OT: Help

Atrocities · #1 May 14th, 2004, 02:10 AM

I need help in find a way to permently turn off the auto turn on feature of Windows Messenger. Not MS Messenger, but Windows Messenger.

I have disabled it via the Administrative tools, used its own tools to turn it off, and have even tried to unistall it. NOTHING WORKS.

The program always starts when I load my email. Yes I know, evil outlook express. It is now hiding from me and I have to use the TASK window to kill it.

Of course Microsoft has no information on how to turn off this resource hogging, open back door into my system, nor do they recommend it. Why? Because they are MS and they are evil.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Jack Simth · #2 May 14th, 2004, 04:47 AM

If you've tried the "clean" methods (your post would indicate you have), and they haven't worked, then the simple, "dirty" method would be to find the executeable and move/rename/delete it. Usually, the executable has the same name that shows up in the task manager, so you can do a search for it fairly readily.

Atrocities · #3 May 14th, 2004, 05:07 AM

Thanks Jack, an excellent idea.

Kana · #4 May 14th, 2004, 06:04 AM

I also believe that the WinXP sp 2 will offer a way to turn it off...I read a blurb today on that...Don't quote me...but you can look it up...

Kana

Fyron · #5 May 14th, 2004, 06:05 AM

I was able to turn it off without any incidents in SP 1...

rdouglass · #6 May 14th, 2004, 06:47 PM

Have you gone into the Services Control Panel and disabled the service? Not just stop it but disable it? AFAIK there are no critical apps that use it....

EDIT: Oh yeah, you did say you disabled it. Is it possible malware turning it back on? That I have seen...

[ May 14, 2004, 17:50: Message edited by: rdouglass ]