[divorce3]

Windows XP. Could someone please tell me how to disable message
service pop ups. Thanks

 

[Lobos]

goto contorl panel
hit administrative tools
hit services
scroll all the way down to messenger
right click click hit properties

now on the general tab
where it says start up type make sure its on disabled
and where it says service status make sure it is stopped

then hit apply and ok

 

[colmaca]

if thats to hard get this http://grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm

 

[REBECKA]

You can add it to the add/remove programs so that you can remove it for good

Navigate to c:\windows\inf and open sysoc.inf
You will see the following line:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7


Change it from:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7

to:

msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,7

Basically delete the hide and one comma. Then it will show up in add/remove and you can rid yourself of this awful program and all its security risks it can bring to your PC
BYE BYE MESSENGER :up:

 

[colmaca]

they were talking about the windows messenger service not windows messenger like msn messenger.

 

[buddhafabio]

it is an indication of a worse problem. it means you have open ports. and that means you can have your security hacked. getting the messages to stop is only a bandaid to the problem. get a firewall perferably a hardware version and they will stop and you have better security.

 

[kath100]

Here is the solution without downloading anything
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp
From Microsoft

 

[REBECKA]

Ahhhh IC, Thank you, here I thought I knew what was going on for once and I was wrong, LOL.