msn messenger

[Guest]

I can get this to stop loading on startup.Even if I unselect it,it loads to sys tray.

[BobV]

Remove the program from your system. well thats what I did

[Cobra]

Or if you'd like to keep it and use it (as I suspect you do), you'll find a checkbox in the options screen:



Deselect this, and it won't launch on startup again.

[thecoalman]

BTW Messenger is used by OE, if you remove it from your system or prevent it from loading OE may hang when you first open it. It also is used by other MS apps..... They are doing the same thing with messenger as they have done with IE. Embedding it so far into the OS that you need it for the OS to operate properly.

[Guest]

Thanks.I didnt think you could remove it.

[Poppa_Meth]

Even if you disable it loading like that it will still run in task manager from what I've seen. If you don't use it and want to completely get rid of it here is what you do.

Go to Start/Run, and type:

rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection BLC.Remove 128 %SystemRoot%\INF\msmsgs.inf

Press Okay. might give you a message next time you start your PC about it being removed. Just click through that and you'll be good to go.

[bazooka]

Even if you disable it loading like that it will still run in task manager from what I've seen. If you don't use it and want to completely get rid of it here is what you do.

Go to Start/Run, and type:

rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection BLC.Remove 128 %SystemRoot%\INF\msmsgs.inf

Press Okay. might give you a message next time you start your PC about it being removed. Just click through that and you'll be good to go.

You can disable it in the services, so that it will not run.

[tekkieman]

You can disable it in the services, so that it will not run.

The messenger service has nothing to do with MSNMessenger. The messenger service should be disabled anyway, unless you have a very specific reason for using it.

[thecoalman]

Thanks.I didnt think you could remove it.

I didn't mean to say you can't remove it but doing so my have adverse affects on some windows apps that require it like OE. From what I have read OE will function withpout it but you'll get the 20 second hang.... this isn't something I've seen or tested myself.

My point was that at one time you were able to completely uninstall IE too but that's impossible now.

[thecoalman]

You can disable it in the services, so that it will not run.

The messenger service has nothing to do with MSNMessenger. The messenger service should be disabled anyway, unless you have a very specific reason for using it.

Ahh but the title is MSN Messenger :P

[bazooka]

You can disable it in the services, so that it will not run.

The messenger service has nothing to do with MSNMessenger. The messenger service should be disabled anyway, unless you have a very specific reason for using it.

Yes, I know

Then you remove msnmessenger, and all is fixed.

[JSB]

You can disable it in the services, so that it will not run.

The messenger service has nothing to do with MSNMessenger. The messenger service should be disabled anyway, unless you have a very specific reason for using it.

Yes, I know

Then you remove msnmessenger, and all is fixed.

Utill you install service pack ??? and it reinstalls messenger... bastards.

JSB

[thecoalman]

You can disable it in the services, so that it will not run.

The messenger service has nothing to do with MSNMessenger. The messenger service should be disabled anyway, unless you have a very specific reason for using it.

Yes, I know

Then you remove msnmessenger, and all is fixed.

Utill you install service pack ??? and it reinstalls messenger... bastards.

JSB

Messenger....(not MOS messenger) didn't come back after I disabled it in the services config.

[808smokey]

Just remember Outlook will open really slow becuase it's looking for MSN Messenger.

Read here for more:

Have you disabled Messenger?

if so OE is looking for it and must be modified:
http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/disabmes.htm

JSB

[glockjs]

i stopped the oe one from starting up through msconfig with no probs. you can actually uninstall it. do a web search. there's a way to make it show in add/remove programs and uninstall it then