[Resolved] "Messenger Service" Popups?

[The Hobo]

These little "Messenger Service" popups are getting really annoying. I thought after I uninstalled MSN Messenger that they'd go away, but they haven't.

It's just like a form that popups up and says "Messenger Service" for the title, and then has various spam messages and an OK button.

What are these and how do I get rid of them?

[Kasracer]

MSN Messenger is different from Windows Messenger.

To disable it

start>run "services.msc"

Double click on messenger, in the drop down box select disabled (or manual if you like) and then hit stop, then ok

all done

[The Hobo]

Originally posted by kasracer
MSN Messenger is different from Windows Messenger.

To disable it

start>run "services.msc"

Double click on messenger, in the drop down box select disabled (or manual if you like) and then hit stop, then ok

all done

Wow, fast response. Thanks for the help.

[Kasracer]

Originally posted by The Hobo
Wow, fast response. Thanks for the help.

np, I know off the top of my head how to get rid of ALOT of annoying XP features.

I actually started making a program within VB .NET to disable the things and I even made a nice set of classes to disable things like these but then I realized I didn't want to do it in VB .NET, because if someone just installed XP and wants to use it, they gotta install the .NET framework which sucks