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[scab4faa]

Could someone point me or tell me how to disable messenger in winxp? I'm really tired of these popup msgs.

[xrp]

Just an FYI -- Steve Gibson is pretty much an idiot.

[xrp]

Norton (Symantec) also blocks links to many pro-gun and pro-conservative websites on the Internet.

I hope you're proud of your purchase.

[DallasMike]

See this article. I tweaked a similar registry key on my new machine at work the other day and it worked fine. This is not the same key but it's worth a try.

Note that you will have to disable it in Outlook (Tools, Options, Other, Enable Instant Messaging in Microsoft Outlook) or in Outlook Express (Tools, Options, General, Automatically logon to Windows Messenger).

[alnick]

Norton hasn't blocked any sites that I've tried to go to.

[scab4faa]

Thanks for the info.. I play Everquest online and while I'm playing I get those darn messenger popups (the ones you have to click ok to) and it ends up locking my game up and I have to reboot.. I will try some of these ideas and see what works.. Thanks again Freepers!

[xrp]

I think it is whichever product that offers content filtering.

[alnick]

I have Norton running now and I just logged onto nra.org with no problem. I control which sites I visit, not Norton. :-)

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Thanks to you both! I suppose I could have searched for this information, but I figured I'd tap Free Republic while the iron was hot.

[Cultural Jihad]

I believe the requester is talking about the buddy lists which cause the popups stating so-and-so is now online, etc.

scab: Look in the Tools/Options menu to turn off the Messenger popups, in the Preferences tab, and uncheck the "Display alerts when contact come online." There are a few of these types of alerts to check off or on.

[Cicero]

MarkL has the correct answer. Go to Gibson Research and download ShootTheMessenger.

This particular gadget is a part of Windows, and has nothing to do either with Windows Messenger or MSN Messenger or popup ads.

While you're at Gibsons, I'd also suggest downloading Unplug and Pray.

These two tiny programs simply toggle the settings in WindowsXP or 2000. It's much easier than going into the Control Panel and a dozen other steps to toggle them manually.

[Doohickey]

"net stop messenger", then disable it.

[alnick]

I think it is whichever product that offers content filtering.

The program that I have, Norton Security, has a parental control feature, which I have disabled. I'm not interested in the parental control, so I haven't ever bothered with that part of the program.

As long as it's an optional feature, it doesn't bother me one bit. I don't consider it censorship by Norton if I have the option to use the feature or ignore it.

[Recourse]

What are you talking about? He's talking about the gray Messenger popups. My solution in Post 3 is the correct one. It takes all of 20 seconds. Case closed.

[Cultural Jihad]

scab is referring to MSN Messenger.

[Fledermaus]

Yeah, but how much every year to renew? I forgot I had McAfee Privacy and such. But they are $34.95 a year. I'm not going to pay $35 a year for virus protection and another $35 a year for other things like security and firewall.

My ISP has a firewall in it's network connections I use with the cable modem.

I'll check out Norton and others, thanks.

[Havoc]

Try RedHat lol

[alnick]

When it's time to renew, I just buy a later version on ebay for $15 plus shipping.

[Clinging Bitterly]

Go to the link below - has a lot of info on things you can do to improve the way XP works. Reading through it, you will find registry entries you can make that will remove the linkage to MSN instant messenger and allow it to be fully unloaded from your system. Go here:
http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=guide&dId=324

Dave in Eugene

[MarkL]

Thanks, and don't forget "SOCKETLOCK" and "SOCKET-TO-ME" either, although is you've been keeping up with Windows patches, these should already be taken care of.

Mark

[Palladin]

I want to get rid of "Outlook Express" and can't seem to delete it from my computer. It keeps coming back.

How can I kill it?