How do I disable windows messenger in XP?

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-16 01:50am

It keeps popping up everytime I start the comp or whenever I check email. How do I keep it from coming up in the first place and how do I keep it from coming up at all? Note: this is all in winXP pro.

Post by **Beowulf** » 2003-01-16 01:56am

It's somewhere in the preferences. Can't be more helpful because my laptop is still broken, and I can't get to it.

Post by **Edi** » 2003-01-16 02:05am

If you look on the net, there are also instructions on how to completely wipe it off your computer even though M$ doesn't provide a way to do it, I think.

Edi

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-01-16 02:05am

It is easely done.

Start Outlook

Tools-->Options

And clear the MSN Checkbox

You might vant to stop the messenger service.

That takes care of a new sort of popups on the internet, if so do like this:

Start-->All Programs-->Administrative tools-->Services-->Messinger and set it to manual.

If you don't have the Administrative tools meny do this.

R-Clic the taskbar-->Propeties-->Start Menu-->Customize-->Advanced-->System Administrative tools and check display on the all programs and the start menu.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-16 02:08am

To Faram: I did mean MSN messenger.

I just managed to disable it. Thanks for the help.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-01-16 07:03am

Also a big thankyou to Faram from me, and Shinova for starting this thread... I always thought that the two were inter-twined in some perverted Microsoft mating ritual.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-01-16 05:45pm

This is what I do: right click on the icon, and exit. Under the command line, find the folder (in Program Files) called MSN Messenger or something like that.

Rename or delete the fucker. Install Trillian

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-16 07:02pm

Faram wrote:It is easely done.

Start Outlook

Tools-->Options

And clear the MSN Checkbox

Interesting in that my options menu looks different from yours, but I managed to disable it anyway.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-01-16 07:24pm

I don't think such option exists in Outlook Express though.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2003-01-16 07:39pm

Yes it does, I use Express and it's just a bit more subtle;

Tools -> Options -> General Tab -> Uncheck the 4th box from the top!

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-01-17 09:49pm

Thanks. What hatfucker over at M$ decided it would be a good idea to let any schmuck anywhere on the Internet send me fucking advertisements anytime it struck his Goddamn fancy? Jesus Christ, it's my fucking computer. If I want to see ads, I'll go to a motherfucking porn site.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-01-17 09:51pm

RedImperator wrote:Thanks. What hatfucker over at M$ decided it would be a good idea to let any schmuck anywhere on the Internet send me fucking advertisements anytime it struck his Goddamn fancy? Jesus Christ, it's my fucking computer. If I want to see ads, I'll go to a motherfucking porn site.

Convenience and privacy/security have always been mutually exclusive goals. Microsoft has consistently chosen convenience when planning and designing their software, and left the privacy/security issues to be discovered and resolved (if they thought it worthwhile) only after the fact.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-17 09:54pm

RedImperator wrote:Thanks. What hatfucker over at M$ decided it would be a good idea to let any schmuck anywhere on the Internet send me fucking advertisements anytime it struck his Goddamn fancy? Jesus Christ, it's my fucking computer. If I want to see ads, I'll go to a motherfucking porn site.

What program does that? MSN messenger?

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-01-18 04:43pm

There's a program built into XP simply called "Messenger". If it's on and you're connected to the Internet, it allows anyone else on the Internet to send a message to you. The message comes up in the form of a pop-up window that looks exactly like a standard MS Windows message, with just an OK button to close it. It's not like an IM, because you can't reply to it--in fact, there's no way that I know of to even tell who sent it to you. And unlike an IM window, it sits on top of all other programs and can't be pushed to the bakground, so it always interrupts whatever you're doing when it comes up. I can't even figure out why MS included it--it has no apparent purpose other than to allow people to spam you even with your web browser closed. It's always used by the really unscrupulous kind of spammers, too. It's always shit from "unaccreited uinversities" trying to sell you a PhD, or someone sending stock tips, or the like. Never legitimate companies. On bad days, I'd get them once every 15 minutes.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-01-18 06:16pm

It was included for workplace networks to send a network-wide message to alert everyone of something like the network going down for something at X time on X day.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-01-18 06:34pm

Vertigo1 wrote:It was included for workplace networks to send a network-wide message to alert everyone of something like the network going down for something at X time on X day.

And is pure shit.
One damn asshole in the office did a "net send /domain:xxx "Virus alert shut down your computer"" message.

The stupid goons did shut down the computer.

The asshole had a great time untill I got to the public computer he was still using.

He was fired the next day.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-01-18 06:44pm

Faram wrote:
Vertigo1 wrote:It was included for workplace networks to send a network-wide message to alert everyone of something like the network going down for something at X time on X day.
And is pure shit.
One damn asshole in the office did a "net send /domain:xxx "Virus alert shut down your computer"" message.

The stupid goons did shut down the computer.

The asshole had a great time untill I got to the public computer he was still using.

He was fired the next day.

You could disable that of course.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-01-18 06:51pm

Shinova wrote: You could disable that of course.

Yupp but the company is an international one and disabling the messenger service on all computers just because some assholes likes to play and not to work is not a practical solution.

The firewalls where allowing tcp/udp all/all internally so....

Let's just say nowadays there is a block on ports internaly 137-139.

Luckily I do not have any responsibility for the firewall config so I did't catch any shit that time.

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2003-01-18 07:03pm

Thanks for that Faram. You're awesome.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-01-19 12:48am

Vertigo1 wrote:It was included for workplace networks to send a network-wide message to alert everyone of something like the network going down for something at X time on X day.

Well, if I were a network administrator, I might think it was just peachy. But being as I have Windows XP HOME, which I use on my HOME COMPUTER, which STANDS ALONE, you might think Microsoft might ship the fucking thing turned OFF. Jesus Christ, it's not like someone's going to mistake me for a government contract. How hard would it be to make it "Home version=messenger default off", "Pro version=default on"?

And honestly, even if you were a network admin, even if having the messenger was convenient, would it REALLY be that much work to send a voice mail, or an email, or use the PA, or alert department supervisors, or put a Goddamn sticky note on the monitor? Jesus. I need to switch to fucking Linux.