Kay.
>>You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>
>>"Torgar" <druid1337@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>news:283201c4a739$af478190$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>>> For some reason, whenever i start up xp windows
> messanger
>>> opens up automatically, but there's no way that i can
>>> change it. I have it so msn messenger doesn't start up
>>> auto, but then people start messaging in game and
>>> everything lags up. So how do i uninstall windows
> messanger?
>>
>>
>>.
>>