is there a way to uninstall windows messenger?

[nealh]

I want to get rid of this crap...I would be happy to disable it completely vs uninstalling...

it keeps showing up when you outlook express when checking email...I do not let it get on the internet and have disabled it in IE 6

can this be removed without screwing winxp pro

 

[MrBond]

Yep, it can be done, quite easy actually. Mods, if you're watching, I vote this gets added to the faq if its not there already.

Click on Start, Run, and paste this into the box:

rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %WinDir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

That'll uninstall it, and prompt for a reboot.

 

[nealh]

Thanks you what FAQ are you talking about?

 

[corkyg]

After Installing Service Pack 1, there is a very easy way. Just go into Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, and click on the box for adding/removing Windows components. Windows Messenger is there - just uncheck the sorry bastard.

 

[nealh]

After Installing Service Pack 1, there is a very easy way. Just go into Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, and click on the box for adding/removing Windows components. Windows Messenger is there - just uncheck the sorry bastard.



Actually that will not uninstall messenger just the list of it in program files I did that first and Outlook express cont'd to use the stupid thing

 

[scm518]

http://www.xp-antispy.de/

you can download this and it is one of the options to either disable, or disable and uninstall

hope that helps

Sean

 

[vexingv]

i think for pre-Sp1 XP u can edit syssoc.inf located in the system32 dir. just remove the "HIDE" string next to the desired component and then you can remove it thru the control panel