Getting rid of windows messenger

Its really starting to pi55 me of. I never use it cuse i allways use msn messenger but i just cant get rid of the windows one!
Ive been into add/remove and gone to windows components and said no etc etc but its still there! [:^(]
Help please!
Ta
Mat

 

Let us keep it simple. Make sure you have exited MSN messenger and then, START --> RUN the following command:


RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

 

But i want to get rid off WINDOWS messenger not MSN messenger...Or is that to do that?

 

right click my computer and select manage, bottom of the list is a services and apps tab. from here select the services tab. scroll down to messenger and double click it. click on stop and select disabled for the startup type, click ok. job done

 

Well i did all that and restarted my computer. But wen i booted up outlook express it started it. Is it something to do with that?

 

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Your talking about MSN messenger that comes with Win XP ?

theres an option in OE (tools, options, General - automatically log onto Windows Messenger) that stops it running.


It's slightly confusing. My answer will remove MSN messenger (and windows messenger)

The other answer removes..umm..windows messenger service..a diferent thing altogeather...but in typical Micro$oft fashion the called 2 things the same name.
Edited by: gbolton

 

There 2 versions of messenger. MSN and WINDOWS. The windows one is crap so that why i want rid of it.

 

aaaahhh i getchya. aint too sure as ive never used the full blown msn one, but looking under add or remove programs there is "MSN add-in for windows messenger" id assume thats just the windows one, i assume that if you have the MSN one thats listed seperately.

 

I managed to get rid of it using xteq x-setup from here

 

Let us keep it simple. Make sure you have exited MSN messenger and then, START --> RUN the following command:


RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove



It removes Windows messenger.. I use it all the time at work after a clean install.

 

OR....

To Remove Windows Messenger:

Assuming you want to get rid of it and ensure that it doesn't pop up every time you boot into Windows XP then:

If you'd like Windows Messenger to show up in the list of programs you can add and remove from Windows, then goto to C:\WINDOWS\inf (or your drive) and open sysoc.inf and you'll see a line that reads:

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

Change this like below and you can remove it for good:

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


Then it appears in the add/remove list of windows components so you can uninstall it from there.
Edited by: gbolton

 

if it's windows messenger service..

click START > RUN
type in services.mcs /s and click OK
highlight messenger service
click on Properties at top of page (paper with hand on top icon)
select the general tab
in Startup type, select Disabled
Click Stop Button
Click OK

Edited by: darrynK

 

I downloaded a program that removes it, had to do it a few times.

 

can we make this one sticky

 

DOWNLOAD ALL WINDOWS UPDATES if your getting ADVERTS through the messenger service!

 

just open windows messenger, goto options or tools (cant remember which!) and anything that says "start automatically" or " sign in automatically" just uncheck it ! Worked for me !

 

Thats not Windows Messenger... thats MESSENGER ... basically it transmits BS from ya PC and allows companies to put pops direct to ya PC... without using IE.

Open CMD copy this into it

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

like the bloke above said!

 

On XP Systems WITH SP 1:

Control Panel
Add / Remove Programs
Click on "Add/Remove Windows Components" on the left
UNcheck "Windows Messenger"
Click "NEXT"
Click "Finish"
Reboot

 

My god, I'm glad I'm a mostly a Mac user. I mean I'm open minded
enough to know that there are horses for courses etc, and I use various
platforms for work, but if I wanted to uninstall MSN messenger on my
laptop, I have to drag its icon to the trash. What a chore.
Edited by: jbmg40

 

yeah but msn messnager windows messanger and the windows messanger service are all different things

msn messanger is a free download on the net windows messanger is a program very similar to msn messanger but is installed with windows xp

and windows messanger service is some crappy program that lets network users send messages to clients

except people on the internet send them instead and urine you off all day

i heared that you couldnt uninstall windows messanger but from the posts above im guessing im wrong