-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Stop Window Messenger

Witch, the link you sent me appears to have the same information as provided in 
Shoot The Messenger as well as the steps that came up when I searched the 
archives. Thank you.
   
  Jo Ann & Don, I downloaded Shoot The Messenger a couple times and it keeps 
saying "Messenger Service is not installed on this system". It took a couple 
times for me to realize that it was referring to Windows Messenger and not 
telling me that Shoot the Messenger had downloaded incorrectly. Thank you for 
the info.
   
  I had already unchecked the box for Windows Messenger in Add/Remove Windows 
Components Wizard in Add/Remove Programs. I just looked again and it is still 
unchecked. When I go into Administrative Tools, Services (also looked into 
Component Services) I can't find anything called "Messenger" or "Windows 
Messenger" but the icon still shows up in the task bar when I open Outlook 
Express. It's like 2 people together, has a red circle with an "X" in it. When 
I put my cursor over the icon to get the little message telling me the name of 
the item it represents, it says "Window Messenger - Not signed in". 
  
I'm not trying to be a pain in the butt or cause problems for anyone, I just 
don't want anything on my computer that could potentially let someone in. Right 
now I reformat the hard drive every couple weeks to clean it and start over but 
this process is getting old and takes a long time to do. I have Norton's AV as 
well as Avast installed and SpyBot and Ad-Aware. There is also another item I 
want off my computer (Remote Access) but haven't figured out how to get rid of 
it yet.
   
  Thanks again,
   
  Wendy
   
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From: "witch" 
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Stop Window Messenger
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 14:16:53 -0600
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/

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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 17:59:14 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
From: "Jo Ann Weaver" 
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Stop Window Messenger

Wendy,

Look here at a program called Shoot the Messenger. Worked for me.

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23016,00.asp

Jo Ann


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From: "Don" 
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Stop Window Messenger
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:38:14 -0500

In my version of XP Pro it is listed as Messenger. I have it
disabled.

You can go to http://grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm and use that
utility to insure it is disabled.

-------Original Message-------

From: wendy simmons
Date: 03/26/06 14:32:36
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Stop Window Messenger

Hi,

It has been a long time since I posted to this group. I am trying to get
Windows Messenger to stop coming up. I went into Control Panel, Add/Remove
Programs, Add/Remove Windows Components and unchecked Windows Messenger. But
then it comes up again whenever I open Outlook Express and won't let me
close it again even after I close OE. It says there is another program using
it. Sometimes this happens if I also have IE open but closing IE will not
let me get rid of the Window Messenger icon in the task bar until I reboot
the computer. I searched PCTT's archives and there is a post that says to go
into Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services and disble it that way
but I don't see it listed - either as Messenger or Window Messenger. I have
XP Pro running on this computer. I would also like to get rid of Remote
Access Connection Manager but if I'm reading it right, it says that the
firewall is dependent on it.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions you can offer,

Wendy



                        
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