Messenger Services Pop-Ups Argghhh!! W XP Pro

[SoLittle]

This has probably been asked and answered bunches of times but I can't find them so please help.

I am being plagued by these little pop up buggers. I have Windows XP Pro. I would like to turn this service off and be able to activate it only when I want.

Thanks,

Howard
Miami Fl

 

[de8212]

here

 

[SoLittle]

You are the man!!!

 

[bsobel]

This has probably been asked and answered bunches of times but I can't find them so please help.

I just hit 'search' and entered messager and pop-ups, found 3 other theads besides yours.
Bill

 

[MedicBob]

Disabling the service does nothing to protect your computer. Get a firewall.

 

[Convergys]

As long as I dont get those damn popup spam messages... lol...

I used it too, so thanks for posting the link de8212

 

[SoLittle]

Thanks to all.

Another neat tool is a free bee called AdAware. It checks for advertising generators which have been loaded on your computer without your permission & deletes them.

Pop-Up stopper is another good one. When you have it running some sites will not let you enter though.

Agree on the firewall post big time. The only downside - if you play any multiplayer games you will probably need to disable it for the session - at least with MS Flight Simulator.

Another for those who use Kazaa - Use Kazaa Lite - it has a builtin pop-up stopper.

 

[Iilac]

Thank you. I have been wondering how to turn that annoying feature off.

 

[Davegod]

I use Zonealarm and only prob Ive had with it was one particular TeamSpeak (voice comms) server, I guess it didnt like the port the server used, other than that no problem at all - and even that TS server was ok after I either set security to medium instead of high or on suggestion of zonealarm guy, added TS to trusted (might need the pro instead of free version to add programs to trusted though, not sure). Zonealarm has a excellent free version and eats 4mb of your ram - well worth it.

A slightly dubious-looking but actually good site for testing your firewall, and some other fiddles is http://grc.com - I wouldnt bother with his little apps though, you can do the same things manually with tweaks from e.g. www.tweakxp.com

AdAware is good, especially for ease of use, but Spybot Search and Destroy is even better - but requires a bit more knowledge to work safely. I originally got it because Ad Aware appeared to be not getting updated anymore, but a new version should be out very soon.

Also worth having a fiddle with XP services - not only to free up some ram but kill some dodgy services. Ive never had a messenger popup because for week 1 of getting XP i disabled it on advice of excellent XP serive tweak site black viper.

 

[civad]

Unistall msn messenger and use Gaim. Gaim

 

[Mitzi]

Originally posted by: civad
Unistall msn messenger and use Gaim. Gaim

MSN Messenger and the Messenger SERVICE are totally different beasts