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Posted by Phil on October 6th, 2005


How can i turn off messenger so does not start when xp starts? I used
msconfig and unchecked in startup but then appears again on start up.
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Thank you,
Phil

Posted by Donny Broome on October 6th, 2005


These instructions will allow you to completely uninstall it...
http://www.broomeman.com/support/wsdsblwm.html


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"Phil" <Phil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6498F618-4164-48AD-AB9B-68D4923FBDE9@microsoft.com...
> How can i turn off messenger so does not start when xp starts? I used
> msconfig and unchecked in startup but then appears again on start up.
> --
> Thank you,
> Phil



Posted by Darrell on October 6th, 2005


Hi Phil,

Go to Start/Run - type in "msmsgs" without the quotes and click ok. Click
on the Preferences tab and uncheck, "Run Windows Messenger when Windows
starts " and "Allow Windows messenger to run in the background".

Darrell

"Phil" wrote:

> How can i turn off messenger so does not start when xp starts? I used
> msconfig and unchecked in startup but then appears again on start up.
> --
> Thank you,
> Phil

Posted by Phil on October 7th, 2005


Hi Darrell I typed in msmsgs without the quotes, it just opened messenger to
where you would sign in. Anything else i can try?
--
Thank you,
Phil


"Darrell" wrote:

> Hi Phil,
>
> Go to Start/Run - type in "msmsgs" without the quotes and click ok. Click
> on the Preferences tab and uncheck, "Run Windows Messenger when Windows
> starts " and "Allow Windows messenger to run in the background".
>
> Darrell
>
> "Phil" wrote:
>
> > How can i turn off messenger so does not start when xp starts? I used
> > msconfig and unchecked in startup but then appears again on start up.
> > --
> > Thank you,
> > Phil

Posted by Darrell on October 7th, 2005


Phil, sorry I left out one step. Go to Start/Run - type in "msmsgs"
without the quotes and click ok. Click on Tools/Options - on the Preferences
tab uncheck the following, "Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts " and
"Allow Windows messenger to run in the background" then click OK.

When you restart your system, Windows Messenger should no longer start at
start up.

Darrell

"Phil" wrote:

> Hi Darrell I typed in msmsgs without the quotes, it just opened messenger to
> where you would sign in. Anything else i can try?
> --
> Thank you,
> Phil
>
>
> "Darrell" wrote:
>
> > Hi Phil,
> >
> > Go to Start/Run - type in "msmsgs" without the quotes and click ok. Click
> > on the Preferences tab and uncheck, "Run Windows Messenger when Windows
> > starts " and "Allow Windows messenger to run in the background".
> >
> > Darrell
> >
> > "Phil" wrote:
> >
> > > How can i turn off messenger so does not start when xp starts? I used
> > > msconfig and unchecked in startup but then appears again on start up.
> > > --
> > > Thank you,
> > > Phil


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